Not your grandfather's Hawker--ZE396

[TheyJammedKenny!]

19 minutes ago, SAT69 said:

Getting the passenger windows to fit right is difficult. 

I imagine so, given the design on the Falcon 50, with really thick plastic.  One thing you might try is to sand the interior of the fuselage very thin around the cabin windows and use clear styrene sheet, mildly heated, and bent around a metal form matching the circular diameter of the fuselage, to simulate your windows.  The outside window shapes "frame" your windows, and the clear styrene would provide reinforcement to the thinned fuselage walls  This is analogous to what I did on the Dominie, although I used the kit's windows after sanding and polishing them.  The windows stood slightly proud of the fuselage "skin" and imparted the correct shape.  

[Wulfman]

Beautiful, a work of art !

 

Wulfman

[TimB]

That's a wonderful model of a very nice little jet.  You can be justifiably proud of both the concept and execution!  I'll be bookmarking the thread for future guidance,

Thanks

 

Tim

[TheyJammedKenny!]

19 hours ago, Wulfman said:

Beautiful, a work of art !

Thanks so much!  It was tough, because at times I was ambivalent about the whole project--fading mojo.

 

18 hours ago, TimB said:

You can be justifiably proud of both the concept and execution!  I'll be bookmarking the thread for future guidance,

Thanks so much, TimB!  Much appreciated.  If you have the Matchbox kit, you're in a good starting place, even if you have an old scrapped model or a paint mule you can work with.

[Bangseat]

On 30/03/2021 at 16:54, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Agree.  It IS a shame, particularly for those of us who like the older exec jets, but A-Model is working on this part of the market, including with the Lear 35/36, G550, and Falcon 50/50EX--all in 1/72 scale.  I'm hoping for a "clean" BAe-125 from Sword or A-Model, but not holding my breath on this

 

 

 

 

Yes, it's the older ones particularly - there are a surprising number of kits in one form or the other for the current stuff, eg Global, Citation. I'd add the original Jet Commander - the Aurora kit is a collectible these days, not really for building - and a Learjet 24.