Cheers Dave. Nice looking E-2 thats going on there. Those props were a mare I bet.

Pete

Thanks Pete .. actually they arnt that bad they come in two halves each having four blades and you just sandwich them together then add the spinner...

I suppose it's time I got myself together and started getting my Hawk together.

So far I haven't got much done, just splashed a little Neutral Grey about over the cockpit bits. The paint is still wet in the pictures. Once it's dry I'll get on to painting the details.

While waiting for the paint to dry I indulged myself in subassemblies.

The sprue gates on the bang seats are very inconveniently placed.

They need very careful cleanup.

Another poor sprue gate is the one in the flap recess. Once more, cleanup must be done with extreme caution.

There, subassemblies galore

Hi All,

Just enlisted in this campaign and will be building the matchbox 1:72 Bae Hawk. Here's the starting pic.


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Welcome to our campaign Ansel good luck with your build

Hi everyone.
Here is the subject of my build for this campaign, Special Hobby's 1/72 Blackburn Skua, probably one of the worst fighters ever oput into service, only one worse was the Roc..



Here's hoping the rest of the kit lives up to the quality of its surface detailing.
Last Skua I built was a Frog one many many moons ago. I am not sure if I still have it out in the shed or not. May have to go and check one day.
Cheers all
Warren

More subassemblies. The intakes in white primer

Instrument panels with the first bits of black on them

And the cockpit tub with its black

I've done some drybrushing in the cockpit


And a quick test fit

The Hawk is surprisingly big in 1/32 isn't it?

Almost everything is surprisingly big in 1/32, which is one of the reasons my Phantom is still in its box

I've been doing more cockpit work in the Hawk, plus a few other things.

The bang seats have their preliminary paint and drybrushing done

I tried to portray a slight amount of wear on the edges

The seat belts have their base colours on

A bit of a wash and brush-up in the cockpit. The flash washed out most of the wear I drybrushed onto the floor


Now on to other parts of the Hawk's anatomy. The intake and turbine fans with a dark wash and polish respectively

The business end of the jet pipe, plus just a sliver of the zinc chromate painted on the interior of the fuselage showing which is exactly what I wanted to happen here.

looking good so far Jess

I know I'm getting here late but here is what I am working on, 1/32 He 219 by ZM.

Just started the beast and I've made good progress on the engines so far.



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Nice work on the Hawk Jess. I have built a few over the last couple of years, and the 1/32 scale is my fav. You can play about with the detail a bit more. What markings are you going for?


Winston.....superb detail in that HE-219 office buddy.

Pete

Ha, true! I remember when I built my 1/32 Tornado, the drop tanks were as big as a 1/72 fighter

Winston - amazing looking cockpit and engines!

Well guys nearly finished, all the decals on, and fully built.....just a little weathering, and then another good coat of future to make it shine.













Pete

oops nearly forgot.....canopy is not blacked out, just not taken masks off. Once the last coat of Future is on I will remove them.

I'm going to do the RCAF option right out of the box. Your Hawk is fantastic. That scheme is much more elaborate than I had thought.

Thanks Jess I am looking forward to seeing yours complete. i've built more Hawks than any other kite, and I was never a fan before really. The last one I did was 1/32 from RAF Chivenor a nice grey colour lol.

Pete

I see you worked out your picture problems Winston. Looking very nice so far.
Jess, persistence will win in the end.
Peter, those decals came up well. Should it be too shiny as it sits out in the weather 24/7?..
Cheers all
Warren

Yuuuuup a very shiny aircraft buddy, as it is a display aircraft and attends shows etc. so gloss is order of the day. Understand where you are coming from tho.

Pete

I'm not very thrilled about the bang seats' firing handles and I really hate trying to paint the yellow and black spirals.

I'm going to solve this little problem by borrowing Drabslab's thread technique and modify it a little bit. Since I haven't got a button, I'll need something else. First, the thread

Then instead of a button, I used my Vice-grips, dangled them from the thread and spun them for a few minutes while the threads wrapped together.

I clipped the plastic firing hoops off

Drilled a pair of holes

Superglued in a loop of the twisted thread, et voilà! Instant bang seat firing handles, no fussy painting required!