No prizes for guessing what my next build(s) will be. Planning an inflight build in formation over a foggy base. 

Just needs a Jowett Javelin to complete the line up. 

Holiday bloodsuckers?

I've recently watched a short video on Youtube about this... Excellent choice!  

Frederick Forsythe will be proud of you!

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Excellent choice. 

Quote from: Captain Canada on December 07, 2022, 06:17:00 PMI'm over here like "what " ?

This book. Short story written by Frederick Forsythe in 1975 as a Christmas present to his wife. The best Christmas-aviation-ghost story ever written.

I have read that book, a long time ago, don't remember it that well, what I do remember of it is good though.

Quote from: Captain Canada on December 07, 2022, 06:17:00 PMI'm over here like "what " ?

This might help

Both kits are mostly together.  It's rare that I build concurrent models, so a little different for me. 

Neither kit is bad by any means, but not perfect by a long shot either.  The Revell Vampire is a rebox of the Special Hobby Vampire F.3, also sold by Xtrakit and Azur.  It's got a nice level of detail but a few areas had some fit issues, so it's taking a little work to get a surface suitable for a metallic finish.  The Mosquito is nice enough and goes together quickly for an in-flight build since a large percentage of the parts are for the gear and bomb bays.  Detail is nice, though I wouldn't put it in the same class as far as details and fit as the other Airfix 1/72 kit I built this year, the new tool A-4B Skyhawk.  It's not the exact correct mark to represent the Mossie depicted in the artwork in The Shepherd, but also there were no Vampires based at RAF Celle in 1957 so I'm claiming artistic license as Forsythe apparently did too.  (In fact Celle apparently ceased to be an RAF station and was handed over to West Germany about a month before the story takes place in November '57).

Anyhoo, enough rivet counting.  Here they are getting close to paint stage. (Mossie nacelles added since pic was taken.)

A very rainy, chilly day off here in North Carolina so some good progress on this build this evening.

Vampire is mostly done.  Decals on tonight. I'm trying to match the markings in the book illustrations so no squadron markings to worry about.  The serial in the book pics is VV612, which was actually a Venom, but I'm building to match the story so an Xtradecal generic RAF set kindly obliged.

Hopefully on to painting the Mossie tomorrow and if work leaves me alone on my Friday and Saturday "on call" days I hope for it to be completed over the weekend.

Good looking MN finish 

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Quote from: Captain Canada on December 07, 2022, 06:17:00 PMI'm over here like "what " ?

This might help

I need to take the time to watch that, actually.. It's been on my radar since forever, but.. 

Seeing your work has made me find my copy of the book.