Sword Models has released the first test build photos for their new tool AF-2W Guardian “Hunter” model kit in 1/72 scale. The company is also developing an accompanying AF-2S Guardian “Killer” kit.
As previously reported, the Grumman AF-2W Guardian “Hunter” and AF-2S Guardian “Killer” were a paired U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare system in which the AF-2W carried the search radar and detection gear in a large ventral radome, while the AF-2S carried the weapons load such as torpedoes, depth charges, bombs, and rockets. Flown together as hunter-killer teams beginning in 1950, they were the Navy’s first purpose-built carrier-based ASW aircraft, but their size and poor low-speed handling made them accident-prone, and they were soon replaced by the more efficient S2F Tracker.
The kits (SW72162 and SW72163) include plastic parts, painting masks and decals with two marking options per variant. Regarding the new test build images, Sword states:
I am also attaching 2 pictures with warnings during construction. It’s different in the instructions.I recommend for the SF-2W version first assembling half of the fuselage and radar and then gluing the entire fuselage together.
Check out additional images below.
(via Sword Models)
