1/32 Trumpeter Swordfish

Gallery Article by Rafi Ben-Shahar on July 1 2009

 

This time, I was rather quick grabbing a new Trumpeter Swordfish kit assuming that it would resemble my favorite Tamiya 1/48 kit. In principle, it does. 

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It looks as if the dimensions are right and the parts breakdown is familiar. However, in practice, you would need to modify the parts considerably to make an adequate representation of the biplane. In particular, flying surfaces and details that the eye skips on the 1/48 scale, but are glaring plastic chunks on the 1/32 scale.

Recommended only for the Stringbag fans.

Rafi Ben-Shahar

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Photos and text © by Rafi Ben-Shahar