Hi Gents. Have not been on for a while as I delved into some wingy thingys as shown.....





This will be my next Build. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Looking forward to watching this . . .

Cheers Kev

Nice Swordfish Mark,
ypu have a lot of irons in the fire, should be a busy time
Cheers,
Julian

Ahoy Mark

Now this looks like a potentially fantastic build indeed and a S-Boote.

Can't wait.

Cheers


Sean

Thanks for the comments Gents. Will have some Shots up soon.....Cheers mark

OK here we go. The first place I started was with the open Bridge. These are the Kit's Sidewalls......



And with the addition of P/E



The Kit supplied Forward Bulkhead.....



And here is the P/E Bulkhead containing 11 P/E Parts and 3 Film Sections.........





Will have more to come soon.....Cheers mark

The Hull is now together. Going by the References I have, The Bilge Drains and Outlets are in the wrong spots. I sanded them off and redrilled them in the correct Positions. The Exhaust Outlets and the Water Intakes were moulded solid. I drilled them out and backed them to negate the See-through effect. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Nice work on the exhausts Mark,

Hi Mark,

Just been having a look at the Griffon etch set . . . Wow !!

That's some detail you've got to add on there - like the Vosper miniature. I have the schnellboot in my stash and wondered about the etch, all is about to be revealed.

Certainly improved the bridge area already,

Cheers Kev

Ahoy Mark

I love how this build is shaping up already!

Great photoetch work Mark and the exhaust is such a subtle but superb improvement.

Keep the updates coming mate.

Cheers


Sean

Hi Mark,

Just picked up on your build, very interesting, looking good so far.

Si

Thanks for the comments Gents. They are greatly appreciated.....Cheers mark

Hi Mark,

love your build already!! Thorough documentation, great details from the PE...and naval hightech of the period!!
Super combination!!
Thanks for letting us watch!!

Cheers

Romain

P.S.: I didn't know Swordfish flew in "all metal look" as well!
What material did they use for the wings??

Thanks Romain. The Silver areas are in fact Silver doped Linen on the Swordfish. Talk about old Tech. Ok the main Deck is now on the S-Boote. The Deck Details are not correct so they were removed for some P/E replacements. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Looks like some serious "nip and tuck" work going on here
Go for it, looking good

Yip brave effort thus far and I know what is about to appear.

Good luck with the brass work coming up.

Cheers


Sean

Thanks Gents and as requested, here is the replacement P/E sections being Test Fitted. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Ahoy Mark

Very, very nice PE work my friend.

Cheers



Sean

Excellent fit and super neat work Mark. Looks a lot "crisper" than the plastic.

Thanks you for the comments Gents much appreciated. The next step was the Skullcap. Quite a bit of Plastic Surgery was done to it and then the addition of the P/E. here are the before and after Shots for your Critique. More to come soon.....Cheers mark

Difficult pieces to fit Mark, you pulled it off very well though

Wow !

Micro surgery - nice job

Cheers Kev

Wow indeed!

A lot of tricky PE work,......but definitely worth it!!!!

Great job!!

Cheers

Romain

Thanks for your comments Gents. Much appreciated.....Cheers mark

That PE adds a lot of detail to a very visible area, very nice. Al