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Sword Seafire Mk.XV (late) 1/72nd - HMS Glory, 1946


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Here's my attempt at Sword's 1/72nd kit that I did over on the 'Carriers Ahoy!' GB if you fancy looking at the build thread.

 

A nicely detailed kit, it requires a bit more 'proper modelling' than I had patience for this time!  The wing fitting and canopy were the main problem areas for me, and I still managed to misalign the canopy at the rear (it is narrower than the fuselage).

 

The Techmod decals frequently broke and I ended up not using the stencilling because of this.

 

Paints were Vallejo ModelAir.  Varnish was Alclad II Gloss (sprays nicely out the bottle) and Vallejo Satin.

 

Lightly weathered and a 7 thou E guitar string aerial.

 

Be kind 🙂

 

Davey.

 

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Very nice build, well done!

The type has always intrigued me, as the finely-balanced undercarriage and (comparatively) petite nature of the airframe don't automatically promote it for carrier operations.  Well, not to my mind anyway.

Nice model though.

:goodjob:

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