Fly72 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Hi everybody This is my last work. The Hawker Hunter 1/72 from Revell. It's a very pleasant kit that I recommend to the fans of this jet to do. I just change the cockpit with Eduard Photoetched, Quick Boost seat, Master pitot, and some improvements. I hope you like it and thank you for your remarks ! Hughes Edited March 24, 2017 by Fly72 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Lovely looking Hunter. Thanks for sharing, you've done a great job. Regards, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 That looks great. Top job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Very nice. I have one of these and an F.6 stashed away, which will end up Indian and Danish (with wing mods) at some point. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 She is awesome, top work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatters Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Great job, how did you paint the fuel tanks ? I can never get the demarcation between upper and lower colours right. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly72 Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 4 hours ago, shatters said: Great job, how did you paint the fuel tanks ? I can never get the demarcation between upper and lower colours right. Phil I Phil After to paint the fuel tank with Aluminium Alclac, I protect the lower surface with adhesive tape and paint with Dark Sea Gray H75 Gunze The only little difficulty is to apply the tape in good place on the lower part of the nose because the separation line between the two colors is ligthly lower than the median line of the tank. I hope you undestand that I explain. Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Very neatly done Hunter and great recommendation for this kit CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatters Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, Fly72 said: I Phil After to paint the fuel tank with Aluminium Alclac, I protect the lower surface with adhesive tape and paint with Dark Sea Gray H75 Gunze The only little difficulty is to apply the tape in good place on the lower part of the nose because the separation line between the two colors is ligthly lower than the median line of the tank. I hope you undestand that I explain. Hughes Thanks, I've always painted the upper colour first. Will try your way on my next harrier or hunter. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Beautiful work and a beautiful aeroplane. Very nice indeed! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hughes, You nailed it! Beautiful build of a beautiful jet! Yours is the best 1/72 FGA9 I have seen so far- I hope mine will turn out half as good as yours...soooo, when will we see an F6? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly72 Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 26/03/2017 at 3:45 AM, 72modeler said: Hughes, You nailed it! Beautiful build of a beautiful jet! Yours is the best 1/72 FGA9 I have seen so far- I hope mine will turn out half as good as yours...soooo, when will we see an F6? Mike Thank you Mike and everybody for your congratulations. I'm very glad about them. For Mike, I don't know when I'll do another Hunter. Actually i'm working a T-45 Goshawk and, may be in the same time, a Hawk T-Mk.1. Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Well Done, fantastic Hunter, maybe the best presented on the web (@72scale). Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Happy Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Fly72, Pure classic 😎. Very nicly done ✅ Keep building my friend👍 Cheers, Mr. Happy (In name only) Spoiler Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 0:31 PM, Fly72 said: Thank you Mike and everybody for your congratulations. I'm very glad about them. For Mike, I don't know when I'll do another Hunter. Actually i'm working a T-45 Goshawk and, may be in the same time, a Hawk T-Mk.1. Hughes Whoa, you sure know how to have fun! From what I have read, there are a lot of corrections needed to make the Italeri kit into a T-45! Good luck! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly72 Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 28/03/2017 at 11:07 PM, 72modeler said: Whoa, you sure know how to have fun! From what I have read, there are a lot of corrections needed to make the Italeri kit into a T-45! Good luck! Mike The base kit is Italeri but altered by Wolfpack to do a real T-45C. I'll add some details like to change airbreaks, Eduard photoetched kockpit, resin seats, etc. Hugues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 6 hours ago, Fly72 said: Hugues Hugues, If the Wolfpack T-45C kit you are referring to is WP17205, it is just a reboxing of the Italeri kit with a small etched set added; I have the italeri and the Wolfpack kits, and they are identical, down to the bagged contents labeled "product of Italy!" Wolfpack was not very forthcoming in their ads on the release, as it inferred the inaccuracies in the Italeri kit (And they were numerous from what I have read.) had been corrected, but the moldings have not been revised in any fashion. I was hot to do a T-45C when the kit was released, as my brother-in-law maintained them, but I was very disappointed when I bought the Wolfpack kit and saw the contents. There was a very comprehensive build article that I read a few years back that included photos of the actual airplane as well as step-by-step photos of the corrections need to make an accurate T-45C from the Italeri kit. When my HD crashed recently, I lost some of my modeling files and that article was among them. I will try to find it again and post it in the Modern Aircraft section. From the articles I have seen on the kit, you can get close to a T-45C, but it does have some fairly significant problems; I seem to recall tail cone, speed brake, wheel well/wheel door issues (I think the belly and wheel bay area needs to be bulged significantly to enclose the larger tires fitted.)wheel track, and the wings/wingroots. Maybe somebody who is much better informed on the aircraft and the kit, like Tailhook Tommy, might be able to be more specific than I on the kit. (You sure know how to pick 'em, as we say here in Texas!) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly72 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hi Mike I agree about the origin of the kit but I inted to correct and scratch that it will be. I will show you when it will be finished. Thank you fot your comments. Hugues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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