Fishbed Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I finally set the camera up to photo some old builds. Finished the Sword 1/48 Meteor NF14 late last year! I was a bit disappointed with the contents of the box. Details was a bit lacking in several areas. In the end I used the Barracuda wide mouth engine intakes (which actually fit quite well even if not designed for this kit) and wheels; eduard generic seat belts; a fair bit of scratch in the cockpit; plus the odd aerial here and there. I had hoped it would be an easier build than the Classic Airframes NF11/13 I did some years ago. Not really. Probably my fault, but when I stuck the fuselage together it had a distinct banana shape to it, so had to cut one half to straighten it up. Usual mix of colourcoats and humbrol for the paint. kit decals. Anyway - onto the picks (PS no prizes for spotting the deliberate mistake with the squadron markings 🙂 ) Tim 54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 That's really nicely done and photographed. Great surface detail on those Sword kits. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Wow! That's an impressive result despite your troubles with the kit. I've one of these to build so thanks for the heads up on the problems I'm likely to come across. To be honest having built several Sword kits i never expect them to be 'shake & bake' so don't mind a bit of hard work. The interesting subject matter they choose makes them worthwhile. I'm still hoping they may follow this up with an NF11, 12,13 etc to save me from robbing a bank to buy one of the Classic Airframes kits! 😳😳 Thanks again for posting pics of your superb example 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike c Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Super, you should be very pleased with the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Looks brilliant! Sorry to hear you were disappointed with the kit and the challenges experienced in making it, but I hope you were ultimately really pleased with the end result. I really like the sit of the aircraft and the paint job you've done. I have the kit, but have held off making it pending an anticipated aftermarket decal sheet for the kit. Had planned a 60 Sqn machine, but no recent news of this. Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Very nice build 'n finish.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Really impressive result!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt W Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 That’s amazing. I struggled with this kit, yours has turned out so much better than mine did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 You done outstanding job !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 That’s beautiful, it’s turned out absolutely marvellous! Amazing paintwork and detail, I really hope mine comes out something like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Looks superb, I concur with Lord Riot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Looks like an awesome build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbed Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 6:29 PM, binbrook87 said: Wow! That's an impressive result despite your troubles with the kit. I've one of these to build so thanks for the heads up on the problems I'm likely to come across. To be honest having built several Sword kits i never expect them to be 'shake & bake' so don't mind a bit of hard work. The interesting subject matter they choose makes them worthwhile. I'm still hoping they may follow this up with an NF11, 12,13 etc to save me from robbing a bank to buy one of the Classic Airframes kits! 😳😳 Thanks again for posting pics of your superb example 👍👍👍 I'm pleased with how it turned out. Sometimes a kit that gives you a bit of a fight gives a better sense of satisfaction when done (as long as the kit does not win 🙂 ) On 9/6/2022 at 9:57 AM, Lord Riot said: That’s beautiful, it’s turned out absolutely marvellous! Amazing paintwork and detail, I really hope mine comes out something like this. no reason why not! On 9/5/2022 at 7:21 PM, RichG said: Looks brilliant! Sorry to hear you were disappointed with the kit and the challenges experienced in making it, but I hope you were ultimately really pleased with the end result. I really like the sit of the aircraft and the paint job you've done. I have the kit, but have held off making it pending an anticipated aftermarket decal sheet for the kit. Had planned a 60 Sqn machine, but no recent news of this. I had hoped that someone would have done some etch or resin or new decal sheet for this, but grew tired of waiting. glad I didn't wait 😉 Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Hi, That looks really good. Nice paint finish. Thanks for sharing. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Really nice job. Great work with the extra detailing in the cockpit. Infact one of the best Meteors I've seen. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 That looks exceptionally good. Ans Sword kits aren't the easiest to polish up to this standard, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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