A Swift build? - part 2

Here is the completed Swift.  It’s a nice kit and a good representation of the real thing. To my eyes the Swift sometimes looks slightly odd but that’s because they expect to see a (similar but surprisingly different) Hunter. 

 

A Swift build? - part 1

Alongside the Javelin I built it’s near-contemporary the Swift. Ordered in the 1950s as ‘insurance’ against the Hawker Hunter failing (yes, that is a comical thought, but only with the benefit of hindsight), the Swift turned out to be a rather lacklustre fighter.  For much of it’s RAF service it was used in the reconnaissance role.  This is quite a new (2014 or thereabouts I think) kit but happily the parts count wasn’t terrifying.  Being a newish tooling it went together well.  

 

An awful Avenger? Or just a grim Grumman?

 

I was particularly pleased to find in JB's box this Avenger.  It was a relatively quick fix.  I opted for an overall mid-blue with the earlier-pattern markings.  I like it.

The Avenger as it arrived - several wobbly bits and the fuselage halves were parting company.

Flaky Fagot fettling - MiG-15 recovery part 3

 

Here is the finished MiG. In the end I opted for Chinese markings. I’d hoped to find North Korean decals but I have none in stock, and a set of North Vietnamese markings is earmarked for a newer model (in every sense) of MiG. A useful addition to my accumulation of aircraft.