Morning all!
Well, my second topic for this fine forum....A friend of mine has commissioned me to build him a BAe Hawk T.1 as part of his on going projects for his artist page.
https://www.facebook.com/mrlongtheartist/
I've previously built a 1:32 scale Mk.IIb Spit for him, which features in his piece "with the sun at my back" as reference points for him.
In his next project, the BAe Hawk is the subject of choice, and here is the build log for it....
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A decent full colour instruction manual
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Decal sheet is nice and thick, especially the white markings
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Red Sprue's to hopefully help with the final paint of Tamiya TS-49, there's a bit of flash from themould, but generally its a good level of details for a 1:72 scale kit.
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My only concern is the det cords for the canopy...my thinking is to apply a gentle wash of white so that the paint recess into the det-cord sections and then wipe away the excess paint whilst it is still wet.
The cockpit goes together fairly quickly, and I've decided to try and paint the detail into the dials
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Seats are up next, lots of detail on them as well.
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thoughts / comments are all welcomed