Caerbannog Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Great to see more progress on this one Rene. Alas your Hunter had the later style double row underwing serials. F.1 & 2 certainly had single rows but the 4 & 5 had provision for inner wing pylons and this was the reason for the shift to the double row presentation OK - s*** happens. I though it was something that was connected with the "no-dog-tooth" wing and or the High Speed Silver paint. I only read that the single line was on earlier Hunters - no mark or reason was given. I should have noticed - the holes for the inner pylons are quite prominent and your explanation is very comprehensible. The trouble with shoddy research and not asking here before drawing conclusions ;-) Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Lovely work and really like how you're captioning your photos - excellent! Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 The underwing serials issue bothers me and I searched my spare decals for replacments but failed. So I will proceed as if nothing happened and finish the Hunter with the wrong single line underwing serial. Meanwhile I place a "Want" topic for these decals in the Buy and Sell section. Should I get the spare serials I will correct them in the future. I did some detail painting and attached some more smaller bits - nothing major and added the semi gloss coat on top. I heared that the Alclad clear coats are very good here on the forum and can absolutely confirm this. It sprays perfectly from the bottle and dries very quickly. Excellent stuff: I guess this will be my last post here as all that is missing are a few u/c covers, wingtip lights and the canopy of course and I doubt there will be something interesting to show (or better: I hope so). So the next post will be in the GB Gallery I hope. Thanks for watching and the good tips! Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Really nice model Rene, I look forward to seeing the finished model photos in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 OK - there are some points which allow another update here. First the canopy: The kit part is the wrong shape (as far as I can see) and also does not represent a sliding canopy and so I replaced it with an Aeroclub vacuformed canopy: As I mistakenly cut the lower windscreen to follow the shape of the rounded fuselage section I had to deal with a gap now. I cut a clear plastic sheet to shape and glued it in with Testors canopy glue. after this was dry I reinforced the joint with super glue. Then painted the clear part black, and added some putty. Sanding and green still to follow: As you can see above Academy did not replicate the sliding rails for the canopy - and I did not either. My initial plan was to show the canopy open which would have hidden the non present rails a bit. But somehow I liked the way the Aeroclub canopy overlaps the fuselage so I changed my mind and kept it close. Maybe I will add some black strips of decal to mimick the rails. I used Montex masks for the canopy to get the basic shapes right. Basic shapes as the Montex masks are for the Academy canopy part which is a different shape (more narrow windscreen and over all smaller). Still they were a big use and my usual masking method would have been impossible (Tamiya tape pushed inthe nooks around the canopy fromes and then cutting around these with a sharp blade). Now I have three question and I hope someone can answer them (I am sure that this is the case): 1. Did the F.5 Hunters have the fairings on the upper wing which covers the jettison mechanism for the pylon below??? 2. Would the F.5 have four underwing pylons or just the outer two ("provisions" mean it basically could carry pylons but was this the case???) 3. Would the drop tank (if this is the only under wing store) be on the inner or the outer pylons? Rene 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Rene just had a check of the Hunter F.4/F.5 development in SAM Publications book by Paul Bradley and I have included an extract from this below In the F1 and 2 the wings were dry, but in order to increase range, eight small tanks were incorporated into the wing structure increasing the capacity from 337 t0 414 gallons. Each wing was also locally strengthened and plumbed to carry a pylon for an external 100-gallon fuel tank just outboard of the undercarriage. Trials were conducted for carrying bombs and unguided rockets, but these were not used by RAF service aircraft. Courtesy of Paul Bradley, The Hawker Hunter, A Comprehensive Guide (SAM Publications 2009) I have not been able to find any evidence of the ejector housing on the F.4 or F.5 illustrations, you will need further research to see if these were fitted. HTH Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Now I have three question and I hope someone can answer them (I am sure that this is the case): 1. Did the F.5 Hunters have the fairings on the upper wing which covers the jettison mechanism for the pylon below??? 2. Would the F.5 have four underwing pylons or just the outer two ("provisions" mean it basically could carry pylons but was this the case???) 3. Would the drop tank (if this is the only under wing store) be on the inner or the outer pylons? 1. No. 2. Inner two only. Outer pylons were not fitted until the F.6 type. 3. 100 Gal tanks only on the inner pylons. Hope that helps you Rene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Thanks Nimrod for the efforts of looking up and writing this all down and thanks Col for the info - it is a big help. I checked some more pictures I rediscovered on my hard drive and already thought so - but still was not sure. Thanks again, Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Now in the Gallery: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969490-gallery/ I broke some small parts on the u/c doors so these are missing... but as the wing serials are not right anyway I decide not to look at the underside ;-) Thanks for watching and the help, Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Nice to see her finished Rene. Well done buddy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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