Splash's Swordfish ***Finished***
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Re: Splash's (Seafox) change of plan now Swordfish
Coming along well Splash and great news re the Seafox.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
That is coming along nicely splash, I will be building one of these after I finish the SBC-4.
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Mark
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Splash,
Great work so far. Your colour scheme has me intrigued. What's the scheme and what era is it from?
regards,
Martin
(And good news about the Seafox!)
Great work so far. Your colour scheme has me intrigued. What's the scheme and what era is it from?
regards,
Martin
(And good news about the Seafox!)
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Sorry for the delay in responding, I have not had much bench time or internet access due to work and the arrival of a new 55in 3D TV at home that has kept me pre-occupied.Martin R wrote:Splash,
Great work so far. Your colour scheme has me intrigued. What's the scheme and what era is it from?
regards,
Martin
(And good news about the Seafox!)
The Swordfish is wearing the post war RN DSG/Sky colours, I don't think many of them got re-painted, but apart from the Station Flight a/c at RNAS Arbroath up in Scotland.
The more I look at it the more I like it, it seems to suit the a/c.
Regards Splash
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
If you have built the Airfix Swordfish floatplane you can use the unused wheels on the Matchbox kit as you can see Matchbox wheels aren't that bad but the detail in the Airfix wheels will look better.
Regards Splash
Regards Splash
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
I think the Airfix wheels look considerably better Splash, that hub detail lifts them nicely in comparison to the typical '70's MB wheels. The Airfix wheels also feature a nice weighted look.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
At first I thought the Seafox was a small a/c but when next to the Swordfish it looks quite big
I really like the Matchbox Swordfish its so straightforward to build and looks good..
I really like the Matchbox Swordfish its so straightforward to build and looks good..
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Swordfish looking good.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
For an old kit, Matchbox did well with the amount of detail they moulded on the engine.
The flash has made it look brighter than it is, all I have done is give it a coat of dark silver and a oil wash of Payne's grey.
The flash has made it look brighter than it is, all I have done is give it a coat of dark silver and a oil wash of Payne's grey.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
Re: Splash's Swordfish
Well done, Matchbox! Top engine detail.
regards,
Martin
regards,
Martin
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Very nice.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
I agree, that is a nice looking engine.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Slow progress but still on target to finish on time.
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Al,
Until you started building this, I wasn't aware that any Swordfish wore this scheme.
You'll finish on time. You're on the home straight, now!
regards,
Martin
Until you started building this, I wasn't aware that any Swordfish wore this scheme.
You'll finish on time. You're on the home straight, now!
regards,
Martin
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Re: Splash's Swordfish
Great looking engine and it looks good in that colour scheme.
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