BlohmWolf's Manly New Zealand Vampire *FINISHED*

A single kit GB for the new-tool Airfix vampire T.11
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splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.
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Ian wrote:
splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.


Well, I only squeezed the intakes in, because glue was not needed for the intakes, as the fit is so tight.
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Looking good there.
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Coming along nicely BlohmWolf. I'll have to get one of these when I see one.

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Ian wrote:
splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.
Sorry I explained it wrong I mean to say intake trunking was upside down.

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That makes sense now! And you were right!
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splash wrote:
Ian wrote:
splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.
Sorry I explained it wrong I mean to say intake trunking was upside down.

Regards Splash



Well then. I'll have to fix that. :roll:
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BlohmWolf wrote:
splash wrote:
Ian wrote:
splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.
Sorry I explained it wrong I mean to say intake trunking was upside down.

Regards Splash
Well then. I'll have to fix that. :roll:
It looks like it makes no difference :-D
so why do Airfix over engineer the kit? :roll:
Is it just to give us the choice to get it wrong? :shock:
If so I'm normally the first to take the wrong option :-D

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splash wrote:
BlohmWolf wrote:
splash wrote:
Ian wrote:
splash wrote:I think you might have fitted your air intakes upside down
Looks right to me - the upper lip of the intake should stick out further than the lower one, and yours appears to do that.
Sorry I explained it wrong I mean to say intake trunking was upside down.

Regards Splash
Well then. I'll have to fix that. :roll:
It looks like it makes no difference :-D
so why do Airfix over engineer the kit? :roll:
Is it just to give us the choice to get it wrong? :shock:
If so I'm normally the first to take the wrong option :-D

Regards Splash

Oh Airfix, those little devils.
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I finished the vampire this afternoon, so here is it:

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Excuse the poorly painted undercarriage, I was rushed at the time :roll:


How was this kit?

The kit was great, it fitted nicely, with minor modifications it could have many different ways of putting it together. Seams were easy to get rid off, canopy worked pretty well for me too. All the panel lines are really nice, so I left them without a wash. And it ultimately made me happy! :-D :-D :-D Would buy 10 for a whole squadron!

9/10.
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Good finish. Well done!
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Thanks Ian!
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Nice work BW, that looks great in its Kiwi markings,
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very neatly done.

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Nice work it looks great, well done.

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