moaning dolphin Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) Good day to all! Here is my latest completion, Tamiyas venerable Swordfish in 1:48 dressed up as an aircraft from one of my former squadrons 810 NAS from 1938 (obviously before my time lol). I bought the kit last year from the HMCS Shearwater Hobby show for a decent price and it also came with the rigging etch as well. I invested in the Eduard cockpit set mainly for the harnesses but it also came with a nice instrument panel so used that as well. Im not a great fan of Tamiyas decals and wanted to do something nice and colourful, luckily I came across a set of decals representing a recent incarnation of an RN Historic Flight aircraft which itself was a version from 1938, the sheet also provided information and alternative decals for the original. The sheet was from Scale Model World, and the decals went down very well the only snag i felt was the blue/red strip had a tiny bit out of register, apart from that perfect really. The build itself was relatively painless as you would expect from Tamiya, but I did find a big snag (which may be down to my own hamfistedness or Tamiyas engineering.....you decide lol!) I followed the instructions to a T when assembling the wings. It says to do them separate (even if spread) and then insert the rigging wires, before fitting to the aircraft. I got this all perfect but then when I fitted the wings it forced the rigging out of shape! So in the end I just removed it and as it was badly distorted ditched the kit rigging and replaced it with wire AFTER I had fitted the wings. The only other touch I added were the control wires for the rudder and elevator. I also decided to tool her up to the max, whether she could take off in this configuration is debatable but I think it looks better fully laden! So here she is!...... Apologies for the crappy phots, taken with my crappy phone! Cheers now Bob Edited October 3, 2019 by moaning dolphin Hamfistedness causing premeture posting! 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Excellent clean build Looks like it is straight from the factory. Looks like the factory workers were challenging the novice pilot to see if he could take off overloaded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thats a stunner of a build Bob,great work and great scheme too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, moaning dolphin said: Apologies for the crappy phots, taken with my crappy phone! They came out alright, alright enough to see a beautifully made Stringbag anyways. 3 hours ago, Greg Law said: Looks like the factory workers were challenging the novice pilot to see if he could take off overloaded. Airshow load out, to impress the gullible. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Great build, well finished and a great addition to you cabinet. Once I've finished my FAA Aces collection I will be adding the String bag to the stash.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 That looks beautiful. I really like these colourful pre-War schemes on a Stringbag. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edger Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Great looking build there, Bob. A really nice scheme as well.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lancaster Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Great looking, nice clean build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 What a great job. I just finished this kit last winter and used their photo etch set for rigging and it just about killed me trying to get it to look close to right. Yours looks to have came out perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Greetings from another Nova Scotian. I was born and grew up near Windsor. I used to visit a few pubs in Halifax before I moved west in 1980. That Swordfish looks great! Nicely done. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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