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1/48 E-2 Hawkeye


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HI all,

 

A quick out of the box build for me, apart from the aftermarket decals from Bingo Decals.

 

The Kinetic kit is a average kit, I did look online for a few builds and sought solace in others experiences. The kit is well detailed with great panel lines etc, the choice of the older four bladed props or the new swept eight blades adds a different slant. The whole kit demands presence in either the folded or spread wings layout, I chose folded if only for the storage, the reality is being an ex-navy engineer, I have a calling to naval, carrier based aviation, UK and US.

 

One thing to note though, and I took advice from one build online, I added a large amount of weight to the nose area, it wasn't enough though so I displayed the model with tail supports.

 

The kit decals didn't do the subject justice so to Bingo decals I went, the Screwtops CAG aircraft looked cool so that was the one for me. With the aircraft built and finished in Mr Color, US Navy grey, it was on with the decals, the large/ extra large screw on the radome was a real worry, but it went on with no problems, settling down with Micro Sol. The rest of the decals posed no problems apart from the nose where the contour of the nose in front of the cockpit did seem to stop the decals following the contours, however after a good bit of soaking and gentle brushing, the decals conformed and in the morning looked just fine.

 

A quick panel wash and on with the wings, props and radome then she was ready to sit with my other US Navy aircraft.

 

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FLY NAVY, eat crab.

 

The Woo.

 

 

 

 

 

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Great work, I sympathise with you about the nose weight issue, I thought I had enough in but when I added the radome it affected the centre of gravity and tipped backwards. You've done a super job though.

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Thank you all for your kind words. I diliberatly didn't go mad with the weathering, (a) because it's a CAG bird and (b) because although they do look nice all gunked up at the end of a deployment, im not keen on the effect, so clean, but used it was all day long for me👍

 

Now that I have the US Navy bug, what's next I wonder????

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Excellent build!

Love that stars'n'stripes scheme - your decal work is exemplary!

I have the Hasegawa 1/72 kit in my stash and I'm inspired to move it up the waiting list.

A set of those decals in 1/72nd would be nice (think I'll have a look at eBay).

:speak_cool:

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7 minutes ago, kapam said:

Excellent build!

Love that stars'n'stripes scheme - your decal work is exemplary!

I have the Hasegawa 1/72 kit in my stash and I'm inspired to move it up the waiting list.

A set of those decals in 1/72nd would be nice (think I'll have a look at eBay).

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Thanks for your kind words, even in 1/72 you'll have a good sized model.

The Bingo decals were easy and nice to use, I think they are printed by  Fightertown decals? I only used Micro Sol as well.

Good luck with your build

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