Drewe Manton Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 Pitot replaced with Albion Alloys brass tubing, but that aside SFTB. Mr Color paints, Vallejo final finish.http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s463/Dmanton300/Airfix%20Swift%20FR5/DSCF1431_zpsspnblt9q.jpghttp://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s463/Dmanton300/Airfix%20Swift%20FR5/DSCF1432_zpsvviwubbh.jpghttp://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s463/Dmanton300/Airfix%20Swift%20FR5/DSCF1435_zpspqwm5iyx.jpghttp://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s463/Dmanton300/Airfix%20Swift%20FR5/DSCF1436_zpsvw20ewzn.jpghttp://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s463/Dmanton300/Airfix%20Swift%20FR5/DSCF1438_zpsr7eoirjq.jpg
Jonathan Mock Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 Basic techniques, excellent resilts. What did you use for the canopy seal?
Drewe Manton Posted December 7, 2015 Author Posted December 7, 2015 The canopy was just some clear decal sprayed with Mr Color radome tan and cut into strips
david_fleming Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Better than masking - I'm always surprised more people don't do that - I used decal strip for my 1/144th Avenger
Jonathan Mock Posted December 8, 2015 Posted December 8, 2015 I think on one of my Hawks I used very thin strips of Tamiya tape.
Drewe Manton Posted December 8, 2015 Author Posted December 8, 2015 I've tried all methods in the past. But decal cut to match curves with etched templates has worked best overall.
david_fleming Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 My first one has a fairly warped upper fuselage. Time for the boiling water and hairdryer!
Drewe Manton Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 They really need to get on top of QC. Mine wasn't warped, but I did have a slightly short shot nose leg, and a stress crack in my canopy.
Drewe Manton Posted December 18, 2015 Author Posted December 18, 2015 And use harder plastic!I sort of ignored that as being so obvious as to be unworthy of mention!
david_fleming Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 NOt strictly Airfix, but I have dug out an old Testors kit with a view to doing one of the nuclear test airframes
david_fleming Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 It could, but you'd need the Freightdog conversion as it's an F1 or F2.
Drewe Manton Posted December 21, 2015 Author Posted December 21, 2015 I tried searching for those conversions a couple days ago - his website is super unintuitive!
david_fleming Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I tried searching for those conversions a couple days ago - his website is super unintuitive!It's there if look, although the F1 set isn't at present.
Drewe Manton Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 Good think for something so recent they'd be front page news.
Drewe Manton Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 Very neat mate, nice job. For MAI?Nah, strictly personal this time!
nigel_poole Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 Nice build on a uglier than sin aircraft lol.
Drewe Manton Posted December 26, 2015 Author Posted December 26, 2015 Nice build on a uglier than sin aircraft lol. Oh it's nice from some angles, but it does have a generous posterior!
david_fleming Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Swift is my second favourite jet, never ever thought I'd get an Airfix kit of it!
Jonathan Mock Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 The Swift and the SAAB Lansen always look like they were separate at birth, though the Lansen looked like it was fed more - big aeroplane.
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