Thomas Bischoff
Will be watching this! Cockpit looks very nice 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching too! (and I am also inspired by Thomas' built, but planning the Airfix T version in Swedish livery... 😉 )

Thomas Espe
Watching.

Michael Kohl
Hi mates. Welcome. Nice to have you around.
I wanted a NMF with my Vampire, so the canadian or swiss version were my favorites.
My first Swede will probably be a Viggen, as with the Draken I lean towards the Austrian livery.

Thomas Bischoff
you know that the Swiss had only 4 Mk1 and the first two were delivered in RAF colours. I assume you will build either J-1003 or J-1004?

Michael Kohl
Yep, and the first one crashed after only a few days. That they were delivered in RAF colors I did not know. I only knew they were painted. And, yes, it is the J-1003 I am going for.

Jose Freire
Following.

Cuajete
Following.

Ekki
And me.

Michael Kohl
Hey folks. Thanks for your likes. Much appreciated.

Bernd Korte
Another follower

Andy Ball
Great subject - those days of beautiful jet planes- I'm gonna watch this baby!

Michael Kohl
Hi Bernd and Andy, nice to have you on board

Robert Podkoński
Keep calm and carry on, Thomas! You're doing a good work here!

Thomas Bischoff
Looks like a putty queen

Cuajete
Nice metallized 👍

Thomas Bischoff
Don't overdo! This is a wooden fuselage 😉

David R. Meizoso
Shiny! I'm also folowing.

Michael Kohl
Thanks folks for your nice comments.

Michael Kohl
@Thomas: 😳 seriously? I took it for granted that it is all metal.
Crosschecking with Wikipedia confirms your info: front fuselage plywood, rear aluminum.
I will study my references and modify the paint job accordingly.
Thanks for the hint.

Thomas Bischoff
Have seen a Stripped down Vampire in Altenrhein - it's definitely plywood 👍🏻
I even think that the metal parts were overpainted.

David R. Meizoso
According to pictures it looks like the whole fuselage was covered in aluminium, despite the material of the structure underneath.

Thomas Bischoff
I checked the instructions from Matterhorn Circle Decalsheet and this suggests that the (later bought) Vampires were painted Silver. I assume this also applied to the first Mk 1s

David R. Meizoso
@Thomas Bischoff: seems you're right, the front fuselage was covered in cloth and painted. Here is where I found the info:

airvectors.net/avvamp_1.html#m1

I couldn't tell the difference between silver paint and aluminium sheet in any of the real thing pics.

Michael Kohl
Thanks Tomas and David for your input.

Łukasz Gliński
What a nice topic and progress 👍

Michael Kohl
Hi Lukasz, nice to have you on board.

Michael Kohl
I heeded Thomas' advice, checked the references and toned down the shine. As David I couldn't tell the difference between silver paint and aluminium sheet in any of the real thing pics. This makes sense in the light of Thomas' info, that all parts - irrespective of the material - were painted silver. I was looking for any kind of wear to give the paint away, but could not find any. Anyway, for the sake of some more visual interest, I decided to alter the paints shade a bit.

Thomas Bischoff
Looks good 👍

Robert Podkoński
Really good work with this aluminium paint, Michael.

Michael Kohl
Thanx Thomas and Robert for the thumbs up and to you mates for the likes. Much appreciated.

Cuajete
Looking so good so far 👍

Mid Franconian
I really like the idea to use the decals for the Swiss crosses. Time saving! And it turned out well. What kind of colors and top coat did you use for the NMF Michael?

Michael Kohl
Hi Mid Franconian, after a gloss black base (Mr. Color gloss black) I sprayed Alclad ll Airframe Aluminum. This is high gloss and very finely pigmented. Unfortunately for this plane, much too gloss. So I dulled everything with Alclad ll Aluminum and then used various Aluminum shades from Alclad ll for variations. When done I sealed it with Mr. Hobby Gloss varnish diluted with Mr. Hobby leveling primer. Then washes and OPR. Then another sealant as before. Tip: it is mandatory that you apply only thin layers of the various Alclad colors, as heavier coats re-dissolve the lower layers and ruin your paint job (guess how I know.).
Hope this helps.

Mid Franconian
Hi Michael, thank you! What is OPR... sorry... I don´t know...

Michael Kohl
Oil paint rendering. Michael Rinaldi advocated it for example at his dozer build. In a nutshell: you put diluted oils at the wanted aerea, let it dry a bit and then blend it in with a dry or faintly moist brush. Like this you can achieve some color variations. A bit like a filter but with a more localized and a bit stronger effect.
Grüße aus Mittelfranken. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Thanks folks for all the likes.

Mid Franconian
Danke Michael, Grüße zurück! Freu mich drauf wenns jetzt in drn Endspurt geht!

Simon Nagorsnik
👍👍
Really like your metal finish Michael!
One of my next projects is a F-100, also in metal finish.
This one is good to get some inspiration!

Dave Flitton
Well done!

KollHBM
A good looking Vampire

Andy Ball
Swiss timing. Perfect!

Michael Kohl
Thanx a lot guys for your positive feedback.
@Simon: good luck with your F-100. I am anxious how you handle the NMF. For me it was a first and I really learned a lot - some of it the hard way. You already know which color range you are to use?

Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks Michael.
I still have no idea what I'm going to take.
Also my fist try and my 3rd plane so far🙂
First i`ve to finish two actually projects start will then be in about two weeks.
I'm already a bit excited...

Sadek Khalidi
Great metal finish!
Greetings from Sweden

Michael Kohl
Thanx Sadek,
I just aquired two swedish planes, a Saab J-21a and a Safir. So Sweden is on the list. 🙂

Sadek Khalidi
glad to hear. Safir was based on Klemm so its Geman / Swedish in a background.
Professor Klemm was cooperating with SAAB. Nice plane! Yellow one is put on stand besides motorway by Linköping a few kilometers from here. They let propeller rotare free so now its wind driven ...
When you drive by Linköping they made a litte airplane museum on concrete stands- first Tunnan and Lansen, Later sk 105 and Safir , One 2- engine SAAB communication plane and later Drakken and Viggen...

Łukasz Gliński
Gruezi! Very nice Vamp, looks slightly weathered to me and it's a nice finish 👍

Rui S
Nicely done different bird 👍

Cuajete
Very nice job. Congrats!

Oleg Smilyk
Michael, you built a very good vampire model, I want to highlight the detailing and paintwork 👍

Daniel Klink
Fantastic 👍

Dean Harpster
Love it, a very uncommon subject! Looks wonderful.

Ronan
Very nice 👍

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed, great NMF 👍🏻

Николай Романов
Интересная модель👍

Thomas T
Nice build, Michael !

Christian Lehmann
👍

Dean Harpster
Beautiful aircraft!

Michael Kohl
Thank you mates for all your nice and encouraging comments and likes.

Those two swiss Vampires were stationed at the airfield of Dübendorf, close to Zurich. Dübendorf has a very distinctive hangar I wanted to use as background. After a long search I finally found an appropriate picture. So a little vignette is still to come.

Bernd Grün
Very nice work, Michael! I'll take a seat. 👌

Michael Kohl
Thanks Bernd and welcome and thanks for all the likes. The vignette is finally started, so that I should be able to finish it soon.

Neuling
Sehr schönes Modell, liebevoll präsentiert!

Michael Kohl
Danke dir, Neuling.
Thanks fellows for the likes.
Only the pitot tube and the counterweight at the stabilizer are missing bevor I can call it done.

Michael Kohl
Thank you mates for all the likes. Much appreciated.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Michael Kohl
Thanks Villiers. With the base done, there are only two small details at the Vampire left to do.

bughunter
Really nice outcome! You seem to be very productive at the moment 👍
Pic 29 is awesome!

Michael Kohl
Jep, yesterday was a good modelling day after a hiatus of about two weeks due to holiday and other distractions. 🙂

Thanks folks for further likes.

Mirko Römer
Super swiss result!

Ekki
Very good result!

Mark K
Delightful model and display!

Dean Harpster
Fantastic job! I love the looks of the Vampire, and the Swiss markings really make it stand out!

Michael Kohl
After I finally managed to build the lost counter balance weights of the horizontal stab (after a few futile attempts), I could really call it done. Thanks folks for your company and interest along the way and for your encouraging feedback.
@Dean: yeah, some national markings really enhance the beauty of a plane. I share your opinion on the swiss livery. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Thank you guys for sneeking in and leaving a like. 🙂