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  1. Hi Everybody, First timer in Group Build. Not sure how successful I'll be with my building pace. Moreover I thought to enter with even three models of Jet, Streak and Flash! Nevertheless doubts aside and let the fun begin!
  2. I don't often do WIP threads, mostly because I'm quite slow at building but also never quite sure how the finished thing will turn out! Decided to take a chance and start one now. This'll be the third Sword twin-seat Harrier that I'll have built, and I've decided to do the raspberry ripple scheme of the DERA (later Qinetic) Active Control Technology airframe. I've always thought it looked spectacular, if a fiddly masking challenge in 1/72 scale. Then I saw @Navy Bird's stunning version, which decided me. The Sword kits can sometimes be a little frustrating but they end up as great-looking models, despite my best efforts to the contrary!! (Here are my T10 and T4 versions, so hopefully with some decent background photography at the end, the new one will look suitably tidy): So here we go. The kit comes with a little etch for the cockpit; extras already purchased are the mandatory dropped door intakes by Freightdog, a set of nozzles by Pavla (may or may not use these as they look a little small) and the fancy nose probe for the test aircraft. Decals will be the Combat Decals set, unfortunately not the Vingtor set with the Qinetiq markings, but I can at least do the older DERA version - plus there are at least two other options for other type builds I'm aiming for in future. First step, as with all end-opening kit boxes now, is to tape up the edges and ends, then hack the top open to create a top-opener. Doesn't have to be tidy but at least it's easier to get stuff in and out, and protect the build as it goes on: Thanks for reading so far, hopefully it won't turn into a 6-month thread!
  3. Evening all, I've been contemplating what to build next for a few weeks. Got a Hobby Boss F-5 on the go which has just come out of the paint shop (albeit with half the number of wings attached that it went in with 😬) which had left me losing in mojo. Don't think the heat in the last couple of weeks has helped. Had to take my daughter to London the other week to visit the Doctor Who shop, so took the opportunity to visit Hannants in Hendon on the way back - never been and it seemed too good as opportunity to miss. I almost came out empty handed as nothing really jumped out at me, but on about the 5th circuit a came across the Sword Lightning trainer not which I've been looking at. Love a lightning, and I enjoyed building Sword's Gannet a while back so that was decision made. I actually found myself craving an airfix mosquito when we got back for some reason, that's one for another day. In a break with tradition, I've decided that this is going straight into production rather than languishing in the cupboard for months on end. I'm going to do the 111 sqn T.4 - being an ex Leuchars local these two squadrons are quite dear to me ( I know, 111 never flew lightnings from Leuchars - it's tenuous!). Box and contents shot: Unfortunately it's not a top opening box - I'm going to be sharing the desk with my wife who's about to start a uni course so I'm going to have to try and keep this contained. That might slow me down - even more!! I've found a build thread on here by @71challywhich has some very useful information, especially regarding the fuselage changes required to make this a better T.4. I won't be worrying about the instrument panel being for a T.5 though. I couldn't tell the difference so I don't think anyone else who sees this will either 🤣 So commences the second lightning in my collection. Wish me luck! 🤞 Al
  4. Here is my completed Sword 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader Crusader over Cuba boxing, what you get in the box is not a an RF-8A but a RF-8G so a bit of work is required to backdate the kit to the RF-8A mainly sanding the extra lumps and bumps on the kit I tried my best, but on checking references I have missed a couple but I know next time, the wheels as supplied in the kit are not correct for a RF-8A but there is no alternative to replace them with, I changed them for Reskit items anyway as i find them easier to paint. The instructions with the kit are confusing in places and the decals supplied do not match whats depicted on the box. So not perfect by any stretch but I present my Vought RF-8Aish. 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr 1/72 Vought RF-8A Crusader by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr
  5. Well, here's my Cunning Plan! I already gave a sneak preview in the STGB chat,: which have since then been joined by a couple of saucy Special Hobby Streaks. I plan to build four Koninklijke Luchtmacht models (yay, ambition!): - Fighter bomber F-84E (Academy) - Recce F-84G (Academy with ModelArt resin) - Strike F-84F (Special Hobby) - RF-84F (Sword) EDIT: now with added Heller 1/72nd F-84G! Game on, sirs and madams. Game on. Cheers, Andre
  6. Another "Future Release" recently listed at Hannants: #72092 - McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee Nightfighter - http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72092 The previous F2H-2 / F2H-2P are great kits. Now, can we have a new mould of the F2H-3/4 Big Banjo, please?
  7. Hi all Been working on this little beauty. This is the Sword 48th scale Kit. It went together well and was a really enjoyable build. Built mainly OOB with the addition of masking tape seatbelts lead wire brakelines, brass rod exhausts and some sticky out bits. I went for this option due to the ID stripes as I liked it, it is of an unkiwn serial number. Brush painted using Humbrol Enamels and weathered with oils and weathering powders. Hope you like. Thanks for the support and encouragement along the way. Thanks for looking in Chris
  8. Just posted by Sword on their Facebook feed. The new Photo-Recon Crusaders in1/72! Released in October. SW72149 F8U-1P/RF-8A over Cuba SW72150 RF-8G over Vietnam https://www.facebook.com/swordmodels/posts/771237008133895
  9. All: I met with Milan, Sword's boss, at Moson at the end of April, who told me he is actively researching the Dominie T.1 and HS.125-400 for future projects. Don't throw away your Airfix Classics yet, though! I strongly encouraged him to proceed with both aircraft models, and he cautioned that it depended on the economic situation. I also suggested that he engineer the Dominie with a series of optional parts, including the ventral equipment bay, to allow modelers to build Series 1 or 3 business jets. Side Note: Sword's team was uniformly unenthusiastic about producing a 1/72 C-140 (Lockheed JetStar) due to its size.
  10. Sword Models is to release 1/72nd Republic F-84F Thunderstreak kits. First boxings expected in February 2023. Source: https://www.facebook.com/swordmodels/posts/pfbid02Lnf2uw1V1Cu71NkrjvmQPrfBGNEuvS6nkKjPtAvfn8edpCmnWCVCZ3He2CLaDFojl - ref. SW72146 - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak https://swordmodel.cz/cs/home/171-sw72146-f-84f-thunderstreak.html - ref. SW72147 - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak https://swordmodel.cz/cs/home/172-sw72147-f-84f-thunderstreak.html V.P.
  11. (Paul Hollywood voice) "I want four, identical, Fiat G.55s, each decorated differently." My three recent Sword Fiat G.55s: Plus the one I made earlier this year: And all together on the tea table: The WIP thread is here if you are interested. I must have enjoyed making them because another double boxing has snuck into the stash! (edit) while I was rearranging the hobby room, I found the Supermodel and FROG versions that I made at the turn of the year, so here's a picture to show the plain green over grey FROG model and one of the alternative splinter schemes on the Supermodel:
  12. I’ve a load of FAA aircraft in the stash and had intended to make a Special Hobby DH Sea Hornet for this GB. However, it’s not the easiest of builds and has a lot of resin parts, and as I’d like to do a few I thought I’d start with somethin a little more straightforward. Although there’s a few challenges along the way, there’s a few builds here on BM which will help me avoid the potential pitfalls. So here we go with Sword’s AEW Skyraider. Two grey plastic sprues which are reasonably well moulded with minimal flash, although there’s some annoying mould ejection pins near or on mating surfaces. There’s a small clear sprue and a nice resin engine. Instructions over a few pages, although as usual with Sword some of the locations are a bit vague. Colour call outs for one FAA aircraft and two US AD-4Ws. Obviously I’ll be opting for the 849 NAS machine. I’ll probably not add the Suez stripes. Comprehensive transfer sheet, and I’ve got a mask set to help with the painting.
  13. Here's my latest 1/72 build. It's from the Sword Harrier T.4 kit. One of those frustrating kits which is a fight to put together, but worth it in the end for the way it just looks right. Extra bits to the kit were Flighpath CBLS-100 practice bomb dispensers, and some scratchbuilt canopy detail (bracing bar, strap). plus the intake FOD covers which were also made from plasticard. I honestly can't remember if the seats were in the kit or if they were resin aftermarket (I suspect the latter but it was a while ago that I started building it!). I added some extra wire detail, plus placard decals on the headboxes. Airbrushed with Hataka acrylics - was going to use Vallejo, but couldn't quite match the colours from the selection I had, and the Hataka just looked better to my eye. Wheels were from Armory, and the intakes (the most important update for any 1/72 Harrier kit!) were from Freightdog. My benchmark for the build was several amazing Kinetic 1/48 T.4 builds which I've seen on here... I tried to get as close to their level of realism in the smaller 1/72 scale as I could, and although it's not perfect, I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out. Special mention to Nick Challoner who has an interesting website featuring various designs of RAF hangar over the years - he very kindly allowed me to use a couple of his images to print off and use as backdrops. Here you can see a Type C shed at RAF Northolt, which works really nicely as a backdrop when printed large. Thanks Nick! Website here: https://www.challoner.com/aviation/hangars/index.html Assorted shots of this model, plus one alongside the Italeri GR.3 which I finished recently (and which is in the Arctic camo scheme similar to the example at RAF Cosford). I'm going to try a few hangar and/or night shots so might edit this post to add them in soon. Thanks for reading! And, as promised, a few more pics featuring my now usual 'night shoot' and hangar shot styles. Apologies if it's becoming boring but I like the look of them! As ever, assorted bits of ground equipment (plus Reedoak figures) and the Noy's hangar backdrop. One poor quality phone shot of the underside showing the tiny CBLS bomblets, taken at an earlier stage of the build before I put the super fragile masts / vanes / canopy on the topside of the aircraft! With thanks to @Selwyn who's about the sole CBLS expert on assorted threads here, including the tip I read on a dark brown Sharpie for the bomblet bands. At 1/72 even that was a challenge 😉 Finally view of my 1/72 Harrier family (minus a duplicate GR9). Still missing a GR1 [in the stash], an FA2 and maybe a GR5 and a GR7 [bit too similar to the GR.9 to motivate me to dig one out] but it's a reasonable spread of the evolution of the real thing! Two each from Airfix, Sword and Italeri. With credit to @gazza l who did a very similar thing but did it earlier and better!
  14. Apparently there were two kits in this box: I guess the ”2 in 1” was a hint but I didn’t take it. Anyway, I’ll try to get both finished, one in kit a livery and one as Red-E-Ruth with Aztec AM decals. I have made a sneak start by painting, here the sprues: The styrene is complemented with Eduardy-looking PE and some nice resin for the engines, wheel bays and cockpits and guns: Decals by Techmod, looks quite thick carrier: One questionmark to resolve: Two options for the tailwheel assembly, but no hints which alternative to use for the different decal options.
  15. Seen in Hannants future releases. Sword in coming back in the one true scale, with 1/48th BAC/EE Lightning T.Mk.4 and T.Mk.5 kits - ref. 48008 & 48009. - ref.48008 - BAC/EE Lightning T Mk.4: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW48008 - ref.48009 - BAC/EE Lightning T Mk.5: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW48009 V.P.
  16. This one was finished yesterday and I'm pleased with the way it has turned out. It's the Sword Gannet AEW.3, which I understand is about to be re-released. This one doesn't have the resin radar operators' interior, but apparently the re-release may! The kit has a number of shortfalls (the cockpit canopy being the most obvious), and some of the detail is overdone, but it certainly looks like a Gannet. Markings are for A Flight in HMS HERMES (I already have a more colourful B-Flight model). I created an ink-jet decal for the distinctive A-Flight tail marking which is missing from the kit.
  17. As I mentioned in the chat, I have a bunch of Italian fighters. If it's acceptable to the hosts, I will start a thread for all of them here and post them in the gallery singly if and when I get them finished. If not, let me know, and I will split the thread up accordingly. The two week extension will help! Anyhow, Sword and RS Models, and three Italeri kits that are ineligible for both the "Italian Job " (kits are too new) and "I feel deserted" (schemes are Mediterranean) GBs: The Sword comes in an incredible value double boxing. Here's the remainder of my first boxing plus another double: The first one built up nicely: I have also built the FROG and Supermodel versions: (The Sword is much, much better than either) The boxing has seven schemes; I am going to do two more from the box schemes and a light conversion back to an early one. The RS Model kit looks nice too; I just built their Caudron 714 and it was a fun build: I will get to the Italeri kits later (maybe!). (edit) Just remembered I've got a FROG Macchi 202 downstairs in the stash too!
  18. Sword is to release very soon a 1/72nd Arado Ar-196A-3 kit - ref.SW72085 Source: http://swordmodels.cz/cs/coming-soon/100-sw72085-arado-ar-196a-3.html V.P.
  19. My tenth and final completion for this year, Sword’s 1/72 Harrier T.4, completed as ZD991 V of 233 OCU, built out of the box plus a Master brass pitot, painted with a Hataka acrylics, with decals sourced from various sheets in my spare decal collection. A frustrating and fiddly build with fit issues and small PE antennae that fall off at the slightest provocation, vague and in places incorrect instructions (rear seat windscreen and outrigger fairings that Sword would have you fit upside down, PE part numbers that don’t match the numbers on the fret). Still it looks like a T.4 and fills a gap in my collection. The longest and ugliest member of the Harrier family. Thanks for looking. AW
  20. Joining you with this Sword 1/72 Harrier. Bought from PlasticPastimes in 2012. For which these Model Alliance decals have come my way from Jet Age.
  21. This Meteor night fighter was delivered to the RAF in 1954, initially to 25 Sqn at West Malling before being transferred to 85 Sqn in 1958. The aircraft remained in RAF service until 1961, when it was then placed as a gate guard at North Luffenham. Fortunately, WS776 still survives to this day and can be seen at Bournemouth Aviation Museum. This was my first attempt at a Sword kit, and overall I was quite impressed. It’s obviously not new tool Airfix standard, but it’s a very buildable kit with a bit of care and filler. The instructions aren’t great in that the parts aren’t numbered on the sprues, just a diagram in the instructions. Some of the stencil decals have duplicated numbers and erroneous placing in the instructions too, and the black wing walkway decals are very thin so great care is needed. Overall though, a thoroughly enjoyable build of quite a rare type. Mostly built oob except for a few wire aerials and cockpit tubes, plus Airscale instrument panel decals.
  22. Continuing the 50’s RAF theme, and my first attempt at a Sword kit. Not sure what to expect after recently building quite a few newish Airfix kits, but the first impression of it looks pretty good. Anyone who’s built this - Anything to look out for/fix? Most of the build detail seems to be the cockpit, with plenty of little knobs and levers included. I’m considering aftermarket instrument panels though if I can find them, otherwise I have to hand paint the dials, there’s no decal for them. Reasonable looking decals, I’m erring on doing the 85 squadron one. Reference photos in ‘RAF in Camera 1950s’ book. It’s bigger than I expected, pretty much the same length as a Jaguar. I think nose weight will be required!
  23. Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, FS-852, 91st FBS, 81st FBW, RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk ,UK, 1958 Subject; Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fitted with long range fuel tanks. Manufacturer; Sword Scale; 1/72 Kit number; SW72146 Aftermarket; Out of the box Paints; Exterior, AK Xtreme Metal Aluminium, Polished Aluminium, Duraluminium and Dark Aluminium. Burnt Metal and Jet Exhaust on the tail pipe. AK RC259 Olive Drab and XF69 NATO Black on the upper panels. XF7 Flat Red on the tail fin stripe. Interior; Tamiya XF4 Yellow Green, various Tamiya X and XF and Posca pens for detailing and LP65 Rubber Black. Primer; Mr Surfacer 1200. Varnish; AK Gauzy Shine Agent. Weathering; Flory Dark Dirt wash, Abteilung oils and Tamiya weathering palettes.
  24. Sword Models is to release a 1/72nd Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty kit - ref. SW72144 Source: https://www.facebook.com/swordmodels/posts/pfbid029crwaaQkzggARsCqjWvxTHYjui3W7Tdxedg8hf12A7fRfR4jGMDuYUAFySdhgnsDl V.P.
  25. This build was quite fun, I had my doubts about sword but after this build I am left with a more positive outlook on them. The kit has it's difficulties though. I go into more detail in the WIP thread: Anyway, without further delay, here she is, T.5 XS416: Here she is with my other lightnings And here she is with my other camo RAF aircraft Thanks for looking!
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