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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.
Showing posts with label Scout 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scout 2. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2025

S is for Swing-Wing Sword Scout - no Woggle!

Errr . . . I mean, 'no missile'! But I think the missile was in one of those 'odds & sods' shrapnel shots at the end of a mixed lot or show report a few years ago, so, despite going unidentified at the time, it is waiting in the mixed rockets and missiles bag to be united with this! And, of course, it meant that, even for Sandown,  it was cheap!
 

The box isn't the best, but it's all there! More of an Earth-bound 'delta-dart' fighter than a spaceship. Especially with the swing-wing technology, which is all about negotiating atmosphere, at speed, and manoeuvring without the wings falling off, rather than cruising through a near-vacuum! Maybe a Trigan Empire 'Atmosphere Craft'!
 




It has the same engines as the moon-bus, so probably doesn't need the wings at all, just a diesel pump every 180-miles! It's a fun thing, not much bigger than the Spacex/Golden Astronaut stuff, and lacking the charm of the old Dime Store pulp-stuff, with a standard push-and-go motor and cycle-wheels! Century 21, Project Sword, Scout 2, box-ticked!
 
We'll see what we can find on the 15th November!