Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
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Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
The 1957 kit, as moulded on the undersides. A present from Paul Bradley, who kindly donated this, along with the Aeroclub white metal update set.
I've using the Aeroclub undercarriage, because it's a huge improvement on the kit parts. I will not be carving out the wheel wells, but the undercarriage doors will be replaced with thin plastic card.
Paul has even supplied a spare canopy, but as it is over a solid cockpit with disembodied head perched on top, I'm going to black out the windows.
I have added blanking plates at the jet intakes, to prevent the dreaded "See right through" syndrome, and I also spent a few minutes thinning the intake walls a little. A similar process was also carried out on the enormously chunky wing fences.
Other than that, and filling in the engraved decal positions, it's out of the bag.
This is just for fun, no pretention of accuracy
It's painted in a light blue, to represent the Speed Record aircraft WK198. I'm printing up serials and codes, and will raid the decal box for suitable roundels
I've using the Aeroclub undercarriage, because it's a huge improvement on the kit parts. I will not be carving out the wheel wells, but the undercarriage doors will be replaced with thin plastic card.
Paul has even supplied a spare canopy, but as it is over a solid cockpit with disembodied head perched on top, I'm going to black out the windows.
I have added blanking plates at the jet intakes, to prevent the dreaded "See right through" syndrome, and I also spent a few minutes thinning the intake walls a little. A similar process was also carried out on the enormously chunky wing fences.
Other than that, and filling in the engraved decal positions, it's out of the bag.
This is just for fun, no pretention of accuracy
It's painted in a light blue, to represent the Speed Record aircraft WK198. I'm printing up serials and codes, and will raid the decal box for suitable roundels
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Nice to see a 'fun' build from time to time; and it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the Airfix new tool shape-wise....
Was the disembodied head larger to start with, or is the current 'pip' all there was of him/it?
Was the disembodied head larger to start with, or is the current 'pip' all there was of him/it?
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That bit is, presumably, the severed spinal chordiggie wrote:Nice to see a 'fun' build from time to time; and it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the Airfix new tool shape-wise....
Was the disembodied head larger to start with, or is the current 'pip' all there was of him/it?
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Oh, that's not nice.....AndrewR wrote:That bit is, presumably, the severed spinal chordiggie wrote:Nice to see a 'fun' build from time to time; and it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the Airfix new tool shape-wise....
Was the disembodied head larger to start with, or is the current 'pip' all there was of him/it?
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Meanwhile, the decals went on. Roundels from an Xtradecal sheet and ejector seat triangles from spares on the Airfix Vampire T.11 sheet.
Codes and serials are homemade. I had less trouble with decal curling today, possibly because I used a lot more decal fixative spray.
The canopy is sprayed black on the inside, but is not completely opaque. The frames are painted on the outside. It's not fixed in place yet.
Codes and serials are homemade. I had less trouble with decal curling today, possibly because I used a lot more decal fixative spray.
The canopy is sprayed black on the inside, but is not completely opaque. The frames are painted on the outside. It's not fixed in place yet.
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Re: Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
I'm not sure where she is now, but here she is at the back of Sunderland Air Museum in the late 70's. You can see the original blue paint.
This is a scan from my original photograph.
Lovely Classic Build, by the way. I had one of these but can't find it anywhere.
This is a scan from my original photograph.
Lovely Classic Build, by the way. I had one of these but can't find it anywhere.
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Very nice, Andrew - what fun!
Paul
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And thank you for providing the kit.PaulBradley wrote:Very nice, Andrew - what fun!
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No worries, mate - glad you are enjoying it!
Paul
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Re: Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
She is at the Brooklands Museum.
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Re: Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
Ah, so this is where the Swift on your WW thread appeared from! This is looking great, it may be ancient but with a bit of TLC it will produce a nice looking piece.
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Re: Hawk Supermarine Swift - The Record Breaker
She is indeed at Brooklands and looking in slightly better shape than in the previous picture -
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Hopefully they will be able to do a nice restoration job. I wonder if they have the wings?
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In the older picture I think the wings were rested on the fence behind. This was on film, so I took less photos. These days I get 500 top quality on a tiny card.AndrewR wrote:Hopefully they will be able to do a nice restoration job. I wonder if they have the wings?
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