Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 This is the Sword 1/72 F3D. I really like Sword kits. They are short run kits, so they don't fall together like a modern Airfix or Eduard kit, but they are fun. Many of them have resin and/or pre-coloured photoetch in the box as standard. This one doesn't... It is a basic but workmanlike kit. Everything comes on two grey sprues with an additional transparent sprue for the three part canopy. If you look carefully at the fuselage halves you will see some cable conduits running the length of the port side and on the starboard nose. The aircraft that Sword used as a basis for the kit was a test airframe used in the Sparrow guided missile programme. The conduits are not fitted to squadron aircraft and so they will have to be removed. Not exactly a difficult task. I shall be building this as WF-15 or VMF(N)-513 at Pyong Taek AB in 1953. It is in a Sea Blue Gloss scheme with red markings for the nightfighter role. Also on the decal sheet is an overall black aircraft of the same unit which gained two kills in 1953. There are also a couple of aircraft in standard markings which were not used in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 The cockpit has a reasonable amount of detail, very little of which will be seen through the canopy. I added some crude seatbelts from Tamiya masking tape and left them in yellow in the hope that they will be just about visible. And then the fuselage went together. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Your builds are like London buses, wait 2 weeks for one and 3 come at once! I'll look forward to seeing it progress. Sean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Your builds are like London buses, wait 2 weeks for one and 3 come at once! and if you can wait another 24 hours, there'll be another two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 and if you can wait another 24 hours, there'll be another two! I think you, Porcopius and AndrewE have this group build cornered! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Finished! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Whoa how did that happen? Blink and you miss it! Nice job though. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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