bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hi all Here is another shelf of doom build, which has been ongoing for a while. The kit is not too bad overall but there are some areas that need correcting. After seeing Basilisks excellent WIP on the same. I have shortened the nose shortened the front U/C bay behind the front wheel leg, added the vents just in front of the cockpit and corrected the air intake vanes. The Cannon ports are at an odd angle as they come so they have been altered. The main U/C bay is a Pavla item as is the ejector seat. The rest is out of the box. Model is brush painted using Humbrol and Revell enamel paints and decals are from the Kit to represent a Machine from 801 Squadron on HMS Centaur in 1959, which is the same year my Dad joined the ship. Hope you enjoy Thanks for looking in Chris 66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb, your brush painting skills are to be admired, that’s a lovely finish, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 That is very nicely done and a superb brush-painted finish - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb build and finish! She looks the biz. As a fellow hairy stick user myself (well, 80% of the time as I only bother with the airbrush on bigger builds), what's your secret on applying the white? I actively avoid subjects that require large areas of white if I'm brush painting. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Really nice build,great brush work.As a fellow brusher i appreciate your finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 57 minutes ago, Farmerboy said: Superb, your brush painting skills are to be admired, that’s a lovely finish, good job! Thank you very kind of you 47 minutes ago, Vultures1 said: That is very nicely done and a superb brush-painted finish - well done! Thank you too 33 minutes ago, fightersweep said: Superb build and finish! She looks the biz. As a fellow hairy stick user myself (well, 80% of the time as I only bother with the airbrush on bigger builds), what's your secret on applying the white? I actively avoid subjects that require large areas of white if I'm brush painting. Steve Hi Steve thanks for your kind comments, I thin the enamels down a bit to avoid brushmarks as best as possible, but with the white I don't thin as much, this took 5 coats. I use a wide flat brush too. I am soon going to build an all yellow FAA Avro Anson which will take a few coats too, i do love to punish myself!!! 19 minutes ago, chris148 said: Really nice build,great brush work.As a fellow brusher i appreciate your finish Thanks Chris for the kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb build and finish Chris the extra work really paid off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Steve thanks for your kind comments, I thin the enamels down a bit to avoid brushmarks as best as possible, but with the white I don't thin as much, this took 5 coats. I use a wide flat brush too. I am soon going to build an all yellow FAA Avro Anson which will take a few coats too, i do love to punish myself!!! Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a go soon. Don't envy you an all over yellow Anson. Yellow is probably even worse than white to brush. I often find that subsequent coats can drag the previous coat even after 24 hours of drying. I tried an experiment recently where I sealed each coat in with Future before applying the next layer. Worked a treat, and I got a solid yellow after three coats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus72 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 That's a great looking Seahawk, lovely finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 minute ago, fightersweep said: Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a go soon. Don't envy you an all over yellow Anson. Yellow is probably even worse than white to brush. I often find that subsequent coats can drag the previous coat even after 24 hours of drying. I tried an experiment recently where I sealed each coat in with Future before applying the next layer. Worked a treat, and I got a solid yellow after three coats. Hi Steve, is that enamels or acrylic paint? I have never got on with acrylics for that very reason. I usually leave at least 8 hours minimum between coats, but have never thought of doing the klear coat between coats so thank you for the tip too that could speed things up. Chris 3 minutes ago, Daedalus72 said: That's a great looking Seahawk, lovely finish Thank you very much, very kind Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Superb build and finish Chris the extra work really paid off! Thanks Steve, very kind fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airgunner Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Brush painted you say? Wow, I can’t achieve that quality with an airbrush. That’s a lovely model of a lovely aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Beautifully built Seahawk. I've always thought the Seahawk a very attractive airplane and your model definitely does it justice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Airgunner said: Brush painted you say? Wow, I can’t achieve that quality with an airbrush. That’s a lovely model of a lovely aircraft. Thanks Airgunner, I have always modelled in the bedroom or longe or in the loft (above the kids bedrooms), so havd never been able to use one due to the paint fumes. So always brush painted and too set in my ways now to change. Thanks for your kind words. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 minute ago, SAT69 said: Beautifully built Seahawk. I've always thought the Seahawk a very attractive airplane and your model definitely does it justice. Thanks SAT69 very kind. Yes it looks a lovely machine with very graceful lines. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Steve, is that enamels or acrylic paint? I have never got on with acrylics for that very reason. I usually leave at least 8 hours minimum between coats, but have never thought of doing the klear coat between coats so thank you for the tip too that could speed things up. I'm using exclusively enamels, usually either Humbrol, Revell or old Gloy paints. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, fightersweep said: I'm using exclusively enamels, usually either Humbrol, Revell or old Gloy paints. Oh crikey, i did have a small area of the white drag up a previous layer, that was a Revell paint . I had better edit the first paragraph. I don't usually use the Revell paints, but had a pot from a visit to a local model railway shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Really nice Seahawk there Chris, those extra tweaks to the kit really paid off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 6 hours ago, russ c said: Really nice Seahawk there Chris, those extra tweaks to the kit really paid off Thanks Russ, that means a lot from such a master modeller as yourself, thank you. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I’ve just found this while I was looking for another of your builds. All I can say is WOW. This is simply an outstanding result. Top marks on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Brigbeale said: I’ve just found this while I was looking for another of your builds. All I can say is WOW. This is simply an outstanding result. Top marks on this one. Thanks Brian that's very kind of you, it's a nice kit to assemble just needed correcting in a few places and good news that was an HMS Centaur machine was included in the decal options. This was my Dad's first ship so just had to do it. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks For bringing back this old build. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatesy64 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Superb, gotta love a Seahawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Brush painted! And white! Hats off to you for that alone. Great build and a superb finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Happy to see such a great model. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Lovely Seahawk Chris! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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