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Torpedo Plane . Fairey Swordfish, Mk 1.
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Welcome to the Anti-Shipping group build. Nice choice Tony.

You may want to look at this link and see about re-sizing your photos.

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Did some work on the wings..floats and torpedo
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Thanks..some useful tips..

the feel of the kit is a bit "odd" :lol:
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Wings primed..undetailed blobs of plastic (crew) painted....and filler ...and some more filler...

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i always like to use the crew, if suppied...

i have a list of stuff i will post ref this kit...

its mad..!!
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It'll be good to have a floaty Stringbag in the Flight!

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Very frustrating kit,

evry part has to be filed , adjusted , changed..modified..

every fit has to be filled /filed..sanded (heavily). :) .


here i am at this stage..
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Excellent start Tony,

I love stringbags, but still dont have the confidence to try the one in the stash! I may wait a while yet.

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The underside is being painted blue....
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at least i managed to get some done... :-D
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Tony,

Looks like good progress. Is it still fighting you?

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Martin R wrote:Tony,

Looks like good progress. Is it still fighting you?

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more progress....

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Brews wrote:Factoid for today: A floated Swordfish from HMS Warspite sunk the first U-boat by an aeroplane in WWII.
yeahm but it wasn't made by Eastern Express... :)
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