Swiss DH-100 Mk I

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February 24, 2022
This is all Thomas´ fault! His build of Special Hobbys De Havilland DH-100 in swedish livery (scalemates.com/profi..s&album=77364#66) prompted me to act against my serious intention not to start another "in-betweeen-project" until finishing some of the already started ones.
So, here I am. Let´s see how I got there...
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February 24, 2022
Special Hobbys DH-100 are nice kits, but they do not fall together like the Mystere did. The classic layout of two wing halves (upper and lower) results in rather thick trailing edges. So I thinned them. Same I did with vertical and horizontal stabilizers.
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February 24, 2022
I refrained from aftermarket sets for the cockpit as not much will be seen with the canopy closed. The build is straightforward. Instrument decal is ok - but not more than that.
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February 24, 2022
I tripple checked the seat as it looked pretty bleak but the early versions delivered to Switzerland had no ejection seat. I only added some seat belts from my spares.
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February 24, 2022
It took quite a lot of tweaking, sanding and dryfitting before I was satisfied with the fit and applied glue.
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February 24, 2022
I read Thomas´ build log too late again and missed his advise on tailsittingprevention. Yes, I had added weight (all of the nose cone is filled with lead) but that was way too little. So I had to improvise. White glue was poured into the center of the wing root and lead granules were pushed into it. I stuffed in as much as I could - double checking, that nothing could be seen through the air intakes.
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February 24, 2022
Hurray. No tail sitter anymore (even with the booms added 😉 )
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February 24, 2022
The air intakes are rather demanding pieces to clean up - and about the only ones with considerable flash and mold lines. One is done, the other due.
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February 24, 2022
attaching the wings required some careful scraping and dry fitting too. This way I could achieve a fit good enough to leave no gap on the top sides. At the downside the left gap could be filled with superglue and at the right wingroot I added some styrene too..
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February 24, 2022
The air intakes were a small challenge but finally I managed.
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February 24, 2022
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February 24, 2022
The Nose cone required some filling and sanding too to achieve a flush fit.
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February 25, 2022
Special Hobby provides clear wing tips to ease masking of the position lights. This is a nice feature but unfortunately not correct - at least not for the Swiss version. Here only the light bulbs were colored and the clear parts were - well - clear.
I cut out the position lights to drill a hole for the bulb. But those pieces were too fiddely to handle for me. So I took pieces from clear plastic sheets, sanded the connecting areas, drilled the holes for the bulbs and colored them.
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February 25, 2022
I used Ammo of Mig Ultra Glue to attach the pieces but this glue did not hold nothing. So I broke the shaped pieces off again and used regular superglue to fix them. Now I could sand them to shape.
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February 25, 2022
I am happy with the result.
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February 25, 2022
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March 4, 2022
I messed it. In an attempt to improve the exhaust section I did not pay attention when sawing off the exhaust and got off track.
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March 4, 2022
After rebuilding it with sheet I now ruined it again while sanding. Grrr.
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March 4, 2022
Repair attempt with sprue-gue.
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March 8, 2022
Now with the (shortened) Pavla exhaust in place. That is the way I wanted it to look like.
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April 15, 2022
Looking for, and finding, and fixing blemishes
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April 25, 2022
Holy Moly! I knew NMF to be demanding, but this demanding?!
Will have to redo.
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June 5, 2022
Better, but still not there yet.
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July 9, 2022
I toned down the shine of the aluminum and varied the color a bit.
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July 9, 2022
Clear coat and decals next.
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July 10, 2022
Decals are done.
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July 10, 2022
I was considering to paint the red parts but then decided against it. The decals worked without issues. The big ones settled down nicely with Micro Set and Sol.
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July 10, 2022
Some fading and weathering will follow a clear coat. Taking shape.
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July 14, 2022
a plain wash with diluted enamals did not lead to the desired effect, so I took a heart and did my first attempt with the oil rendering technique.
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July 14, 2022
My girlfriend complaines that it looks too dirty now, but I quite like it (Memo to self: clean and new plane for girlfriend)
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July 14, 2022
If I still like it in a few days I will seal it and finish the build by replacing the canopy and adding the missing details.
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July 14, 2022
I stick with it and thus sealed it.
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August 11, 2022
Removed the temporary canopy. The correct one is just loosly fitted.
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August 11, 2022
Added the landing gear. Kits struts with resin wheels as I lost the front wheel of the kit.
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August 11, 2022
Particularly the front wheel seems to be on the bigger side and required adjustments of the strut.
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August 11, 2022
I used gloss varnish out of habbit but a matt one is probably better.
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August 11, 2022
Now only the canopy needs to be polished, its frame painted and the two conterbalance weights at the stabilizer added. Unfortunately I lost one, so will have to scratch the second one as the spare box did not provide something useful.
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August 11, 2022
A little base should complete the build.
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January 12, 2023
At last I started a little display.
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February 10, 2023
Finally some progress here. Only the static gras remains to be applied at the base.
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February 10, 2023
As this plane was stationed in Dübendorf I was looking for a picture with the characteristic Hangar of this airfield. It is printed out on photopaper and glued to a wooden sheet.
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February 10, 2023
The two parts are connected via magnets
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February 10, 2023
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February 10, 2023
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February 10, 2023
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March 4, 2023
Trying to get a close color match for the transition to the background.
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March 4, 2023
Quite close, I'd say.
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March 4, 2023
...but to the invisible part of the background. Grrrrrr.
Anyway. But not too bad.
I finally call the base done.
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April 5, 2023
Finished.
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April 5, 2023
The grass received some matt varnish as it´s sheen was a bit unnatural
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April 5, 2023
The last two details had to be build as I lost them or cut them.
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April 5, 2023
The pitot tube was an easy fix at the tail part of the left boom and was fashioned from slide to fit-aluminium tubes.
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April 5, 2023
the counter weights of the horizontal stabilizer proofed to be a real headache and delayed final assembly considerably. But now they too are done and attached.
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April 5, 2023
Photography still needs some improvements. Depth of field and lighting are not perfect yet.
But these will be measures for models to come.
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April 5, 2023
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April 5, 2023
And a few more pictures with the nice Dübendorf Hangar in the background.
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April 5, 2023
Not a quick build as I hoped despite being a newer Special Hobby release. A notorious tail sitter too.
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April 5, 2023
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April 5, 2023
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April 5, 2023
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April 5, 2023
But I am happy with the end result and able to overlook the flaws.

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.

9 July 2022, 09:32

Thomas Bischoff
Looks good 👍

9 July 2022, 15:38

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

9 July 2022, 15:39

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

9 July 2022, 23:50

Cuajete
Looking so good so far 👍

10 July 2022, 09:21

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?

14 July 2022, 16:44

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.

14 July 2022, 23:20

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

15 July 2022, 19:13

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. 🙂

15 July 2022, 19:54

Michael Kohl
Thanks folks for all the likes.

17 July 2022, 16:32

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

17 July 2022, 20:13

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!

12 August 2022, 19:34

Dave Flitton
Well done!

13 August 2022, 07:10

KollHBM
A good looking Vampire

13 August 2022, 08:39

Andy Ball
Swiss timing. Perfect!

13 August 2022, 09:45

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?

13 August 2022, 22:01

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...

13 August 2022, 22:10

Sadek Khalidi
Great metal finish!
Greetings from Sweden

17 August 2022, 18:06

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

18 August 2022, 08:21

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...

18 August 2022, 09:39

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

18 August 2022, 10:54

Rui S
Nicely done different bird 👍

18 August 2022, 13:51

Cuajete
Very nice job. Congrats!

18 August 2022, 17:46

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

18 August 2022, 18:18

Daniel Klink
Fantastic 👍

18 August 2022, 18:44

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

22 August 2022, 04:01

Ronan
Very nice 👍

22 August 2022, 06:54

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed, great NMF 👍🏻

22 August 2022, 07:35

Николай Романов
Интересная модель👍

10 October 2022, 13:04

Thomas T
Nice build, Michael !

11 October 2022, 19:34

Christian Lehmann
👍

11 October 2022, 20:50

Dean Harpster
Beautiful aircraft!

12 October 2022, 02:56

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.

11 November 2022, 08:24

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

7 December 2022, 07:20

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.

12 January 2023, 12:17

Neuling
Sehr schönes Modell, liebevoll präsentiert!

11 February 2023, 11:25

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.

14 February 2023, 08:48

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

16 February 2023, 18:30

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

16 February 2023, 19:00

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

4 March 2023, 15:42

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

4 March 2023, 21:24

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.

5 March 2023, 17:34

Mirko Römer
Super swiss result!

5 April 2023, 17:38

Ekki
Very good result!

5 April 2023, 18:29

Mark K
Delightful model and display!

6 April 2023, 04:38

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

7 April 2023, 04:12

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. 🙂

11 April 2023, 07:09

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

12 April 2023, 13:06

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Swiss DH-100 Vampire F Mk.I

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1:72 DH. 100 Vampire Mk 1 Wheels + jet pipe (Pavla Models U72-127)

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De Havilland DH 100 Vampire F Mk.1

Schweizerische Flugwaffe Kommando der Flieger und Fliegerabwehrtruppen (Swiss Air Force 1946-1995)
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1947 - Dübendorf
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