aidy Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Hi all, This is my second kit of the year, an almost OOB Hobbyboss 1/48 Hawk 200 finished as a Royal Malaysian Air Force Mk 208 of No. 6 Squadron. I replaced the tip of the refueling probe with a spare tip from a Hasegawa A-4 and took the Mk.82s from a Hobbycraft A-4. The mission tally is a home-brewed decal which marks the sorties this aircraft flew against insurgents in North Borneo a few years ago. I wish I had better weathering skills as this is one of the most heavily weathered RMAF jets around and I don't think I've done quite enough weathering on the model. Gunze paints were used throughout. DSCN5472 by Aidy Abdullah, on Flickr DSCN5471 by Aidy Abdullah, on Flickr DSCN5462 by Aidy Abdullah, on Flickr DSCN5460 by Aidy Abdullah, on Flickr DSCN5467 by Aidy Abdullah, on Flickr Hope you enjoyed the pics! 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Very Nice model, didn't know a 1/48 Hawk kit was on the market 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Great job on the Hawk, looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Very tasty, you don't see many of those 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Great job on this bestseller from BAE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Excellent job. Never knew there was a single seater in '48 out there. And a colourful set of National markings give a nice variation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I hadn't seen the Hobbyboss Hawk 200 before ... and yours looks great! Top job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 New to me too- looks fantastic, very nice photography too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air-to-Air Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Beautifully finished, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 looks great, nice work..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Nice work! At hawk single seaters Honbyboss definitely has the lead! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Very nice Aidy,.....I do wish that the RAF used these too! You`ve done a fantastic job and I love the scheme, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertom Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Cantik Aidy, syabas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 5 hours ago, tonyot said: Very nice Aidy,.....I do wish that the RAF used these too. Tony But what for exactly? Cheapish slow low end short legged point interdiction interceptor? I guess the RAF has enough high end maschines for possible Hawk jobs.... Malaysia on the other hand .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 53 minutes ago, exdraken said: But what for exactly? Cheapish slow low end short legged point interdiction interceptor? I guess the RAF has enough high end maschines for possible Hawk jobs.... Malaysia on the other hand .... Because I like the look of them and they would look good in RAF squadron markings,...then I would build a model of one,.....nothing too heavy mate don`t worry!! If we still had RAuxAF units they could be equipped with them for low budget training and second line point defence roles,...... or even be used alongside the T.2`s for the single seat missions where radar training could be implemented,.....although I do know that in flight simulation and ground based simulators do cater for this and Reservist aircrew do fly with front line units. Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 That looks really good. At risk of sounding like a cracked record, I do wish they'd scale it down to 1/72, would love to be able to loose retire my Matchbox kit. I'd quite like some Omani marking for it too. Please. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Very well done! Any idea about the kit's accuracy in shape and dimensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Thanks Antoine. The kit measures out to about 1/44 scale, but shape is mostly good when compared to the plans available online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 10 hours ago, exdraken said: But what for exactly? Cheapish slow low end short legged point interdiction interceptor? I guess the RAF has enough high end maschines for possible Hawk jobs.... Malaysia on the other hand .... From what I gather, the RMAF weren't too enthusiastic about them either but had the Hawks forced upon them after pulling out of a deal to buy Tornadoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Great work and very nicely finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 3 hours ago, aidy said: Thanks Antoine. The kit measures out to about 1/44 scale, but shape is mostly good when compared to the plans available online. 44? That is rather large!! Fou you hsppen to have a other the HB hawk kit to compare it to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 1 hour ago, exdraken said: 44? That is rather large!! Fou you hsppen to have a other the HB hawk kit to compare it to? Yes, I compared it to the Aifix kit with the NeOmega conversion set and it does look bigger. Also did compare both Hobbyboss and Airfix Mk.100 as well. The Hobbyboss Hawk looks nice on it's own, but I must say that it does look a bit out of scale sitting next to my AFV Club RF-5E in the display case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 E 4 minutes ago, aidy said: Yes, I compared it to the Aifix kit with the NeOmega conversion set and it does look bigger. Also did compare both Hobbyboss and Airfix Mk.100 as well. The Hobbyboss Hawk looks nice on it's own, but I must say that it does look a bit out of scale sitting next to my AFV Club RF-5E in the display case. Thanks! I might stick to the Italeri anf Airfix offering then.... does not look too likely for them producing a 200 series though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Lovely job on that ,really nice finish. I think asthetics must have been at the bottom of the list when in the design stage! Sir Sydney must have rolled in his grave when they rolled that out. I digress, I would build one just because its a Hawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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