Fairey Swordfish
The Swordfish Database at iModeler
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AirFix 1:72 "Stringbag"
i have no particular affinity for the Swordfish, though i now think she's a pretty little thing in her own humble way. i started this build over a year ago as a rigging challenge. i've said it before, i do like what Airfix is producing [...]
Stringbag Mk 1 Floatplane
Continuing the recent occasional Fleet Air Arm theme, here are a few photos of Tamiya's 1/48 Swordfish, c1940, with a record photo of the actual aircraft.
The rigging is from a Tamiya detail-up etch set. The subject is often modelled with [...]
1/72 Airfix Fairey Swordfish II
This the very old airfix kit of what was affectionately known as the "Stringbag". The Swordfish has a storied career, which you can read all about elsewhere. It's about as straight forward as any Airfix bi-plane of that era. [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Swordfish
This was an 'off and on again' project, mainly due to self induced problems. I still don't have the sequence of rigging steps figured out, and when they should fit in the construction, painting and weathering stages.
I had no major [...]
