1/48 Tamiya Swordfish MK1

by Jan Visser

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This is my 1/48 scale Swordfish MK1 from Tamiya.  Personally I think it’s one of the most beautiful kits made by them. 

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I made a small diorama base of 30 by 20 cm’s in which I poured the “water”.  I used the Woodland Realistic Water, but believe it or not although it’s a small and shallow base...I needed almost 2 bottles of 16oz per bottle, the stuff is shrinking like h.......... 

The kit is great and was a joy to built,  I also used the etch wireset which Tamiya provides for the Swordfish.  Furthermore I used some CMK resin for the slats, vertical stabilazers and some scratchbuilt control wires.

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Colours are all original Tamiya paints. 

Jan

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Photos and text © by Jan Visser