Revell / Matchbox 1:32 De Havilland Sea Venom

[boatman]

HI Colin very nice build but to me a funny place to fit the sharks mouth ?
chrisb

[The Smythe Meister]

HI Colin very nice build but to me a funny place to fit the sharks mouth ?
chrisb

Must admit i thought that too.....
..... Kinda like having your choppers in your neck!!

[boatman]

Must admit i thought that too.....
..... Kinda like having your choppers in your neck!!

THATS what i thought Smithy lol
chrisb

[Guest]

When you take the money spent on all off the people involved in designing and actually building the things,then factor in the cost of making the components...add to that,costings to making the tools that make those components......
.... all to make just 39 of em!!....
Just HOW MUCH did it finally work out that each one cost?!!

He said they built 39 of the FAW.22 variant, not 39 Sea Venoms in all According to Wikipedia, the total production was 3× NF.20, 50× FAW.20, 167× FAW.21, 39× FAW.22, 39× FAW.53 = 298, plus another 101 under licence in France. And the type served for about 20 years, that’s quite good value for money if you compare it to some other 1950s jets

[Vaughan]

A great build Colin nice to see something different and at 1/32 scale.

[scottie3158]

Nicely done mate.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good to me. Nice one Colin.

[Jim R]

A very nice result of a rarely modelled aircraft.

[Ernie]

Excellent result!

[colin m]

HI Colin very nice build but to me a funny place to fit the sharks mouth ?
chrisb

We can only guess why it ended up so far back. Probably because the cannons exit further forward.
I think the mouth and eyes make it look like a charachter from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes...rs%20franchise.

[colin m]

A great build Colin nice to see something different and at 1/32 scale.

Different it is, an up to date version with a lot more detail would be nice. But I don't think it's something we're going to see any time soon.

[Steven000]

Well done Colin :thumb2: Fine model

[outrunner]

Very nice model there, well done.

Andy.

[yak face]

Absolutely brilliant result colin, a silk purse from an old sows ear . The extra detailing on the seats really makes a difference , as its quite a visible cockpit with that big canopy

[colin m]

Excellent result!

Thanks.

Absolutely brilliant result colin, a silk purse from an old sows ear . The extra detailing on the seats really makes a difference , as its quite a visible cockpit with that big canopy

Cheers Tony, it wasn't a bad old kit for £25, but not the £60 / £70 some are trying to get for it. The seats, yes as we can see, things are very much on show with that huge side by side canopy. It's like half a giant goldfish bowl.