De havilland Vampire Bat Mk.2

[Vulcan7]

De havilland Vampire Bat Mk.2...1/72 Airfix/Heller Vampire + Airfix Gnat

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[Vulcan7]

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[PR19_Kit]

I like that a lot, very de Havilland looking. 

[Wardukw]

The thing is didn't the Brits build a prototype similar to this ??
Or did the Brits copy Vostoc's and he's only now showing his ?? Ahhh twists the mind thinking like that   

[PR19_Kit]

Perhaps you're thinking of the three DH108s?

They did look a bit like Vampire fuselages with wings added, and nothing else.

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[Rheged]

Perhaps you're thinking of the three DH108s?

They did look a bit like Vampire fuselages with wings added, and nothing else.

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 Wikipedia suggests that  the DH108 fuselages were basically Vampire parts

 "Employing the main fuselage section and engine of the de Havilland Vampire mated to a longer fuselage with a single fin and swept wings, the de Havilland DH 108 was proposed in 1944 as an aerodynamic test bed for tailless designs.............. Selecting two airframes from the English Electric Vampire F 1 production line, the new aircraft had unmistakable similarities to its fighter origins, especially in the original forward fuselage which retained the nose, cockpit and other components of the Vampire....................  After the loss of the second prototype, VW120 became the third and final prototype based on the newer Vampire F.5 fighter built at Hatfield.  "

[PR19_Kit]

Makes sense, why re-invent a wheel when you've already got a good one?

[kerick]

Proposed in 1944? Using two airframes from the production line? Maybe they meant 1954!

[Tophe]

I cannot clap my hands for a destructed twin-boom layout while I admit this change is nice

[loupgarou]

Well done! Tailless planes have a special appeal.

[zenrat]

Good work Vostoc.  Do they roost hanging head down from the hanger roof?
Is that why they are called hangers?

Why are they called hangers?

[NARSES2]

Oh I do like that 

I've built a DH 108 as a fighter.

[Vulcan7]

Good work Vostoc.  Do they roost hanging head down from the hanger roof?
Is that why they are called hangers?

like this?                                         .....many thanks for the kind comments people 

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I've built a DH 108 as a fighter.

Your DH 108 looks the business      (I'd like to get the kit myself one day  )

[Rheged]

That  hanger picture  is SUPERB.........................as is the original model.

[2996 Victor]

like this?