Editors
note: This
article was intended for the Swiss National Day on Aug 1 2007
for the Swiss National
Day. My apologies to Alexandre for missing this article on that
special day. Steve
B
Here's
a few pictures of my Vampire FB6 with Swiss colours. The Vampire
remained quite a few years in the Swiss Air Force which purchased 175 single seat version; from 1946 to 1974 for the single seat version and
even until 1990 for the trainer version. Quite a long time for a jet of
first generation. And for me I remember quite well when I was a kid those
Vampires flying in the Swiss sky.
Click on
images below to see larger images
The
kit was a bit difficult to build but it was great fun. And since the kit
contains also resin parts, there is no need to add aftermarket items
(which do not exist anyway). And I especially like the shark mouth deco of
this airplane
So I
hope that you will like these pictures of this famous airplane.
Alexandre
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