Nicke06 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) After a long building project I have o call this project finish. I have tried to create a Dh Venom NF 51 aka Swedish Airforce J 33 in 1/48 scales. I have parts from three different kits. Nose and cockpit are from Classic Airframes Vampire NF 10, wings and midsection are Classic Airframes Venom FB 4, and tailbooms are from Aeroclub Sea Venom. It has not been a shake and bake kit at all. Parts has to be modified, I have used at least a half tube of filler. This project has spent a lot of time on the “shelf of doom”, especially since I got the news that Pilot Replicas are working on a Venom series, but a good friend told me, “finish the project and move on”, and so I did. Nicklas IPMS Sweden Some not so good pictures. This fellow help me along the time. Edited January 27, 2017 by Nicke06 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wow, looks like quite a journey, but the end result is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I like that very much indeed. Came out beautifully in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 That is really excellent work and to cut up so many hard to get kits shows true dedication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rholland Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Nice job Nicklas. Richard in NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Congrats to a) actually finishing the project (don't worry, the PR J 33 surely won't appear until some time in the 2020s) and b ) to creating such a convincing and good looking model! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Stunning looking Nattjakt! Excellent attention to detail and a beautiful finish too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Very well done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Super model, your patience and dedication has paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Great job on this one. Looks perfect. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Now that's lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobk Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nicklas, was there any reason besides kit availability that you did not use the Classic Airframes Sea Venom for this project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Really cool, don't often see them in this scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicke06 Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 16 hours ago, dobk said: Nicklas, was there any reason besides kit availability that you did not use the Classic Airframes Sea Venom for this project? The nose shape on the Sea Venom is not the same as on the NF 2. The Sea venom nose is almost circular round and the NF 2 is not. Sea Venom FAW 21 had different radar then the NF 2. The Classic Airframe Vampire NF 10 has two noses in the kit and one is correct for the Venom NF 2. The canopy on the Sea Venom kit has a different shape as well. My project is not a perfect Venom NF 2 but it’s as close as I can get it until Pilot Replicas release there Venom kits. I have two of their kits in my stash (SAAB J 21 and J 29F) and they are really nice kits Finding a Classic Airframe Sea Venom is difficult and the ones I found on Ebay are going for some really mad prices. Thanks Nicklas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Well done, that looks the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobk Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 4/3/2017 at 3:23 AM, Nicke06 said: The nose shape on the Sea Venom is not the same as on the NF 2. The Sea venom nose is almost circular round and the NF 2 is not. Sea Venom FAW 21 had different radar then the NF 2. The Classic Airframe Vampire NF 10 has two noses in the kit and one is correct for the Venom NF 2. The canopy on the Sea Venom kit has a different shape as well. My project is not a perfect Venom NF 2 but it’s as close as I can get it until Pilot Replicas release there Venom kits. I have two of their kits in my stash (SAAB J 21 and J 29F) and they are really nice kits Finding a Classic Airframe Sea Venom is difficult and the ones I found on Ebay are going for some really mad prices. Thanks Nicklas Thank you Nicklas. I wondered if there were structural differences between the carrier and land based versions. I have a couple of CA Sea Venom's bought years ago when they were available. Also have several of Pilot Replicas J29 and really look forward to their Venoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Wow, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrywilliams Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 That Venom looks amazing! I've never been lucky enough to see one fly though I have been around the raf venom in Oman, or what's left of it... looters and souvenir hunter have claimed the rest looking forward to the build! Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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