Vickers Swallow

[loupgarou]

Your Swallow was more impressive without engines. It looked as something the Klingon could have used in close fighting.

[PR19_Kit]

Also available in PRU Blue on the underside, as many good aeroplanes are.....




and in Sea Grey Medium on top. 




Decals next and then it's the landing gear and she'll be done!

[Tophe]

Knowing not much this aircraft I have gone and read its Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Swallow
and it is incredible that a so modern (or futuristic) aircraft was cancelled in 1957, 65 years ago! (my hypothesis would have been: designed in 2030, cancelled in 2050 as too much futuristic)...
But I am satisfied that its completion (here) is scheduled for some future not so long ago in the past...

[Wardukw]

There was plenty of nut ball ideas in thr 50 s and 60s Tophe mate even a bomber a B36 i believe to be powered but a nuclear reactor ..a brilliant idea if i ever heard one 

[PR19_Kit]

It's got decals on now, but needs some better ones, and they're drying after the varnish stage as I write.

I'm dreading installing the landing gear, they're TINY, and fragile too, and I'm sure I'll break one of them at least.

[Lost Cosmonauts]

It's got decals on now, but needs some better ones, and they're drying after the varnish stage as I write.

I'm dreading installing the landing gear, they're TINY, and fragile too, and I'm sure I'll break one of them at least.

*drum roll*

If you do break one then the good thing about printing is that spares are are always available

Is the cockpit section masked or are you painting windows on over the grey?

[PR19_Kit]

I did TRY and mask the cockpit, I really did, but with the amount of PSR I had to do (mainly the S bit...) the masking became sorely worn so I reluctantly stripped it off and primed over the top.

I'll do the age old airliner modelling bit and use decal windows there. I've already applied the camera pay windows in the same fashion.

[NARSES2]

There was plenty of nut ball ideas in thr 50 s and 60s Tophe mate even a bomber a B36 i believe to be powered but a nuclear reactor ..a brilliant idea if i ever heard one 

It was an interesting, if totally impractical, concept and not just restricted to  the B-36.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft

Mind you in the 50's there were plans for everything to be nuclear powered and boy's comics like the Eagle in the UK would be full of cutaway illustrations. Marks and Sparks probably had plans for a nuclear powered kettle 

[PR19_Kit]

Got most of the decals on the Swallow now and it's starting to look as it should.



The retractable cockpit can be seen almost right in the centre of the fuselage. I can't help thinking landing would have been a bit difficult with that HUGE nose stuck out in front.




Underside view showing the two camera bays, one forward and one aft.




The MoD, or maybe MoS in those days, actually issued serial nos. for 10 Swallows! And XK850 was one of them, so I used it.

Just the landing gear  to go now.

[Tophe]

very nice!

[Old Wombat]

Strange looking thing. Very sci-fi.

[Wardukw]

There was plenty of nut ball ideas in thr 50 s and 60s Tophe mate even a bomber a B36 i believe to be powered but a nuclear reactor ..a brilliant idea if i ever heard one 

It was an interesting, if totally impractical, concept and not just restricted to  the B-36.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft

Mind you in the 50's there were plans for everything to be nuclear powered and boy's comics like the Eagle in the UK would be full of cutaway illustrations. Marks and Sparks probably had plans for a nuclear powered kettle 

Oh hell Chris they went nuts in the 50s over ..atomic power !!!..atomic this and atomic that ..cars! ..cars powered by a mini reactor and tanks to and the Davy Crockett mini nuke..mental they were for this stuff ..bloody glad common sense finally took hold .
Kit thats is looking so good now and id screw the landing gear and mount it on a stand so you can really enjoy its shape 

[Lost Cosmonauts]

It does look good & has a different character to it than the original Wallis models in all white

I'm thinking I'll have to do either metallic or a grey/green over white for mine

[The Wooksta!]

I'm naming mine the Broadsword anyway.

Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green over white with Type Ds, with markings from one of the V bomber SR squadrons. That's the plan.

[Steel Penguin]

sweet ! 

and it looks very futuristic still