AIRA04003 - Airfix - 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR.5 - WWWEB10112668

AIRA04003 - Airfix - 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR.5 - WWWEB10112668

Preowned, Original seal, Mint

The Supermarine Swift was the first swept wing jet fighter to enter Royal Air Force service, but its career as an interceptor was short and troubled, with handling and engine problems forcing the early marks out of the fighter role. The airframe found its calling in reconnaissance. The FR.5 combined a lengthened nose housing three cameras with a clipped wing, sawtooth leading edge and afterburning Avon, and it proved excellent in the low level tactical recce role over Germany. Flown by No.2 and No.79 Squadrons in RAF Germany from 1956 to 1961, Swifts won the NATO Royal Flush reconnaissance competition in both 1957 and 1959.

In the box

• Airfix 1:72 scale injection moulded plastic kit, 62 parts
• Clear sprues for the two piece canopy, which can be posed open or closed, plus the gunsight reflector
• Detailed cockpit with separate sidewalls and a three part ejection seat with optional cushions
• Full length intake trunking and exhaust duct with afterburner ring
• Finely engraved panel lines and detailed landing gear
• Assembled wingspan 138mm
• Waterslide decal sheet covering two schemes:
  • Supermarine Swift FR.5, W/XD972, No.2 (AC) Squadron, RAF Jever, 1956
  • Supermarine Swift FR.5, S/WK281, No.79 Squadron, RAF Gütersloh, April 1956
• Illustrated assembly instructions with painting and decal placement guide