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Used Red Arrows Italeri kit to make RAF 2009 display Hawk. Kit is not easy going and required a lot of fitting and sanding. Phase Hangar resin intakes and pilot figures are nice, just like QuickBoost antennas and Master pitot tube. Decals are Model Alliance (printed by Cartograf) and gave me a pleasure to apply it on the model.

Thanks One wing is grey, and another is bare metal.

Oh, the pinup left on the cowling part detached of the aircraft

This bird is finished and you can look for more photos here

Angie was an aircraft that tells a story. It was a part of 512th Fighter Squadron which operated in France during 1944 and 1945. This aircraft went through many modifications and it was quite a collection of parts. It has a tail section and starboard wing from an older olive drab painted Thunderbolt. Invasion stripes were partially removed and after painting a yellow nose flash, a name Angie was applied. The pinup came last and ofcourse on the part taken from another aircraft. Must tell that I wouldn't make this subject without research from this website Hasegawa kit is a nice base. Plastic is smooth and fit is good. Aires made it more complicated with resin/PE set, but that is what we want. Engine section has a lot of parts and assembly is not very clear through the instuctions, so you'll need some additional documentation and reference photos. They didn't provide part between cylinder rows as well as engine flaps, so I photoetched that by myself. Also applied few more wires on the engine. Cockpit, gun bay and wheel bay are nicely done. Gun barrels, pitot tube and gunsight are from Master. Metal finish is Alclad Aluminium over Alclad Gloss Black Base. Other colors are mostly Gunze. Chipping was made with AK Warn Effect liquid. Decals are out of the box and are very good, without any trouble softening them. WIP topc is here Enjoy the photos, I hope you'll like it

No, I wouldn’t say that! You did a nice job so far. Thanks for your attention and I will be glad to inspire you.

Hello! After long time I made a little progress on this project. It was about applying engine, guns, landing gear and pylons. Aires did a quite nice job, and I just added some wire here and there to improve that areas.There is few more parts to add, but I'll do it after I do some weathering, to be sure not to break anything off.

...And here is the paintjob done (which, by the way, is a hardly understandable mess 🤣 )! Basic color is Alclad Aluminium with tonal variations on some panels. Tail section and starboard wing were taken from another plane and that is the reason why they are painted in olive drab and grey. Invasion stripes are partially painted because allies tried to erase them after D-Day. Decals are from the box and they are just fine and easy to apply with Micro SOL. All of this research I found on this web site: http://www.512thfightersquadron.com/l3-o.htm

This is a hell of the job! Would you recommend this kit?

At this point I can finally say that the bodywork is done! It was like a cat and mouse game - fill-sand-prime-scribe-fill-sand-prime... After more than a few sequences, I'm satisfied and can move to next step, which is a paintjob. Airframe is primed with Mr.Surfacer 1000 and 1200 (top coat). Aires didn't provide one of major engine frame pieces which rounds cylinders between the rows. For that reason, I decided to produce it as my own photo etched part and in few steps show that to you... Before any start it is needed to draw a shape of the piece. I did it in CorelDraw. Shape printed on graphic foil and 0.1mm brass plate is a start. Protective foil is applied on the polished brass plate and it is illuminated and developed (whole process is made on both sides, perfectly matched). Now you see exposed brass as a final shape. Next step is application of very thin layer of tin, which will protect brass from etching fluid. This is done by electrolysis. Now tin represents the shape and visible brass is an excess. The process ends by etching and now it looks like some real photo etched part. I could remove the tin, but it is not necessary, so I just polished it with P1000 sandpaper. I made five variants at once only for a reason not to repeat the whole process for shape corrections (one will work). Piece is detached and bent before painting. As you probably concluded, I also pushed work on the engine. Cheers

Thanks man! Colour is yellow zinc chromate, and paint is Gunze Mr.Color 352 - Chromate Yellow Primer FS33481

Hi folks! Two weeks have passed and here is some update... I've painted and installed wheel bay and gun bay: Did some basic bodywork and made some corrections: - I made this balance tab from some PE sprue and just placed it between two halfs of the right wing, then all is glued and filled with CA glue and ofcourse sanded - elipse marks the trim tab which is filled because it was present only on the left wing I have cleaned all of the engine resin parts (don't know how to make some of them alive through the build 😄😞 I drilled these two 3mm holes on intake front section: Also learned how to repair broken thin resin area. I did it with paper and CA glue and I sanded it just a little bit when it cured. Everything is primed with Mr.Surfacer 1000. Now I have a nice uniform surface which will further work make more easier. Now it looks like this (there is some more bodywork to do before putting it together): Engine is in some kind of initial phase of the build.

This is my new project, which I started this week. Base is Hasegawa kit, which looks just fine. Addition will be a large set by Aires: cockpit, engine and wheel bay; also pitot tube and Browning 0.5 machine gun barrels by Master and wheels by True Details. First step was, of course, cockpit. It is finished and ready to be installed into the fuselage. Another thing I did was the preparation of airframe parts. It considered some surgery to cut plastic parts, and then a lot of scraping plastic and resin parts to make them compatible. Also did laminate some edges to look more realistic.

Thanks mate! My favorite is ‘99. I also have one 2005 WRC in the stash and will build it some day.

That is my opinion too 😀

Thanks to all... Here is comparison to 1999:

After one from 1999, I made this one. It is also a very nice Tamiya kit painted with Zero Paints World Rally Blue (Subaru 02C) color and finished with 2k gloss coat. There is also Scale Motorsport PE and carbon fiber and MFH seat belts.

Very nice kit from AFV Club with Aber PE of simiral quality. Also my first attempt of making base with grass and mud.

Complete cockpit with canopy is combination of resin and PE by CMK.

Thanks! I used Glasurit 2k coat.

Thank you, guys Colour is the same as the one in the cockpit - Gunze H335 Medium Seagray BS381C/637.

Airfix kit like a base and many aftermarket for improvements (CMK interior, exterior and undercarriage, QuickBoost control levers and antennas, Master pitot tube, Two Mikes intakes and decals from Italeri).

Great business, mate! How do you pack it to avoid any damage?

After few corrections, glossy finish is done. Gloss coat is Glasurit, sanded with Micromesh clothes and polished with Tamiya Compounds.

Thanks, folks I just finished this step. Like I said, Cartograf decals are very nice to apply, but they don't 100% fit the Airfix kit. There was many trimming and pathcing and that's the reason I'm not completely satisfied. Next is putting some gloss cote to make finish.