Mark I Models MKM14470 1:144 de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.52/J 28B

de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.52/J 28B In the North (2in1 = 2 kits in 1 box) (RAuxAF, Swedish AF, Finnish AF, Norwegian AF) The de Havilland Vampire was a British jet fighter developed during WWII. It was the second jet, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF. The Vampire Mk.5, which flew in June 1948, was a fighter-bomber modified from a Vampire F.3 fighter. It was a single-seat monoplane aircraft, of a combined wood-and-metal construction, powered by a DH Goblin turbojet. It featured twin-boom tail configuration with two wing-root intakes, bubble canopy and was fitted with a non-ejection seat. Two external tanks or 500lb bombs could be carried under the wing, while eight 3" RPs could be attached inboard of the booms. The Vampire repla ced wartime piston-engine fighters and was in front-line service until 1953. The Vampire FB.5 equipped many RAF units in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Almost 3,300 Vampires of all marks were manufactured, a quarter of them built under licence in other countries. It was also sold to many nations and operated in a wide range of environments around the world. Colour schemes included in the kit: 1) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5, WG833, No.603 (City of Edinburgh) Sq., Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Turnhouse airfield, 1954-57 2) DH 100 Vampire J 28B (FB Mk.50), 28317, 18-Red A, Flygflottilj 18 (Wing F 18), Royal Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet), Tullinge Air Base, spring 1953 3) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.52, VA-3, Black 3, HavLv 11 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Pori airfield, 1953 4) de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.52, V0126, Black ZK-X, 337 skvadron (Sq.), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret), V��½rnes Air Station, 1953 Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 31 parts and three clear parts (the cockpit canopy and position lights). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.