NEW BUILDERS JET KIT VAMPIRE
 

There is a new kit of the DH VAMPIRE for 60-80 sized turbines that has just gone on sale in the UK, it is a traditional build in mostly wood and a good size at 1995mm/ 78.1/2 inches span available as a plan at 45£ /70 usd up to the comprehensive kit consisting of plan,vac form set, CNC cut wood pack and all other sheet and strip required to build the airframe priced at 320£/ 504usd or these items can be bought separately which will allow the builder to spread the cost over a period of time.There is also a dedicated oleo/retract set available for the plane This concept will bring owning a scale jet to a wide audience at a low price which can only be good for the sport. Tony is a one man band so delivery can take up to a month when he is busy
Tony Nijhuis (ny-house) is a respected designer and kitter in the UK and you should expect only quality from him and he can be found at :- www.tonynijhuisdesigns.co.uk

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Thanks for the link:)

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Ive built a couple of his multies, the last one was the sunderland, fantastic flyer ... ive owner some others that were plan built such as the b52 and the wellington both superb flyers ... if this was my bag I would build it without question.

Scott

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Kimhey, you are welcome.

Sid, yes I agree,I don't actually know Tony but I know he does good work with his kitting and I am leaning heavily towards this one as I love the early jets also the Vampire has not been done to death. some where it says that his prototype came out around 21lbs so it should fly well.
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I am very interested in a traditional balsa build Hawker Hunter at 1:6 scale for a P-120. Anyone knows if Tony may be interested in it? I would purchase the canopy and plans;)

BR

Jesus

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The only Hunter build kit that I know of is the Mick Reeves one but It may not be for a 120 I suggest you check out his site.

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have ordered a plan pack,plans formers etc and look forward to crackin on with it,its what have been looking for.all the composite vamps are either to dear or to big..........plans just arrived now waiting on wood pack.have to say it looks to be a good build.built like a good semi scale model should be ,lots of nice thick sheet and fairly simple.may post a build thread.

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budjet,

Ill be interested to see your progress for sure, and Tony if you read this "how about a Hunter so suit an 80N" please ... :-)

Scott.

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plus one on that Budjet, please publish a few photos when you have time, cheers

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Looks great.

Hope he makes some other jets to choose from :)
A hunter would be great!

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Hmm..... first quote for the shipping cost from the UK to Denmark is 80£ [:o]

surely, expenses like this will hit the export of british merchandise.

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I am agree with Sonnich, a Hawker Hunter plans and short wood kit would be great;)

BR

Jesus

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Sonnich, try parcel2go or interparcels.com much better than the post office.

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You can send 10kg with parcel force for £80 and that is the fastest service, it can be sent global value for £42 but that is again for 10kg cant imagine it weighs 10kg.

Probably cubic weight, so might be better not to get the wood pack as it is probably the lengths of these which is the problem, so just buy the cnc formers, mouldings etc, and get the sheet and strip locally.

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+1

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Well, I ordered the Vampire, and the shipping turned out to be 50£.

Looking forward to cutting som balsa.....its been some time since I last built a kit :D

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Nice one Sonnich, please let us know how you are getting on with it.

And good to know there are people out there still building from kits ...like me.<br type="_moz" />

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I emailed Tony last evening and just had a reply, He says that due to the unexpected success of the Vampire he is planning more turbine powered kits in the future and is also working with Wren turbines on a venture. The up coming designs which could take a while are two trainer types ,a Vulcan without bificurated pipe for a single turbine ,and yes a Hunter! the best of British designs during the fifties in my view.

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Sounds awesome.


Get him to design a Victor too :D
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtI1KYTtMDI[/youtube]

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At last!!! Let me know how soon the Hunter plans will be ready;)

BR

Jesus

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I also mailed him about other projects, and this is the answer ;)

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Doing my homework and gathering information about the vampire, I stumbled over this awesome footage of te Royal Navy with their carrier operations.
Remarkable good quality.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv8prm4mGEQ&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFzRtOuj5GQ&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ThKrI3dG8&feature=related[/youtube]

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Great films! What surprises me is the size of the airplanes in relation to the carrier.

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Sign me up for two sets of the Hunter Plans and any short kits.

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Same for one set of Hunter plans

BR

Jesus