Mach 2 Swordfish

 

 

 

The journey begins... 

These "bulkheads" will let me align the fuselage halves and add some stiffness to it 

Scott Crossfield sits inside already 😉 

Canopy blended and masked, time to close the fuselage halves... 

Some progress today: fuselage sanded, panel lines restored, fin installed. I will restore the rivets after I will give it a coat of primer.... 

Fin installed and sanded. Time for wings... 

I decided to fill these big gaps between wings and fuselage with two-part epoxy putty. I hope this will add some strenght to the joints too. 

Wings and probe installed. Time for elevators 

Ready for primer 

Ready for primer 

White it is... 

White it is... 

Colors are on... the next step: decals 

Decals on - a bit brittle, but otherwise of a very good quality 

A tiny "bumper" at the rear needs to be scratchbuild. 

Finished 

Finished 

Finished 

Finished 

Finished 

Compared with Bell X-2  

Finished 

Finished