What? Another Swift?!

[Dizzyfugu]

Oh, I like that Swedish Swift!  I have an Airfix kit in the stash w/o serious plan (yet), I might pick that idea up and create a dedicated recce version (as a supplement to the Hunters). I have a surplus recce nose from a Heller Viggen somewhere...  Should look good in blue/green cammo.

[Gondor]

Oh, I like that Swedish Swift!  I have an Airfix kit in the stash w/o serious plan (yet), I might pick that idea up and create a dedicated recce version (as a supplement to the Hunters). I have a surplus recce nose from a Heller Viggen somewhere...  Should look good in blue/green cammo.

Glad you like it Dizzy. That was from last years One Week GB, here is the link https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=46573.msg845928#msg845928
It fulfilled all my requirements for the GB, easy to make and an easy paint scheme.

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

Let's see if this works:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gX28wiFUq4r4mHBNErapdDFYHHqD42u_F6gqxf4l_i1cdg4PNbylTGJnua4XwIF6TyQfdwPwwIs2AOKGxSh99w6lSQPH8ctIgx6W3u7InwUv28KVUqmsLK6r3bKrhf8r94JCB6Nl4cUZUS_cqzXbLIABbDKa7-dRIY8_GkCZUy0cy59WtSSiyjBiQA7u2eriyKql7qEqltQeGUESRwbUnL_MhsxSmnreT5Vpu2Kj6LDxNGmwS1oa82HKSo4AqbixyHyHxqPfYQfk1YDhBHF28q5zLUeLEmesNcfDlrWjxCdZjUS_dQatlDbU6vVpyh_AuYNKs73mawyM_dnssameYvPIIuU3JZrYdZaiGVbeVTcbLZfM5JCVueFNrjeXw50vGeaQbvxrWlm9UMzDLepKI2bmTZVEIQvq3VYfdXS54h4HT0_CZTlUSIZdd1SU3b8vZSNFcqNyf_uHTJt2NY51rha0Caabl05bmO6LeWpbuhQNCoT8NwwEKgoH0hqI1yLJDtoYNG8kbWboEZ4k9tYO1kpQCv6m6lv3IiaFRlL0--NFnQd7JQnzlH6YsatAZP9CnGTrEKa05h81ZuHkeWuXHxKeRBUIf9fx8ZfwAU3TCAF8tYoz_ueLztu8CDMmOxJ3mpujjlp31m3gxj-8MM_iJTkIZryTR3zKNuqfYShBID6yAke9bfb_m72zDoKA=w634-h417-no?authuser=0

From what I can work out that google user code is linked to the specific user (I linked to it via my google account & got a kind of "no entry" type of symbol). Over the last year or so I've seen a lot of people struggle with google images, which seem to be encrypted to prevent (unauthorised?) use of the images.

I'd definitely recommend using somewhere else to share your images from.

[The Rat]

Okay, set up a Flickr account. Howzis?



If you see it, that's the canopy I'll probably stick on it. If memory serves, it's from the old Frog F-4K, but backward because it seems to work better that way.

[sideshowbob9]

Looks good!

[Gondor]

Looks great and that canopy is pointing forwards

Gondor

[The Rat]

Looks great and that canopy is pointing forwards

Gondor

I KNEW THAT!    What I meant was that I have tried it backward, and it seems to look better. I think. But that picture was taken years ago.

[NARSES2]

I have tried it backward, and it seems to look better. I think. But that picture was taken years ago.

Having switched it in my minds eye Ratty I think you may well be right 

[The Rat]

Okay, first pic is when i stuck the new nose on a long time ago, I think I used a drop tank. Second is the PSR stage, with the canopy backward, which does look better.

[sideshowbob9]

Yeah, backwards definitely matches the Swift's contours better. 

[NARSES2]

Yeah, backwards definitely matches the Swift's contours better. 

Certainly does, gives her a much more modern look 

[PR19_Kit]

The forward canopy would have to open like an F-16's that way round, as there's no windscreen as such. But it looks very good nonetheless.

[The Rat]

The forward canopy would have to open like an F-16's that way round, as there's no windscreen as such. But it looks very good nonetheless.

Hmmm... You're right. If I feel industrious I could sand off the raised canopy framing, polish the plastic, and paint some frames that would allow for a better opening method. Having the canopy this way around certainly gives that back seat chappie a better view than the previous arrangement, unless I go with a single seater and have the rear part solid, like the early Swifts. Decisions, decisions...

[The Rat]

While I decide on the final scheme and use for this bird, I got some work done on creating a sawtooth leading edge. Some scrap plastic with enough glue to hopefully weld it to the wing and allow it to be carved/files/sanded to blend in. Underside will be filled in with putty. Hmmm, how does a raspberry ripple scheme sound? Then I would have to come up with yet another fantasy role.

<sigh> It ain't easy being a whiffer.

[Dizzyfugu]

Just pulled out an Xtrakit Swift FR.5 and the saw...