moaning dolphin Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Good day to you all, Happy Thursday! Welcome along to my latest completion. This is my Trumpeter 1:48 Seahawk FGA 6 converted to an FB3 and dressed as a member of the Red Devils. The Red devils were an aerobatic team of 5 aircraft from 738 Naval Air Squadron running for a couple of years in the early 1950s. Their claim to fame was being the first team to (intentionally!) use smoke as part of their display. I have depicted the aircraft folded as the aircraft started their display folded, taxied to the dispersal and then did some synchronized wing spreading just before taking off. Also, it shows off the large underwing Royal navy. The model is OOB with only an aftermarket seat installed which is a huge improvement on the kit version. It was a spare I had kicking around, it looks a bit different so may well be the wrong type for this aircraft but it does look better! I also remodeled the nose, gun ports, wing fold, intakes and tail bullet. The decals are aftermarket from Model Alliance Naval display teams set, a nice set but I felt the white was a little too transparent. The paint finish is Model Master Acryl signal red which almost gives the red a 1950s shade to it! To convert from a FGA 6 to an FB3 was more or less just an antenna change around. There was no other major modification involved. See link below for the WIP Build link Anyway, enjoy the phots! And here it is with their Classic Airframes counterpart Thanks for looking in! Bob 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 It’s a Seahawk, what’s not to like. Pete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Lovely job.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Great looking model. And, I didn't know about that demo team so I learned something too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Beautiful mate! The construction, the painting, the decals, are all well done!! Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Grand Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Such a beautiful build...and a new team to remember! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Lovely build Bob.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Very nice work well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Good day all!, Thanks for the positive feedback, glad you like it There is in fact you tube footage of one of their displays. Its only a couple of minutes long but the first few seconds where they do the syncronised wing spread is a sight to behold especially for us old and grey WAFU types! Hope the link works. https://youtu.be/9gDJVNcnXeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Looks lovely in the red scheme, great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Beautifully finished Bob - great collection too! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Beautiful job on the Seahawk, brings back fond memories of Farnborough Airshow ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Lovely job, and nice to see a different colour on the Seahawk. It looks good in red (and green). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I appreciate the work that went into making this kit and it looks great! And I really do love the choice of the red scheme, after a while you need something to break up the grey and green on the shelf and this does this very nicely. Thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Hello Dolphin, Definitely an eyecatcher. I like it very much!. Regards, Orion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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