Supermarine Swift PR.6

[Gondor]

Moved as per request

Thanks

[2996 Victor]

A great project for a proposed variant I was unaware of; shame it wasn't produced as those PR schemes are lovely! Looking forward to the next update.

Cheers,
Mark

[Gondor]

I have just done a little work on this build. I sanded some filler back down to the plastic, removed the inner main undercarriage doors as I had put them on the wrong sides, and finally touched up the PRU Blue where it had been scuffed. I might add the Medium Sea Grey where it is now missing no earlier than tomorrow, will see how the day goes though.

Gondor

[2996 Victor]

 

[Gondor]

After recently buying Colour Conundrums Compendium No.4, I have found that the scheme I have painted my PR6 would possibly only be appropriate for the development aircraft if at all 

So the aircraft is going to get its upper surfaces repainted. I also now have a choice of two squadrons, one is 13 Squadron, the other is 541 Squadron. I have put a request out in the Swap Shop section looking for 13 Squadron badges, I have a set of 541 badges from a Meteor decal set, although I would prefer the 13 Squadron Badges as the colour scheme is a bit more interesting.

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

The Airfix Canberra PR9 had some 13 Sqdn badges on one version IIRC.

I used them on my 'PR9B', the RB-57F painted as a PR9.

[Gondor]

The Airfix Canberra PR9 had some 13 Sqdn badges on one version IIRC.

I used them on my 'PR9B', the RB-57F painted as a PR9.

Thanks Kit but Thorvic has found what I am looking for.

Gondor

[Gondor]

As I need to repaint the airframe, fortunately only the upper surfaces, I decided to get the paint out and set it aside seeing I had put all my paints away after Telford. I found a set of Swift instructions which had Hataka paint numbers next to the upper surface colours. So I started to take out the paint. Only to find that I had written down the paint numbers for my Saudi Swift as I now realise, but at the time I was wondering why I needed Dark Earth for a mid 50's European Jet 

A quick look at the backs of the boxes of Hataka paint that I have bought soon corrected me and I annotated the drawing appropriately. 

All ready for me to get some mojo 

Gondor

[Gondor]

I have been pottering around in the background for this build, looking at drawings and reading Colour Conundrum Compendium Number Four. I noticed something in one of the profiles and then managed to read the section that covered it. The aircraft I am looking at was carrying under-wing tanks. Not a problem you may say, just do as I did with my Saudi swift and use leftover Hunter pylons as the under-wing tanks look to be the same, only the profile shows them to be different 
The answer was of course staring me in the face. Use the profile to get the dimensions of the pylon in side elevation and a picture of an F.4 from the Warpaint series provides an as near head-on shop as I could wish for without having to delve any deeper into the rabbit hole. So copy one of the pages from the Conundrum book and then measure the size against an at-hand kit. The Short Stirling was the wrong length and a bit deep too,    so I tried a Supermarine Swift kit instead, which was as good as a perfect match  That saves a bit of maths working out different sizes. 
Of course, this means that I will have to make at least two sets, one for the PR.6 and the second for the Saudi swift so it has the correct pylons. I am also going to have the perennial problem of serial numbers that go over the undercarriage doors, oh what joy    I was previously, and still probably could, just use one of the options from the kit and say the production batch which the kit aircraft was from and which was curtailed, was split with PR.6 production and the number ended up on a PR.6 rather than an FR.5    Kit's second rule etc, etc

Things to mull about I suppose

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

I was previously, and still probably could, just use one of the options from the kit and say the production batch which the kit aircraft was from and which was curtailed, what split with PR.6 production and the number ended up on a PR.6 rather than an FR.5    Kit's second rule etc, etc

That would certainly save you time and effort, all of which could be ploughed back into the project in other areas, or used for the next one. Win-Win!