Trumpeter 1/32 Fairy Swordfish Mk 1

[Vaughan]

I'll agree with that.That putty worked really well with the camo. Where did you get it from? Can you re-use it?.

[BarryW]

Hi Vaughan - yes its reusable.


I dont remember where I got it from, I Googled it when I found out about it on Phil Flory's site.


The great thing is how it settles down into the detail if left a couple of hours before spraying resulting in no bleed through while also not being sticky it lifts away easily with no risk to the paintwork.

[Vaughan]

Thanks Barry will Google it, looks like a good investment.

[BarryW]

I should have known better than to use Trumpy decals. Only excuse is that there are not many.


Inevitably one of them splintered when applying and I need a white H code letter to sit on the port side of the fuselage. Can anybody please help? I have not found a source of white 32 scale codes letters.

[BarryW]

Well after posting the above I had to rush out to a meeting and on the way I thought that it cannot be hard to mask up a capital H...


So I did....


I used Alclad Aqua Gloss to lay down my gloss coat before decalling and here are the shots of the successfully applied decals. These went down very well, conformed nicely, but I still brushed some of the Mr Softer over them.....


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I the masked up to do the verticals of the H. For this I used some base points taken from the instructions which helped enormously. I also did some measurments against the successfully applied decal, using the Tammy tape and Mk 1 eyeball.


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The paint I used was the Badger white primer as it covers so well.


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I will do the 'crossbar' tonight..... fingers crossed - I think its going to work....

[Vaughan]

Looking good so far, a great recovery Barry. Hope all goes well later.

[BarryW]

Quick update...


H done, decals finished and sealing gloss coat applied ready for washes....


Here is the painted on H - its not perfect but it certainly is good enough.


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[Guest]

Looks perfect to me Barry! Lovely finish on the paintwork

[Vaughan]

Great recovery Barry. Looking the business.

[Ian M]

Looking very nice (and tempting). H looks fine to me, lucky that is was not an S.....they're hard.


Ian M

[Dave W]

Nice work Barry.I spoke to my work colleague about his drooping wings.Reckons he assembled both models correctly.But the wings drooped over a period of time.Hes only got one swordfish now.A die cast 1/32 mosquito fell onto one from a high up shelf and wrecked it!.

[BarryW]

Making progress, but slowly, mainly because of the time I have had available over the past couple of weeks.


I have painted and weathered the torpedo. I used Gunze buffable iron for the body, the AK wax True Metal Old Bronze paint for the torps prop and matt black for the warhead. Weathering was simply giving the iron a good buffing, some silver pencil to make some chips and scratches to the warhead and a wash on the fuselage attachments.


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I have been doing a panel-line pin wash over the glossed camo work. I have used the AKI panel line wash for 'Grey-Green Camo'. It flows well into the detail and is removed using their odourless thinners with a flat brush. By brushing in the direction of the airflow you can get a very good effect.


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I think you can get an idea of the effect above.


I have just done the first matt coat ready to apply other weathering finishes such as some dry brushing and pigments.


I should have some more pics in a day or two.

[Snowman]

AWESOME!!

[Guest]

Beautiful job!

[colin m]

It's all looking lovely. Thanks for the 'putty' tip. I've ordered some.