John Masters Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Okey-dokey...here it is. This was the first build I have documented and although it is fun and very instructive/inspiring to watch the build-up of others, I found my experience to be tedious. From now on I will only present for inspection... Curtiss Hawk III, over Siam. I have not added the bombs. I may later. I enjoyed this little model as I enjoy all of Special Hobby's kits. It went together fairly easily, with a bit of challenge here or there--mainly the struts. The decals were lovely and thin and slid off flawlessly. What next you may ask...? I'll have think on it. --John 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Very nice and very different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Very nice! Hawk III is my one of soft spots in modelling. I have made a scratch conversion for Thai Hawk III from Monogram Hawk II in 1980 - still I have this model, I decided to add riging to it and now and currently some painting work is needed to mask traces of this work...Now the three tone camo is accepted (as exponat in Thai Air Forces musem has), those years it was only two tones (I following the Air enthusiast profile ). The S-H kit is great (though small), Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Looks great mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Thanks lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 John, That's just lovely. Great build of an unusual aircraft in unusual markings. I have some Thai elephant national markings in my spares box that are awaiting a WHIF build. Your pretty Hawk III is inspiring me to dig them out. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Thanks for the compliment Mark. I like these Curtiss birds from the '30s. It was a fun build and gave me some practice with spraying. BTW, what is WHIF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 WHIF - A truncation of "what if". Essentially an excuse to examine alternate historical timelines and imagine how an aircraft might have appeared if things had worked out differently. Putting operational markings on a TSR2 is one classic example of WHIFery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 That's a lovely looking model.Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin1967 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 A lovely build ! Not seen this one built up before, I really like seeing biplanes built up and rigged beautifully, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Beauty! If I had one critique, it's that the pictures are a bit small. The model looks great. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Very nicely done, Sir! And got through in record time, too. Going to get one of their Grumman 'Flying Barrels'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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