Hi All, Thanks to the generosity of GlennR I have finally been able to make A T7! The nose section is from the Echelon kit and has been welded to a Revell FGA9 fuselage, not too difficult if carefully planned. The current Fisher conversion looks fantastic and would be an easier option if you are prepared to pay the price, I am not for a model which will only come out of the loft a couple of times a year. Painted in Revell Aqua and Xtracrylics, decals a mixture of kit and homemade. The actual aircraft served at RAE Bedford for many years. This model should be on the Wallingford Club table at Shuttleworth on Sunday.
As usual all comments welcome, MODeller

It's big, it's beautiful, it's British, it's rare (beinga two-seater) and it's extremely eye-catching. Perfect show material - I imagine you will be beating them off with a stick on Sunday.
Congratulations!

Gorgeous!!!

Brilliant mate. Its huge!, nice colour scheme too (nearly). I wonder if you'll get that in a magazine. There was a chap on here did with his cut and shut 1/32 Lightning T5.

Steve.

Looks fantastic, like it alot in this scheme

Always liked the two seat hunters though...

That's beautiful! Great job!! I actually dug my Academy/aeroclub bits out of the pile last night, I think this may actually galvanise me into starting to stick them together!

Cheers

Keef

A lovely finish, I bet it looks really impressive in that scale.

Tony

Thats lovely

Superb Brian
Lovely finish and a challenging project I imagine!

Got to be one of your best!

cheers
Rick

Gotta love the ripple!

Thats one lovely Hunter, just love the Boscombe schemes and has made me think about doing a two seater

Wow another nice model Brain

You must have great stocks or red, white and blue paint!

That's a beautiful result, looks very eye-catching!

Alan

i used to live a couple of miles from north weald and when i was a kid 111 sq weree there with their hunters and i regularly had the kak scared out of me by the avons the hunter is a nice aeroplane and you havedone it justice sir thanks for showing it to us bob

Thats beautiful!! Makes me wish someone still did a 1/48 2 seater!!

Lovely Hunter, and in a scheme very rarely seen.

Rich

Lovely! This scheme really does bring out the lines of the Hunter beautifully.

My only comment is that XF321 (in it's RAE days) was a T.7A and so was fitted with an arrestor hook.

Cheers,
Mark

Look, Brian...


Just stop it...ok?


Beautiful, gorgeous, stunning...now stop annoying us mere mortals...or else.

All the best,

Phil.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone, much appreciated! Arrestor hook comment noted, seems I have finally found a Modeldecal sheet that needs a correction, I may modify the model if I can find a decent photo.
It will be displayed at Shuttleworth on Sunday although not neccesarily on the Wallingford stand, hope to see some of you there. MODeller

spiffing work there old chap, love it

Hi MODeller,

This is about the clearest I've found so far...

Hunter T.7A XF321 at Greenham Common

The arrestor hook arrangement is exactly the same as on the GA.11s and T.8s, so you could use any of them as references too.

Thanks for that Steve, there is an arrestor hook in the Echelon parts box so it will be duly attached on Monday! MODeller

Good man!

Don't forget that the tail bumper was larger than on the non-arrestor hook aircraft, a little further aft (straddling the tailcone/fuselage joint) and offset to port to clear the hook.

Nice ripple hunter!

That looks really good, nice job on the colours.

Can I ask exactly what you used as I have the Ripple DC-3 in the stash waiting.

Julien

Hi Julien, I have used Revell Aqua Gloss White 04 and Gloss Night Blue 54 with Xtracrylics Signal Red. You could use Humbrol Gloss Midnight Blue 15 and Satin Signal Red 174 as alternatives. MODeller

Hi MODeller,

As i mentioned in my PM last week, we have XF321 preserved here in Devon, and thus are happy to post this photo for our files on it showing the hook arrangement.....
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Hi Brian, You have my mouth watering. After seeing this & your magazine spread, I now know what the first aircraft model I build will be, after I finish my Spanish dragoon conversion. I have an Aeroclub 2 seat Hunter in my stash that will soon see the light of day. Carl T

Thanks for the photo conformation Dave, I have the necessary parts so will be converting to tailhook ASAP! The model was well received at Shuttleworth on Sunday as I managed to grab a couple of empty tables and put on a "mini" Testing Colours display. MODeller