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Title: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: chrisonord on January 24, 2021, 04:14:22 AM
Another royal navy  hand me down pressed into  service  by the RAF, the sea venom proved to be a very good close air support  and border  policing aircraft  due to its lower speed and the side by side seating  for an observer.  Weapons  were usually  sneb rocket  pods of which  4 could  be carried  or 4 small bombs  or a combination of both. Two 20 mm cannons were also useful for  soft ground  targets or for keeping  the insurgents  heads down. Kit is the TOKO repop of the the frog kit. Not bad to build  to be quite  honest, and a lot better than I expected.
Chris
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Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: PR19_Kit on January 24, 2021, 04:36:19 AM
Is the canopy still MEGA-thick Chris?

That was always a bugbear for me, it was like looking through the bottom of a beer glass (not that I know what looking through the bottom of a beer glass is actually like, I've forgotten.............)

I like the idea, and you've made a neat job of an ancient kit there.  :thumbsup:

I like the swept fin flashes too, very innovative.
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: chrisonord on January 24, 2021, 05:00:14 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 24, 2021, 04:36:19 AM
Is the canopy still MEGA-thick Chris?

That was always a bugbear for me, it was like looking through the bottom of a beer glass (not that I know what looking through the bottom of a beer glass is actually like, I've forgotten.............)

I like the idea, and you've made a neat job of an ancient kit there.  :thumbsup:

I like the swept fin flashes too, very innovative.
The canopy certainly is  quite  thick  Kit, so nothing has changed  there. It made it easier to stick down if nothing else.  I  don't  have many  fin flashes that  are that small, so those ones just about  fit the bill.  Next  navy  hand me down  will be another  frog repop, a sea vixen, which will  get the sand pit colour scheme.
Chris
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: NARSES2 on January 24, 2021, 06:36:27 AM
You've done an excellent job with that old kit Chris  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: Tophe on January 24, 2021, 06:38:26 AM
Great twin-boomer! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: sandiego89 on January 24, 2021, 08:35:14 AM
Looks great in those colors!
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: chrisonord on January 24, 2021, 09:02:57 AM
Cheers, glad  you  like  it :thumbsup:
Chris
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: Glenn Gilbertson on January 26, 2021, 02:56:37 PM
Good job on an ancient kit - and plausible! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: chrisonord on January 26, 2021, 05:29:56 PM
Cheers  Glen, it was a lot easier to build than the Airfix  vampire  T11 I built  last year I tell you.
Chris
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: Captain Canada on January 26, 2021, 06:19:29 PM
Nice looking machine in that scheme !
Title: Re: Royal Air Force middle east sea Venom
Post by: zenrat on January 27, 2021, 12:44:24 AM
Good one Chris.

:thumbsup: