Seems indeed like a real nice kit, John @j-healy
Airfix has improved a lot lately, their recent releases are a real pleasure to build.
Looking forward to your next steps.

Your photos demonstrate this kit is as excellent as has been "the word" going around about it, @j-healy. I definitely need to get one.

I got a little more detail work done today. Everything fits perfectly. The Vampire has a tiny cockpit. I can’t imagine how one would exit it in an emergency without an ejection seat. Being black, not much of the cockpit will be visible even with some dry brushing. I haven’t decided how to handle the seat yet. I may detail and use the one designed for use with the pilot figure. I already checked and it can be added after the fuselage is closed up. I may even have a complete airframe later today.

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Didn’t quite get it buttoned up today, but close. Awesome engineering.

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Now that the basic construction is done, it’s weight time. The only area that presented an issue closing it up is in the cockpit area. I trimmed the backside of the side consoles and bottom of the center instrument panel to get a pretty decent fit. As you can see, I still have a slight mismatch of the fuselage top and bottom under the cockpit. A little Tamiya putty will fix that.

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Looks very nice, John @j-healy
Sufficent lead to prevent it from a tail sitter.

Definitely looking forward to getting one of these. Your work on this is really super, @j-healy.