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Cockpit fitted into the fuselage and fuselage halves glued together, PE detail added to the side panels, which were then fitted. Jon

So far so good, nice detail in the cockpit using Eduard PE. I hope you enjoy watching this aircraft take shape, as long as this wretched virus doesn't interfere, I'll try a post daily. Jon

Funny you should say that, but looking at it, I think it’s a bit too Matt. I might respray with semi matt.

All done. I used the Eduard PE for the internals of the cockpit. Came out quite well, I think. Not sure if it might benefit from a light weathering. Jon Not too good with the red line decals, but I am getting better. Long way to go to match some of the finished kits on this forum. Jon

All done. I've posted in 'Ready for Inspection' Jon

Nearly done. All decals applied, just waiting for everything to dry off, then coating of matt or semi-matt varnish. Then I'll post in 'Ready for inspection'. I hope you've enjoyed watching this little plane take shape, as much as I've enjoyed building it. Not sure if I'm going to weather it yet, maybe a little. Jon

Ready for the decals.

Oops. Just noticed, I put 103 in the title, what a prat. Obviously its a 109.

Masked, ready to spray second camouflage colour. Second camo colour on. Unmasked Guns, exhaust and canopy fitted.

First colour of camo, overnight dry then mask and put on the next.

Sprayed with grey primer. Then masked off the top surfaces and sprayed the rest light blue. Will mask off the blue tomorrow and apply one of the camo colours.

It’s a simple kit, as you can see it has only two sprues, I complicated it by using an Eduard PE set for the cockpit. Comes across as a small, delicate aircraft.

Starting to look like and aircraft.

Thanks. Always tidy up as I go. Bit OCD when it comes to my workspace.

And so it begins. I'm using the Eduard PE, which although it can be a fiddle, I think is good. No problems so far, quite a simple cockpit. Wasn't quite sure of the angle the yellow ended levers should be at, so if any one can cast some light on this, I'd be grateful. Little bit of paint touchup and detailing. But so far so good. As long as I don't catch this wretched virus, this should be a fun build. Jon.

Very kind of you. Thank you.

I’ve just started the Tamiya Swordfish, to which I will add Tamiya PE rigging. Not used that before, so I shall see.

Thanks. I have no idea whether it’s old or new tooling. There is a copyright date of 2018 on the box. I do know, that I’ve built better kits. Some of the parts didn’t fit too well, not sure I’d go for another Eduard kit (unless it was very cheap). Having said that, it was nice to get the PE parts as standard and the end result was ok. Jon

Glad you liked it. Once the cockpit build is done, the rest flies () together. Just make sure you don’t paint over ANY assembly lines, they are that close a fit

JN751. Flown by W/Cdr Ronald P. Beamont DSO, DFC & Bar. CO of No 150 Wing. Newchurch. June 1944. The original use of 150 Wing was to provide air support during the invasion, however, from mid June the Wing was moved back to Southern England, to provide protection against V1 'doodle bugs' for which this aircraft was especially suited and of which W/Cdr Beamont accounted for 32. At the end of September the entire unit, under the leadership of Beamont, moved to liberated Europe. On October 12th his aircraft was hit by flak and had to put down behind enemy lines. He spent the rest of the war as a POW. After the war he continued as a test pilot and flew many aircraft, including, Meteor, Vampire, Canberra, Lightning and the TSR2. He retired in August 1979 and died on November 19th 2001. I hope you all enjoy my attempt at this aircraft. Jon Apologies, I missed painting the leading edges of the wings yellow, didn't see it until I'd posted, This will be rectified. Promise. J

Very nice. It’s a lovely kit to build.

Dave. I did just as you say, I only put the question out there just to hear others opinions, always nice to get a different angle on things. And since being on this forum, I’ve come to realise there are some very strong opinions. Each to their own. In the end I used what I had, Tamiya XF-7 matte red, and I was pleased with the result. Jon

Actually the paint I used was Tamiya XF-7 flat red, onto a grey primer. A right pain to spray the red onto the corrugated fusion. Not being flat I found I had to spray from all angles.

Not sure I understand, you say it would be a darker red ‘like the photo above’ that IS the red I painted it. The point is though, no one can say what shade of red, as there are no colour photos from the period.