Neil's Airfix 1/72 Fairey Swordfish

[Guest]

Hi all.


Now I know it's late, but hopefully I'm going to try and sneak this in before the finish date.


Its the new-tool version of the Fairey Swordfish. A lovely little kit with loads of detail, light-years ahead of the old Airfix model.


It's going to be OOB, but hopefully crewed and ona small base, if time allows.


A box shot, and scenes of the started cockpit.....


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Cheers, Neil

[Guest]

An interesting little kit there Neil! Look forward to seeing more

[Guest]

Nice painting on the small cockpit. It's good to see positive things about the airfix kits now

[Guest]

Nice choice Neil!!


You can take all the time you need, to build this little beauty!! Don't worry!!

[flyjoe180]

Nice choice Neil, looking forward to following this build.

[papa 695]

Nice choice watching all the way Neil

[Guest]

OK, cockpit basically done. I've not gone too mad as hopefully it'll be stuffed full of crew


Cheers, Neil


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[papa 695]

Great work Neil.


That's a lot better than the old one I did a few years ago some great detail

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Neil, there is a fair amount of detail in there already. As you say the crew will hide most of it.

[Guest]

Hi all. Managed to get quite a bit done. You're right Ian, it's a lovely kit with lots of little detail on it.


A couple of points I've found though. I really don't like 3 piece fuselages, I just can't seem to get on with them.


And this kit doesn't allow you to assemble the airframe with just the lower wings attached, which is a bit of a problem for painting. So I'm going to try doing it with the upper and lower wings assembled, paint both them and the fuselage, then complete.


That's the plan, anyway.....


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[colin m]

Good progress Neil,


I built the float version sometime ago and certainly agree it's a great kit to build.

[Guest]

An overdue update!!! Main construction done, a bit of masking still to do, and then to paint....


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Cheers, Neil

[flyjoe180]

Good work on the sub assemblies Neil. Looking forward to paint and rigging pics