Mark I 1:72 Supermarine Swift FR.5 — a vacuum-formed canopy is a clear replacement canopy for a model of the British reconnaissance jet in 1:72 scale. It is an accessory to a model, not a kit.
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A vacuum-formed clear canopy for a model of the Swift in the photo-reconnaissance FR.5 version, 1:72 scale, from Mark I. The film is an order of magnitude thinner than an injection-molded part, so once sprayed the framing comes out slender and the interior can be seen under the canopy — on a cockpit with a shell canopy that shows at first glance. Anything in the package beyond what the name gives is not stated here.
The Supermarine Swift was a British jet aircraft of the first postwar generation. It did not succeed as a day fighter and its career with the squadrons was short, but it found a use in the photo-reconnaissance FR.5 version, with a reworked forward fuselage carrying cameras and with an engine fitted with an afterburner. In this guise it served in the second half of the 1950s with units stationed in West Germany and was in its day among the fast machines at low altitude.
On no account trim the molding with a knife close to the part — the thin wall will crack. Cut it from the backing with a margin and then sand the surplus rim down on abrasive paper laid on a flat board, with a circular motion and without pressure, until you reach the parting line exactly, that is the edge where the formed surface passes into the flat backing. Work a little at a time and keep trying the fit dry; you can always take more off, but not put it back. Glue with a glue that dries clear — neither cyanoacrylate nor thin cement for plastic suits clear parts, because they fog the surface and the fumes leave a white veil. Before gluing it pays to polish the canopy with the finest abrasive and go over it with a gloss varnish; the framing is easiest to mask with narrow strips of tape and spray separately.
This is an accessory for a model, not a kit in its own right. The kit, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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