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Building the Shearwater 3 RHS 70 Hydrofoil

Building the model. . .

Basis of this model was the 1/144 scale push fit injection molded plastic kit issued with Kellogg's Corn flakes in the mid 1970's, in return for 5 box lids and a few old pennies you were sent this exciting kit in a very somber brown box, presentation has come a long way! The kit is very basic, simplified and a bit chunky around the edges, yet it is evidently based on accurate source material, having measured the real thing it scaled out almost perfectly!

A brief drypush-together showed where improvements could be made.



The window frames were far to thick and would have to be replaced with thin styrene strip. I marked out their positions. . .cut away and in-filled using Evergreen strip and filed away at the bridge windows.



The fwd triangular windows were openers, so I made round corners and thickened the lower edge. The window glazing was then carried out using thinned white glue.





The Hull was very fair and smooth, alas photos showed there to be a coaming strip as well as a sprayrail fwd. These were fabricated from two different sizes of brass wire and added.