Russell, sorry I can’t help with the colour question but I will look at the Tamiya 1/48 kit in a day or two and see what colour they say. Off the top of my head I can’t remember if I have a book on the Swordfish, at work at the moment so give me a couple of days.
On a side note I have Trumpeters 1/48 Fairey Barracuda on the way, yet another torpedo bomber, and although the Grace was top of the list for getting built the Barracuda has jumped to the top of that list in a HMS Lusty 1944 scheme when she was operating off Sumatra for Operation Cockpit alongside USS Saratoga.
From a piece of pallet wood destined for the fireplace i tried to get it to look like a chunk of drift wood you can find on the beach,..with the “steal wol vinegar method” i aged the wood. It’s ok but i would like to have it more grey and not so dark, apparently i used too much steal wol . Oh well better next time.
After “aging” the model with some real water plus some extra dust/sand, i poured some resin in the hole to create a standing water effect.
Then some small extra add on’s to make it a bit more “lively” and we where ready is guess
This “wunder waffen” failed, from the almost 400 build non of them made a real impact with the cost of many German sailors, by the looks of the closed hatch below the same can be assumed.
The scene is a 50’s North Sea Beach were local fishermen knew that something close to the shore was tearing up their fishing nets. It took a very low tide to reveal the reason and their luck as one of the G7e torpedo’s is still attached to the revealed Molch wreck.
Jan, looks great. I am building the 1/35 version and I plan to place it is resin to show it in action. I love the beached diorama as well and will probably steal that idea.
. Oh well better next time.
