A pair of Airfix Hawks in 1/72. Finished.

[Serkan Sen]

On 9/20/2022 at 12:51 PM, Fritag said:

I'm getting too old for 1/72 scale.

 

No Steve, the aircrafts you decided to build are too small in real dimensions. Building Blackbird in 1:72 scale is very easy... 😁

Serkan

[woody37]

🤩

 

Great to see the colours on, looking great Steve. Need to follow on with a Jag as soon as these are done, no leaving us with a void in our lives!

[Fritag]

On 9/20/2022 at 3:48 PM, Brandy said:

You DID do the flaps, didn't you?

 

I did .  I hope they fit.

 

On 9/20/2022 at 6:53 PM, HAMP man said:

Not wanting to drop a pebble into the pressure puddle, but could the quintet make an appearance at Tellers?

 

What year?

 

On 9/20/2022 at 7:40 PM, giemme said:

no superlatives were harmed in writing this comment 😜

 

There were a couple superlative adjectives deployed in that comment G.  Not harmed as such; but definitely used…

 

On 9/20/2022 at 9:56 PM, The Spadgent said:

A camouflaged bottom! Now that’s something you don’t see everyday. 🍑

 

Useful to avoid being shot in the ar*e tho’    Back in the days when real men flew loooow 

 

On 9/20/2022 at 10:53 PM, PLC1966 said:

but I think I can see my old workplace at the back of the airfield, and Heanton Hill further in the background.  I used to run up and down that at dinner time for some odd reason.   Must have been mad.

 

Must have been young…     

 

Where was the old workplace?

 

On 9/21/2022 at 9:03 AM, ColinChipmunkfan said:

can't believe we are getting close to the finish

 

On 9/21/2022 at 1:16 PM, mark.au said:

I love your confidence in that, Colin!

 

So do I 

 

On 9/21/2022 at 3:21 PM, Serkan Sen said:

Building Blackbird in 1:72 scale is very easy... 😁

 

Ha, trying to build one as good as yours ain’t easy Serkan; least ways, not for mere mortals 

 

On 9/21/2022 at 8:31 PM, woody37 said:

Need to follow on with a Jag as soon as these are done, no leaving us with a void in our lives!

 

S’pect I’ll do T-bird and a single seater sooner or later.  Prob not next tho’.  Might take a break from 1/72 and give the eyes a rest…

 

…

 

I’m sorry to say there’s no progress to report 

 

Has been some modelling; but it’s been of the trying to rectify c*ck up type.

 

May I present one c*ck up?

 

 

If anyone has found the missing half of the etch rear IP, would they kindly return it?

 

It probably got ripped off when I removed the masking.  But it defeated my efforts to find it.  Wasn’t stuck to the masking tape, in the cockpit, on the desk or stuck to my slippers.  Hey ho…

 

Luckily there’s no dials on that half of the rear IP.  So a fix was possible.

 

0.2mm Plastic card:

 

 

Painted to match:

 

 

Populated with some detail:

 

 

 

 

Which was cut from some spare etch (an Airwaves set IIRC;  for the Revell Hawk I think, as it's the wrong overall shape for mine):

 

 

Should pass muster once it’s hidden in shade under the rear coaming.

 

 Wot a pain.  Still, could’ve been worse.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2022 by Fritag

[Serkan Sen]

1 hour ago, Fritag said:

Wot a pain.  Still, could’ve been worse.

Very nice recovery Steve. Being optimistic is always good.

Serkan

[Terry1954]

Excellent recovery on that IP Steve, well done!

 

Seems that these annoying little hiccups come to us all during most builds. Actually with me, it seems like every build!

 

Terry

[mark.au]

You'll find that piece of IP tomorrow.  Then, you'll have the angst of which is better, original or the replacement...

[perdu]

10 hours ago, Fritag said:

Wot a pain.  Still, could’ve been worse.

 

Phew...

 

 

👍

[giemme]

Nice fix ,Steve!

 

Ciao 

[TheBaron]

14 hours ago, Fritag said:

 

If anyone has found the missing half of the etch rear IP, would they kindly return it?

No-one is mentioning the possible use of a paid saboteur here in order to prolong the build even further.

[Fritag]

On 9/25/2022 at 8:45 AM, mark.au said:

You'll find that piece of IP tomorrow.  Then, you'll have the angst of which is better, original or the replacement...

 

Didn’t.  Not saying which was better neither 

 

On 9/25/2022 at 1:24 PM, TheBaron said:

No-one is mentioning the possible use of a paid saboteur here in order to prolong the build even further.

 

Waste of money.  It’s a self-prolonging thread.  (Why does that phrase sound a bit orf?) 

 

TWU Hawk can rest a bit after that heady dash of the last week or two.

 

Haven’t really got any progress to post.  So in lieu of that a nice piccie of a pre-wings young Fritag wobbling about in close formation in a Valley Hawk.

 

 

It’s not even the aircraft I’m modelling.  No excuse at all really 

 

What a dazzling smile tho’ 
 

Actually.  I’ve just done a delicate task on Valley Hawk.

 

Having faired the windscreens in so carefully, I realised that they didn’t look quite right without some sort of panel line demarcating the windcreen and the fuselage.

 

Cue careful (very) use of the Tamiya scriber.

 

 

Results later; once I’ve made the paint good.

 

I know; not really worth a post or your time reading it was it.  Sorry.  But hey.

 

Edited September 27, 2022 by Fritag

[perdu]

Works for me, progress seems harder to achieve the closer to the nitty-gritty I get.

 

'spect it's a bit like that for you modellers out there too.

 

The close up?

 

I likes it muchly.

[Bedders]

Been following closely and liking it very much of course. Nice to see the air-air shot of 312 and a reminder that apart from the Reds these have now sadly gone from the UK inventory. So this pair will be a top-notch tribute to a great aeroplane when they're done. 

 

Justin

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

3 hours ago, Fritag said:

Valley Hawk.

 

 

Wasn’t that a Frank Zappa song?

[bigbadbadge]

Great recovery on the IP, did you find it after the event?

Nice air to air photo too.

Chris

[Martian]

If that was an Airwaves IP you used, it was not only the wrong shape for the kit of the Hawk tou used but most likely the wrong shape for any kit of the Hawk, past, present or future! Good save though.

 

Cynical of Mars 👽

[Biggles87]

Blimey! When I saw the photo I thought for a second you were using Dymo tape for masking. 😜

 

John. 🇺🇦

[perdu]

1 hour ago, Biggles87 said:

Blimey! When I saw the photo I thought for a second you were using Dymo tape for masking. 😜

 

John. 🇺🇦

You don't think that is a plan John?

[keefr22]

12 hours ago, Martian said:

If that was an Airwaves IP you used, it was not only the wrong shape for the kit of the Hawk tou used but most likely the wrong shape for any kit .

 

There, sorted that for you Martian......!!

 

Keith

[phantom61]

21 hours ago, Fritag said:

 

Didn’t.  Not saying which was better neither 

 

 

Waste of money.  It’s a self-prolonging thread.  (Why does that phrase sound a bit orf?) 

 

TWU Hawk can rest a bit after that heady dash of the last week or two.

 

Haven’t really got any progress to post.  So in lieu of that a nice piccie of a pre-wings young Fritag wobbling about in close formation in a Valley Hawk.

 

 

It’s not even the aircraft I’m modelling.  No excuse at all really 

 

What a dazzling smile tho’ 
 

Actually.  I’ve just done a delicate task on Valley Hawk.

 

Having faired the windscreens in so carefully, I realised that they didn’t look quite right without some sort of panel line demarcating the windcreen and the fuselage.

 

Cue careful (very) use of the Tamiya scriber.

 

 

Results later; once I’ve made the paint good.

 

I know; not really worth a post or your time reading it was it.  Sorry.  But hey.

 

 

Steve

denotes a great attention to detail ...

I have twice as much time to read and translate...

 

🤣

 

ciao 

Silvano

[Gondor44]

On 9/26/2022 at 3:17 PM, Fritag said:

 

 

 

It’s not even the aircraft I’m modelling.  No excuse at all really 

 

What a dazzling smile tho’ 
 

 

Were you using Colgate by any chance back then?

 

Gondor

[Fritag]

More masking in my modelling life this weekend; couldn’t put off doing the Valley Hawk for ever…

 

So, as to the red. Using this, so that it’s the same colour as the JPs and Chippie.

 

 

Weirdly thick paint; but thinned with Tamiya X20A at something like two-thirds or 75% thinner to paint, it airbrushes really nicely.

 

It doesn’t cover well tho’, so the plan is to first lay down a light coat of Tamiya Red X-7 first.

 

Masked (pain) and Tamiya’d.

 

 

Revelled.  Gorgeous colour.

 

 

Next bit of unmasking is a bit nerve racking.  Cue bleeds and paint lifts etc?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll take that.  No bleeds.  No lifts.  Decent line; not exquisite but decent. 

 

Needs to harden and then fine scrutiny and any minor tidy up needed.

 

Looks like a toy at the mo - that’ll need work.

 

 

Edited October 2, 2022 by Fritag

[bigbadbadge]

Ooooooo that looks absolutely lovely Steve, great paintwork.  

Chris

[Terry1954]

Wow, we have red and white!

 

The paint has gone on superbly, and the Revell shade of red looks absolutely spot on to my eyes.

 

All the piccies look good Steve, but this one does it for me ........

 

42 minutes ago, Fritag said:

 

That subtle double curve demarcation between red and white is so "early RAF Hawk Trainer". Excellent masking IMHO 👍

 

Terry

[TheBaron]

Hai! I thought that last lot of pictures looked familiar: fired up Flickr on the tablet earlier and these were on the front page. And yes, my first thought was that looks like/it can't be/it is! 😁

 

You tread a very fine (demarcation) line indeed; great masking Steve.

[Serkan Sen]

Great paint job Steve!..

 

"That's one small step for you, one giant leap for your project." 🚀

 

Serkan