Pat C Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 My second finished Sword kit! Biggest problem I faced with this is that the canopy is significantly too wide for the fuselage. I ended up putting in a shim of plastic in the nose forward of the cockpit of around 1mm, and then a tapering shim aft of the cockpit which widened the nose enough so that the canopy fitted nicely. However the nose light fit was then less than perfect but with some judicious sanding an loads of PVA glue it doesn't look too bad. The nose is rammed full of stainless steel balls - it just about avoids being a tail sitter. jp1 I also managed to stand on the windscreen breaking it and I can say that Sword customer service were excellent sending me a replacement one without charge. jp7 This is definitely not a kit for total beginners as the instructions were somewhat vague in their placement of some of the smaller parts. Decals came from Air Decals sheet of display JP5s and went on very nicely. jp6 Hope you like! jp9 jp3 jp4 Pat 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Excellent job Pat,I failed miserably with Airfix's new tool versionin a similar scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Very well made model 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 A great looking model. I have a handful of sword kits in the stash but I have never started one, maybe one day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin1967 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Another great build Pat, I must say you overcame the canopy problem very well. I also saw one of these flying last year off the coast or should I say hugging the coastline down at Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent, I was surprised at how 'quite' it was. More please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 tasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Looks great Pat, come out really well, love the scheme. Ive got same kit in the stash, took it out the other day but just can't get the enthusiasm to start a new build at the moment! Cheers Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feifeitim Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That's really nice Pat, well done! 👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice one Pat, that looks beaut in that scheme. You look to have nailed it well. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Extremely nice Pat . Lovely paintwork and a very clean build. Well done on solving the canopy dilemma and thanks for sharing how you worked out the fix. TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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