Fairburn Sharkfish

[tigercat]

Thought I'd try cross kitting Blackburn Shark and Fairey Swordfish

[dogsbody]

Slap the engine of the Swordfish onto the Shark and call it done!

RCAF Shark III.





Image from here:

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Chris

[PR19_Kit]

I've always thought of the Shark as a 'value engineered Swordfish'.

It's smaller, neater, looks more aerodynamic with those angled struts, and it still seemed capable of doing pretty much the same job as a Stringbag.

One day I REALLY ought to build that AMT kit. 

[zenrat]

What's the floatplane in the background?

[dogsbody]

What's the floatplane in the background?

Fairchild 71


Chris

[zenrat]

Thanks Chris.

[NARSES2]

What's the floatplane in the background?

Fairchild 71


Chris

Ah, cheers. Looked very WWI - Bristol monoplane type at first glance.

[zenrat]

I was thinking Beaver or Otter or Norseman but they are all too modern (even if vaguely the right shape).

[tigercat]

[PR19_Kit]

So is that a Shark with Swordfish wings? And what did the Walrus provide?

[tigercat]

It is indeed and with a new engine. Walrus was for the ACME pigeon catcher

[Gondor]

Looks as if you have a bad case of paint cracking on that upper wing

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Good thing you told us what it was....looks natural to me ! Except for the colours lol