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This is it! Build twelve since I restarted this modelling gig. I . Can. Stop. Counting! And it only took me 22 months to do 12. But what a choice. You SNEAKY Sword... Lulling me into a false sense of security with your nice little Spitfire kits that went together with little problem. Making me think all your kits are like that. SILLY me. This one was definitely in the check fit, file, check fit, rinse repeat category. I'm sure more experienced modellers would have no problem, but I'm glad I did the shake and bake Airfix Vampire before this. I don't think I'd survive doing two like this in a row. That on top of the suddenly very busy photoshoot schedule I have and it was touch and go whether it would get done! Here it is though. The Sword Photo Banshee. I chose it for build 12 because I don't think I'd seen one of these versions by Sword on here yet and I also fancied practising messing up the glossy sea blue finish a bit. I noticed the Marine aircraft based in Korea did get a bit mucky. In the end I don't think I messed it up enough, but it is what it is. A few build points. I used Lifecolor glossy sea blue for the main colour. The aluminium was Aclad 2. The camera nose is a separate section in the kit and all transparent. So that was masked off before construction. My fitting wasn't quite perfect though and it's a degree or two off clockwise. The decals are nice and thin and settled down very well. I washed the panel lines with a mix of humbrol dark earth and sand weathering powders in a mild mix of water and decal fix. The kit is missing a few details I think. For instance it doesn't have what I think are the tear drop lights on the front of the tip tanks that I've seen on photos of the real thing. Of course a REAL modeller would have fixed that. I also think the front undercarriage sits a bit low in comparison to the main gear, and I should have applied a bit of surgery to balance that out, but Real Life called and I needed it finished. In the end I quite like it. Not sure what 2015 will bring. More aircraft in 1/72 for sure, but I'm tempted to go Sci-fi for my first 2015 build. PhotoBanshee_021214_01 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_02 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_04 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_05 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_06 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_07 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_08 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_11 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr PhotoBanshee_021214_12 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr