This photo essay comes to you today ~ not from a spooky castle in the depths of Transylvania but the confines of the IWM Duxford Conservation Hangar ~
where months of painstaking work will soon culminate in a bench mark static restoration of a de Havilland Vampire
Welcome to ......
Today for the first time ~ all the masking paper came off to reveal a rather stunning silver and dayglo ( that's DAYGLO when seen up close )
paint scheme on Vampire T.11 ~ WZ590.
It has to be said that the camera I used is not capable of reproducing the really vivid finish of this aircraft.
Anything you see in these pix that looks less than full-on bright ORANGE is not how it looks to the eye when standing close to it
Did I mention that none of the markings have been applied with vinyl ~ they're all carefully spray painted on with stencils
There's still some detail work to do before this project is offically rolled out next month
I can't wait to see it once the engine is installed and all the missing panels are added and buttoned up
A Cold War era jet trainer that really rocks ?
Ohhhh I think so yes !
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Blue Skies .....
Peter
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