1/72 Revell De Havilland Vampire

Gallery Article by Aamod Potdar on May 1 2015

  4th Anniversary of Indian Scale Modelers group 

 

      

Another classic aircraft operated by Indian Air Force. Its unique tail fins always made this aircraft interesting for me and hence I decided to build this aircraft. Realized that I should have done more research before deciding upon Revell kit. Italeri kit is better compared to Revell one. Kit comes with raised panel lines. Panel lines wouldn't have been issue had it not been for numerous fit issues. Since it had raised lines, I had to very careful with sanding effort. 

After a while I decided that it should be quick build as trying to save panel lines but at the same time trying to sand the parts to level was really tedious job. 

 

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Kit was hand painted using Humbrol Aluminium. Serial numbers were home printer and roundels and fin flash from Bright Spark decals. Added heavy coat of future for that shiny finish.  

Posting this on the eve of 4th Anniversary of Indian Scale Modelers group.

Aamod Potdar

Photos and text © by Aamod Potdar