Beard

That's a shame to hear, I have always wanted to buy a sword spitfire 

good luck

Rob, don't let the fact that the XIV's cockpit makes the fuselage spread so much you need to do some serious shaving of the wingroots, after cutting the bottom part of the instrument panel off and shaving the sides of what's left (and trimming bit the seat fits on) and that it also interferes with the rear part of the lower wing meeting the fuselage or that the lower wing has excess plastic, which doesn't help with the fit, put you off.

The Sword Vc and Merlin Seafire go together pretty well.

Well in that case Simon, I'm sold.... nothing like a punishing build to blow the cobwebs away!

Rob