Robert Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 When Hawker Aircraft was looking at a two seat Hunter the tandem configuration was considered but rejected in favour of the side-by-side arrangement. Freightdog Models released this conversion kit for the recently released Revell 1/72 Hunter. I have not done a WiP recently so here goes. First the resin pieces, As you can see the forward fuselage has been hollowed cast and the cockpit is well detailed and you get 2 vacform canopies. I made a quick start, joined the Revell fuselage together and then cut off the forward fuselage as described in the instructions. Making a start on the resins pieces I sprayed them first with Revell Antracite then painted in the details with acrylic pencils. You have to use the front instrument panel and control stick from the kit. I will add the firing handles for the seats later. With the canopy I used my scriber to go around the edges to release it from the rest if the plastic sheet using blue tack to provide support and Tamiya tape as a scribing guide. I did a bit of fettling withe resin fuselage parts and found it also gave me a bit of wiggle room when I offered it up to the fuselage. Then everything was joined together with superglue and Mr Surfacer 500 used along the seams More soon Robert 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Looks like a great start. Interested to see what this looks like. Rob p.s. Great name by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Good work so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin @ Freightdog Models Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Brilliant work so far, that looks like a really nice set ; ) Colin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Quote Making a start on the resins pieces I sprayed them first with Revell Antracite then painted in the details with acrylic pencils. Robert, Please tell me more about those acrylic pencils. Who is the manufacturer? I have tried Caran D'Ache Prismalo pencils but they are water colours and useless for plastic modelling. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 The pencils are from The Works here in the UK. They have Crawford and Black written on the side but l have got rid of the packaging. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Quote The pencils are from The Works here in the UK. They have Crawford and Black written on the side but l have got rid of the packaging. Thanks, Robert. If these are not imported to Switzerland I shall try to find some local equivalent. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 OK where was I The forward was then joined to the rear section and filler and Mr Surfacer used to smooth out the join. The join was cleaned up and the wings attached, tailplanes just pushed in Wheel wells are nicely detailed so only need paint and a wash Seats added just firing handles needed later. I ended up splitting the vacform canopy and used the injection front part from the kit Overall view before the paint gets put on Front part masked and the rear painted a white undercoat for the yellow trainer bands which was then masked and painted Tamiya gloss black Finally the Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium was put on Masks removed and quite pleased how it has turned out. Squadron markings still to be decided as most squadrons had a two seater on strength Until next time.. Robert 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Impressive looking beastie for a whiffer, really liking this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Hi decals have now been put on. They are the Airfile Hunter T7 decal sheet from Fantasy Printshop. More photos in the RFI section. Thanks for the comments, until nexxt time. Robert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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