Hello,
Here are some
pictures of my last model. This was really fun to build. I also have the Tamiya
1/48 swordfish box still on my shelf for 2 or 3 years now, but I didn't have the
courage to start building it. I will keep it for my older days.
In fact Revell took
over an old Matchbox model. I made a lot of matchbox models when I was a
kid, so it was like a kind of trip into the past.
The quality is fair
enough but the details are not what we are used to nowadays. I've added some
riggings in stretched sprue. I've also inserted an instrument panel but it's hard
to see.
Click on
images below to see larger images
This model inspired me to
build another bi-plane, so now I'm working on a Supermarine Walrus. Also
an old 1/72 Matchbox model distributed by Revell
Sink the Bismarck!
The ancient,
obsolete Swordfish from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal were all the Fleet Air
Arm had. The Germans at the time laughed at the cumbersome, bi-plane torpedo
bombers, but they couldn't hit them! Their anti aircraft guns had predicters on
them to track incoming aircraft & hit them, but the Swordfish flew so slowly
the predicters couldn't compensate & all the shells missed!
Bye for now.
Michel
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