Started 01 August 2009
The Kit contents laid out
03 August 2009
Main Construction completed alongside the Fujimi Kit over the weekend.
The Fujimi kit does not provide the smoke pod, so I have pinched a pod from my other Airfix RA Hawk in the stash.
Airfix Hawk ready for filling and priming
Painting started on the Pilots - one for each jet.
16 August 2009
Not much filler was required, so it didn't take long before I masked up the canopy and windshield, and glued the windshield in place using Gator glue (a very strong PVA glue).
After the main coats of Humbrol Acrylic #174 were applied, I laid on about 3 coats of Klear, ready for the decals. On hindsight, I should really have taken more time and thought over applying the decals. As a result of rushing I ended up with some of the decals out of alignment, and the underneath was a nightmare. My advice for the underneath, is to leave off the parts 8B, 9B, 12B and 13B and to glue them on after the white arrow decals (#46 and #49) have been applied. Two decals that are not mentioned in the instructions are the #47 and #48. These should be used in the insides of the intakes (inner). Unfortunately I used them to try to recover my error on the underside.
Hopefully I should have this (and the Saudi Hawk) finished by next weekend.
Added remaining parts to Hawk and also added the 3 pipes over the jet exhaust, and some white decals on the canopy surround. The last thing I found missing on this build is the fact the mention to paint the Cream #103 on the centre, but there is no frame definition on the canopy making it hard to mask correctly.
Anyway she is finished, I made a few errors on the decal application, but I am very happy on how this came together.
and alonside the Fujimi Saudi Hawk
