Fishbed Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 A fairly quick build by my standards. Picked this up at the nationals in November. I don't remember what the old Airfix kit was like (it was a long(!) time ago I built that one), but this kit looks like an SR-53. Its a bit rough , and requires a fair bit of furkling and nurdling to get everything together. I added the fuel dump pipes underneath (some photos show them) and wish I had swapped the pitot for some tubing. No doubt it will get knocked off and need replacing at some point :-). The dummy firestreaks cam from a sword lightning to replace the kit versions. Its big brother is the Maintrack vacform done far to many years ago for my liking. That's why the colour on it looks a bit off, the varnish has aged. Anyway onto the pics. TIm 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antun Jankovic Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I like them both. Shame they never flew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 great looking models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidragon Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 21 minutes ago, Antun Jankovic said: I like them both. Shame they never flew... The SR. 53 did fly, lots of times. Nowadays we would call it a 'technology demonstrator', and, as Fishbed correctly states, the missiles were just shapes. The larger - which never did fly - is the SR. 177, which fell victim to the fallacy that unmanned guided weapons were the future (and maybe they are, but not then) and to a cancelled order fom West Germany, who wisely plumped for the Starfighter instead. Great move, Mein Herren! Lovely builds of beautiful planes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Lovely work on both. While I'm more keen on the 177 as a type (I'm a big "What If?" modelling fan), the 53 is a very tidy little machine and I really like your build of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Really nice work on that, great job. They look great together too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convair Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Very nice, both! The black and white photo-calibration markings on the SR-177 are charming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovely Pig Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Nice, like them a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Very cool work, like them a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 A very smart model Tim and the white paint looks spot on, these are 2 models that are on my to-do list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: A very smart model Tim and the white paint looks spot on, these are 2 models that are on my to-do list. The white was just Alclad white primer. looked about right so left it at that :-) Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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