Curtiss Hawk II, China, 1937

[russ c]

Hi all,

Just thought I`d show some pic`s of my just completed attempt at making a Chinese Nationalist Air Force Hawk II from the old Lindberg Goshawk kit.

Curtiss Hawk II No 2804, flown by Lt Art Chin, 28th PS/5th PG, August 1937.

Had to do a few modifications to the base kit, including: eliminating triangular cut out from the rudder, manufacture tail skid and.....

fit semi built in slipper tank underneath to replace the teardrop aux` tank.

Detail improvements include: ignition wires, exhaust stubs and replacement pilot figure to hide the lack of cockpit detail. Decals from the stash.

Built to remind myself why I rarely build Biplanes.

Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

[Artie]

Wow...very good looking Hawk........and given the fact that you're talking about the old Lindberg beauty, can't say nothing but hats off.......

Congrats...

[Learstang]

Excellent build, Russ! I've always liked that simple but striking overall green Chinese scheme.

Regards,

Jason

[Dave N]

That looks excellent Russ...(esp. pic #3) -really nice paint and weathering..and scratch details/rigging. Cheers, Dave

[Reini78]

turned out very nice!

yeah, biplanes are a chapter of their own... :-) you did a good job, should build more ;-)

[Roberto]

Lovely subject, great work. Bravo.

[sean]

Splendid Hawk, looks good in that scheme. Looking at this reminds me why I don't do biplanes in any scale

Sean

[stevej60]

Cracking job Russ,brought that old basic kit right up to date with the extra work and detail,s.

[Knight_Flyer]

Very nice build and paint finish. Good photography too, the first few pics look like they're of a full size plane in a museum.

[PlaStix]

Great looking Hawk II Russ! Very nicely detailed, painted and weathered. Another top notch model! Well done.

[Antoine]

Very well done, Russ.

I've soft spot for all ROCAF aircraft.

[mikesmodels]

Excellent

[MikeR]

Very nicely done!

Mike.

Edited June 19, 2015 by MikeR