AIRA02058 - Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Vampire T.11 - WWWEB10114757

AIRA02058 - Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Vampire T.11 - WWWEB10114757

Preowned, Original seal, Mint

The de Havilland Vampire was the second jet fighter to enter Royal Air Force service, following the Meteor, and its twin boom layout with a stubby central nacelle made it instantly recognisable. Frontline fighter duty gave way to training work through the 1950s, and the side by side two seat T.11 became the RAF's standard advanced jet trainer, generating thousands of hours until the type left service in the mid 1960s. Around 3,300 Vampires of all marks were built, a quarter of them under licence abroad, and Switzerland kept its trainer derivative flying until 1990.

In the box

• Airfix 1:72 scale injection moulded plastic kit, 55 parts
• Clear sprue for the canopy
• Detailed cockpit with instrument panel decal, two Martin Baker Mk.3B ejection seats and two crew figures
• Finely engraved surface detail
• Assembled length 146mm, wingspan 161mm
• Waterslide decal sheet with full stencilling covering two schemes:
  • de Havilland Vampire T.11, WZ507/74, in No.219 Squadron markings, as preserved and flown from RAF North Weald, Essex, 2012
  • de Havilland Vampire T.11, WZ590/49, No.5 Flying Training School, RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, March 1962
• Illustrated assembly instructions with painting and decal placement guide