Hawker Sea Swallow

[loupgarou]

I fell in love wth the Sea Swallow concept I had presented in the Idea section, so I abandoned - momentarily - my swamp skimmer to start working on this.
I had a mangled Horten, somebody had tried rescribing panel lines with - ahem - dubious results  , so I started puttying (is this the word?) the wing halves before joining them to the fuselage.

The assembly came off not very badly, after some filing and carving. I filled roughly the joint with scrap plastic before using putty.


Now the first iteration of PSR is done, but forgot to take a photo. 

Another reason for leaving aside the swamp skimmer is that I should give it a first undercoat to detect surface defects, and I HATE spraying. 

[steelpillow]

Already looking ridiculously convincing.

[PR19_Kit]

Yes that looks REALLY good, even better than the sum of its parts. 

[ChernayaAkula]

Gorgeous!  It's gonna be a right looker!

[loupgarou]

Thanks for the positive comments.
I'll try to continue and even get to <shudder> paint it.

[The Rat]

Nowhere near complete, and already a winner! 

[DogfighterZen]

I agree with everyone else's words, true whif beauty, that's for sure! 
But i believe that now there's no turning back for you, you've shown it to us so you'll have to finish it!

[Dizzyfugu]

This looks lovely - the lines blend together VERY well! 
Looking forward to see what becomes of it.

[steelpillow]

Given the large fuselage cavity created by moving the engines outboard, this has to be either a bomber or a long-range type, something like a jet Mosquito. I think de Havilland would have something to say about its "Swallow" monicker too. In fact, maybe it's an early example of the Hawker de Havilland partnership that we know and love - the Hawker de Havilland Sea Swallow.

Also, if I may make so bold, it does need a swept fin (if any) - the Sea Hawk original will not look right.

[zenrat]

Yes, puttying is the right word.

I love how this looks.
I agree with steelpillow about the fin.  Something with the same profile as the wings would loot right IMO.

[PR19_Kit]

The fin from the P.1081 should do the job, see below.

[kitbasher]

The fin from the P.1081 should do the job, see below.

And we all know that the proposed PR version of the production 1081 had extended wings that looked remarkably similar to the Ho229's outer wing panels.   

PM even include a handy panel line along which to make the necessary cuts!

[loupgarou]

Given the large fuselage cavity created by moving the engines outboard, this has to be either a bomber or a long-range type, something like a jet Mosquito. I think de Havilland would have something to say about its "Swallow" monicker too. In fact, maybe it's an early example of the Hawker de Havilland partnership that we know and love - the Hawker de Havilland Sea Swallow.

Also, if I may make so bold, it does need a swept fin (if any) - the Sea Hawk original will not look right.

Oh, yes, of course, I had not intended to use the original fin. I have yet to cut (or find) an appropriate one.
As Swallow in english has various different meanings, could I say that the name was proposed by the Hawker chief test pilot in honour of a girlfriend's ability in... ahem... 

[Old Wombat]

You could but he'd want to clean it up if he wants to convince his bosses.

[JayBee]

You could always use the shape of the RW Dh 108 Swallow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH_108