Aeroclub's 1/48 scale
de Havilland Venom FB.5

by Freddy Pedrique

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This my diorama done with two Aerolub Venom kits and two Revell trucks.

Aeroclub is known by modelers as a manufacturer of good kits, and in this case, it is the only decent Venom kit released as of today. The kit contains white metal, plastic and vacuformed parts.

These are not easy kits to work with, especially when one has to cut the vacuformed parts. Dry fittings, putty, and sandings are of extreme necessity to achieve good results.

The gas truck and the pick-up, are both from Revell. These two kits were first released in the mid 50's, and then re-released in the 90's. They are two nice kits of easy fittings but some scratch building was needed to improve them, especially in the cabins. Also the windshields were hand made because both kits lack of them. In the trucks, I want to mention the knowledge shared by fellow modeler Donnie Porter, without him this would have been an incomplete project.

The diorama was made inspired in an old picture taken around 1950, where a Venezuelan Vampire is shown being re-fuelled.

Although I have a Classic Airframes' Vampire, I wanted for this project an aircraft not much known as the Venom. I had the kits sitting in my shelf, and immediately the work begun. It took some time to have the kits built. Now that they are ready I want to share it with you.

I hope you enjoy it, and happy modeling!
 

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Model, Images and Text Copyright © 2007 by Freddy Pedrique
Page Created 25 February, 2007
Last Updated 24 December, 2007

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