CliffB Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Looking suitably sleek Col - very nice! Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Didn't realise you had a build on the go Col Like the black pit work very much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Cheers gang. Very nice work Col. She is certainly taking shape now, won't be long before she is in the paint booth. Not too much more work required before we reach that stage. Hopefully early next week. Very good progress Col. Victor does indeed look comfortable He's a tight fit in there so had to put him in place before closing the fuselage. Enjoy adding a pilot to some models as they're seldom seen in everyone else's. Looking suitably sleek Col - very nice! Cliff The Hunter is a nice aeroplane shape. Not that I've flown it around the room a few times in admiration of Sir Sidney Camm's work or anything of course Didn't realise you had a build on the go Col Like the black pit work very much. No worries Steve, you've been busy , thanks for the kind words. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Now, where were we? Ah yes; A couple short sections of Albion Alloys aluminium tubing glued in to represent the forward blast tubes, Then the airbrake was next. Early Hunters had a longer fairing and shorter brake petal to give the same overall length as any single seat machine from mark 6 onward but in different proportions like thus; [/url Hopefully the before and after shots give you a better idea. In order to separate the two parts I used a suitable curve and scribing tool to gently slice through the part. In this case it was the lid off a Revel airbrush bottle. Once done the fairing is glued to the kit and surrounded by tape to protect the fuselage before reshaping. Once that's done the two hinge slots are cut in and the door part with it's reshaped edge can be added. A couple of slivers of plastic to represent the hinges and drill two holes for what I think are fuel drains are into the fairing part drilled to take some stretched sprue later. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Lovely work as ever Col. thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very satisfying attention to detail Col. Looks like you are having fun with this one Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somtec Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Nice looking hunter build, love the lines of the hunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Coming along nicely Col. You can never have too many Hunters! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Oops, almost forgot, here's a photo of kit and decals to brighten up the thread; A question - or two - here: This decal sheet appears quite 'austere' in comparison to what I recall about FAP Hunters. I haven't taken a look at any related photos since... 5-6 years? But I do recall them to have been quite 'gaudy', with big unit insignias on the nose, big fin flashes (going down most of the fin), and big serials on rear fuselages. Do I misunderstand something, or is this sheet all that Revell is packing into that box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 ...yup, here something in style of what I recall: ...though I think that serials were even bigger (and repeated, RAF-style, on bottom surfaces of each wing). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 A question - or two - here: This decal sheet appears quite 'austere' in comparison to what I recall about FAP Hunters. I haven't taken a look at any related photos since... 5-6 years? But I do recall them to have been quite 'gaudy', with big unit insignias on the nose, big fin flashes (going down most of the fin), and big serials on rear fuselages. Do I misunderstand something, or is this sheet all that Revell is packing into that box? Hello Tom thanks for taking a look in at this one. Alas neither Revell or anyone else seem to make a decal option for a Peruvian Hunter so this one is going to take some ingenuity. The decal sheets you see are Blue Rider aftermarket items that Cliff kindly supplied and cover Peruvian Army aviation subjects of the 20s. That gives me four roundels, enough so long as there was only one on the upper wing surfaces and one on the lower surfaces, while I intend to paint the large fin flashes and use stock decal numbers from a Modeldecal for the rear fuselage and wing serials. All the photos I've found don't show the show any evidence of the large squadron badge on the nose but are also inconclusive as to whether the aircraft feature two upper wing roundels (as with most other Hunter operators) or a single 'American style' upper and lower wing roundel matched to a serial (as with Belgian aircraft after their initial delivery). The only evidence I've found for the latter is a Peruvian modeller's Hunter T.62 so hopefully he knows the subject better than I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 K, wife's calling, so I'll be afk for some times, but I'll e-mail you some stuff when I'm back, in 2-3 hours. That said: finding appropriate decals for anything else but roundels is likely to become 'hard', to put it mildly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 K, wife's calling, so I'll be afk for some times, but I'll e-mail you some stuff when I'm back, in 2-3 hours. That said: finding appropriate decals for anything else but roundels is likely to become 'hard', to put it mildly. Thank you Tom. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Erm... have I got your e-mail address, Col? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Erm... have I got your e-mail address, Col? Ah, most likely not Tom, [email protected] cheers fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 K, e-mail with some photos underway... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Message received Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Here's where we are after the last few days; Got the mid fuselage vents changed with the aid of a template you can hopefully see made of clear plastic. A pitot probe turned down from brass. Added the windscreen The inner wing pylons are on along with the mounting flanges made from a sliver of thin plastic. Added some minor detail to the nose wheel bay as well. A little tidy-up and it'll be time to spray some paint at this one. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Really coming along Col. Great attention to detail, most impressive. Looking forward to seeing some paint on! Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milktrip Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 lovely details there Col. I'll be asking you for advise on the Hunter STGB next year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Really coming along Col. Great attention to detail, most impressive. Looking forward to seeing some paint on! Craig. Truth be told I'm quite looking forward to that myself Craig. It's bloody freezing here and not the best conditions for spraying out in the garage. lovely details there Col. I'll be asking you for advise on the Hunter STGB next year Ask away Aaron. Got a pile of references close to the bench so will do anything I can to help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milktrip Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 you're right about the cold! Is it windy round your way too? I'm worried my garage door will get blown off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 you're right about the cold! Is it windy round your way too? I'm worried my garage door will get blown off again. Aye the wind is loud in the lum but still no snow. Plenty in Aviemore this evening according to a mate who's over there for the weekend - too windy for skiing though so that's her wasted her weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looking really good Col. I must practice my re-scribing skills - the use of templates sounds like a great idea. Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Its really coming along Col. Like the details a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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