Avgas Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I hadn't built a model in nearly 2 years so when the bug bit again I thought I'd start with a nice easy kit to get the juices flowing properly. Big mistake choosing this one. Between Airfix and myself, it was nightmare from start to finish. Pretty much straight from the box, with the addition of tape seatbelts and a needle for the nose (which is a slide in and out job so appears skew in the front on pic - sorry!). I'm glad it's done !! Anything from here on in should be a cake walk Painted with Humbrol acrylics, weathered with my wifes eye shadow :-$Thanks for looking 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizon Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Very neat! Contemplating building two of these in 1/72 for my next build, as I spent quite some time in an around the 85 CFS Hawks. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Kesterton Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nice to see this built up in SAAF colours. I have one of these to build - so interested in any problems you found. anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicus Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Superb work boet! Well done on the comeback!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Now that is NICE! Very cool build, looks great and well done for winning the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 great looking hawk, looks great, I must start on one mine lol. nice build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Wow very very nice !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Lovely piece of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Looks amazing, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I like it! Very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Very nice. Welcome back. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Wishing all my nightmare builds could look even close to this in quality! Superb result, and 'welcome back' Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks for the kind words gents. It makes the frustration feel like it was worth it! Anthony, The list of issues I had with this build is long. A lot of those were my own doing it must be said so I won't bore you with the details. Airfix will have to shoulder the blame for shoddy instructions in certain places (front wheel well/cockpit join, or lack thereof.. Also some parts are incorrectly numbered, vague instructions in places) , as well as the general quality of the moulding. Lots of tedious filling, sanding and rescribing. The decals included in my kit were the worst I've ever worked with - thick, glossy things that wouldn't adhere or conform to the kit. I left a lot of them off and the few I have on the kit took the best part of 3 days and around 8-10 applications of MicroSol to look passable. I think it just wasn't what I wanted from an 'easy' build and that probably magnified my frustration! I kept storming out of my man cave, heading to the internet for validation and finding hardly any, so perhaps it was mostly me - a combination of rusty skills and and a slightly dissapointing kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Excellent return! Look fwd to seeing more builds. FF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Stunning model, top work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Nice one Avgas, congratulations. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Nice, good looking Hawk... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 very nice SAAF hawk model! outstanding work on the detonating cords! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Good job, nice work on the paint scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 nice work, i like the SAAF scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Nice comeback, that looks great. Nice to see a different scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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