Pete's Heller 1/72 Vampire

[Lee Drennen]

That looks good Pete I’m liking it

[JR]

Yes agree with Lee,looking good .

[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Pete

[Si Benson]

Could’ve used your decal luck recently with my plane build:smiling5: Looking good from here:thumb2:

[colin m]

Looking tidy Peter. It's still hard to believe that fuselage is mainly made of wood. The real thing, not yours.

[stillp]

Looking tidy Peter. It's still hard to believe that fuselage is mainly made of wood. The real thing, not yours.

Just the front half I think Colin, I think De Havilland thought that plywood wrapped round a jet engine might be a bit risky!
Pete

[Guest]

Looking tidy Peter. It's still hard to believe that fuselage is mainly made of wood. The real thing, not yours.

My local museum is restoring one, and the engineers tell me the fuselage is built the same way as a boat!

[colin m]

plywood wrapped round a jet engine might be a bit risky

Good point !

My local museum is restoring one

I saw one in bits at Hooton, on the Wirral. It was hard to imagine it ever flew !

[Dave Ward]

De Havilland were the masters of wooden aircraft production, - but at times they were a bit over optimistic - their beautiful 4 engined Albatross was rather weak, and the wood structure deteriorated quickly.
It's often wondered if DH stuck with wood composites for too long, and when it came to the Comet airliner, they suffered through unfamiliarity with large metal structures.............
Dave

[stillp]

Well, I'm calling this finished:

More in the completed aircraft section.
Pete