BritJet Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 This started life as the old Testors/Hawk Swift "K4". The 541 was the pre-production Swift and there are quite a few differences between it and the early Swifts. I had to shorten and re-shape the tip of the nose, move the cockpit back, move the intakes back, straighten out the plan view bulge and change the shape to be more like an Attacker, fill the gun ports, extend the jetpipe and re-shape the wing leading edges. Also I drew and printed my own decals. It's painted with Alclad Polished Aluminium. Thanks for looking. Steve 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Great work , very well done, Congrats SouthViper from Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Lovely job! I've just finished reading Mike Lithgow's "Mach One" and I've found myself more interested in the Swift and family as a result. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 11 hours ago, BritJet said: I had to shorten and re-shape the tip of the nose, move the cockpit back, move the intakes back, straighten out the plan view bulge and change the shape to be more like an Attacker, fill the gun ports, extend the jetpipe and re-shape the wing leading edges. Also I drew and printed my own decals. It's painted with Alclad Polished Aluminium. Nice work Steve. It sounds so easy when you put it like that! I am struggling to make a 535 so I can appreciate your efforts John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt W Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Really nice job on a good looking aircraft. The prototypes performed so well, sadly it all went wrong with the production models… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Beautiful build on a very basic kit, great modelling ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Cheers, it is a very old and basic kit but pretty accurate. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Superb finish as usual, even better for all the modifications and NMF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Thanks, the list of changes is quite long but most were fairly simple. At least the Alclad behaved itself on this one.... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Great job!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Great work on this conversion looks lovely. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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