A kit of the brand
Cyber-Hobby le kit :
«DH Vampire FB.5 – Cyber-Hobby 5085».
Feature:
- Authentic Vampire FB.5 produced
- Twin-boom tail made by slide-mold technology
- Air intakes accurately represented
- Intricate landing-gear bays included
- Realistic jet exhausts reproduced
- Intricate fuselage for Vampire FB.5
- Fuselage possesses metal-skinned appearance
- Crystal-clear canopy can be assembled open/closed
- Cockpit interior details including control panel and a single seat
- 500lb bombs fitted beneath fuselage
- Landing gear be assembled in either flying or taxiing positions
Cyber Hobby continues to impress with its latest 1/72 scale release – this time a de Havilland Vampire FB.5. This British aircraft was the RAF’s second ever jet fighter (the first being the Gloster Meteor). Although it arrived too late to see WWII combat, it served in frontline squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) until 1953 and as a training platform until 1966. Some 3,268 Vampires were built and they were used by 31 air forces. The most numerically common single-seat variant was the FB.5, with the type built for the UK, South Africa and Venezuela. The FB.5 featured a Goblin II turbojet engine with armored protection. In addition, the wings were shortened by 30cm and the undercarriage was given a longer stroke to permit greater takeoff weights and more clearance for under-wing munitions. At its peak, the RAF flew 19 squadrons of FB.5s in Europe, the Middle East and Far East. It participated in the Malayan Emergency, for example.
Source: DH Vampire FB.5 on Cybber-Hobby
