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Airfix Swordfish siblings

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Three different Airfix Swordfishes (and four different boxings):

The original Airfix Swordfish was first issued in 1958 as bagged kit 1417.
In 1962, the kit was slightly retooled, and in this form it would be issued as kit 285 from 1963 to 1972 (front box), and as 02005-1 from 1973 to 1978 (second box).
This kit didn't have any kind of interior detail, as can be seen from the first (unpainted) model

In 1983, the 1958 kit was retooled and gained an interior, but other than that the kit remained the same. In this form, and as kit 02071, the Airfix Swordfish would remain issued until 2001. The third box (and second model) is the first variant, issued between 1983 and 1989; the 1991-2001 variant would have a different decal sheet with Royal Navy Historic Flight markings.

The large, fourth box (and third model) is the 2012 new issue of the Fairey Swordfish, more about which can be found here:

Image size
4320x3240px 3.05 MB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S2600
Shutter Speed
10/130 second
Aperture
F/3.2
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Sep 9, 2013, 11:49:20 AM
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Pyranose's avatar
Nice comparison of the kits through the ages. I like how the box art has progressed too, seems like the cover picture gets progressively darker.