Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I am belatedly joining the party with a 1/72 Airfix BAE Hawk in Midnight Hawks markings. The kit is a re-boxed Red Arrows kit with Airfix club decals (which I am not using) so it is missing the weapons pylons usually seen on these Finnish Airforce Hawks. I will build it OOB and might dig into the spares to see if I can find some pylons. I started by painting the internal greys on the parts while on the sprues Because the kit had an 'aftermarket' decal sheet included the decals for the instrument panels were not included, so I had to dig into the spares to find a Red Arrows kit sheet where I was able to rob those decals for this build. The cockpit parts were assembled and decals added, I will trim the excess decal film when the decals have set. (sorry for the blurry picture!) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Nice subject! Will be following. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Cheers Reini! Some more assembly this afternoon and tonight, and some putty applied 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Some more this morning, putty cleaned up and gear and flying surfaces installed. 72_FAF_Hawk_14 by Ray Seppala, on Flickr 72_FAF_Hawk_15 by Ray Seppala, on Flickr Those ejection seats look a little anaemic, I might dive into my AM box to see if I have replacements. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Man.. The Hawk looks really nice! I might need one !:D Great job mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Ray, Excuse me, but are you sure of the position of the rear fuselage ventral strakes around the air brake? My mental images makes me to suspect that they might be the wrong way round? Cheers, AaCee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 9 hours ago, AaCee26 said: Ray, Excuse me, but are you sure of the position of the rear fuselage ventral strakes around the air brake? My mental images makes me to suspect that they might be the wrong way round? Cheers, AaCee No AaCee I am not, I did not take any notice when I fitted them. I have turned them around, thanks for pointing it out. I have finished assembly now and some paint has gone down. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Decals going on, setting solution doing its thing, hop the wrinkles settle down. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Hi Ray, It's me again - the bird of the bad weather... This time I have found an error in the decal sheet instructions. When this Finland Centennial scheme was launched 2017 the last two digits were deleted from top of the fin. I googled for the scheme as well looked my own pictures of the team, I have seen it performing in these colours many times, and didn't found confirmation for them. A pity for the humorous 007 on the right side of the fin. Cheers / kippis, AaCee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 It´s coming along quickly, I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 6 hours ago, AaCee26 said: Hi Ray, It's me again - the bird of the bad weather... This time I have found an error in the decal sheet instructions. When this Finland Centennial scheme was launched 2017 the last two digits were deleted from top of the fin. I googled for the scheme as well looked my own pictures of the team, I have seen it performing in these colours many times, and didn't found confirmation for them. A pity for the humorous 007 on the right side of the fin. Cheers / kippis, AaCee Thanks for keeping me on the rails AaCee! The decals have settled pretty nicely but I am not happy with the blue in the 'flags' on the intakes, it looks to dark to me. I might have to remove them and paint them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 arrrr welcome along Ray with an interesting choice........ and you're nearly finished already! Wow no messing around here either, she's looking really nice! What an interesting scheme as well, I've never seen one in this scheme before, looks really nice in it. Well good luck with the build...even though she'll probably be in the gallery by this afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, trickyrich said: arrrr welcome along Ray with an interesting choice........ and you're nearly finished already! Wow no messing around here either, she's looking really nice! What an interesting scheme as well, I've never seen one in this scheme before, looks really nice in it. Well good luck with the build...even though she'll probably be in the gallery by this afternoon! Thanks Rich, I have been struggling with mojo lately and have picked quick builds to keep my interest going. Just finished a RAAF UH-1B in a couple of weeks which was nice. With a possible strip I don't think this will make it to the gallery this arvo, but with rain forecast you never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Blink and you miss it . Love the scheme looks great Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Two steps forward , three steps back. I decided the blue was too dark and tried to repaint the flag markings Which was a disaster so I sanded it all back (also note main undercarriage failure ) This has been repainted back to the base scheme Fortunately the decal sheet comes with enough spares for 2 attempts. So this time I will lay down the extra whites first.... fingers crossed 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I’ve been using Dekls decals on my Pilatus Porter (High Wing GB), putting the whites under the coloured markings is essential and really brings out the colours, particularly the reds. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 30 minutes ago, Andwil said: I’ve been using Dekls decals on my Pilatus Porter (High Wing GB), putting the whites under the coloured markings is essential and really brings out the colours, particularly the reds. AW Yep, I have used them a number of times now and thought I could get away with it. Second time around all is good setting solution doing its thing All decals on And done 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Tidy little build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Looking good! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 It looks great, nice colours and painted nicely. Well done on the Finnish flag-thingys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Lovely bird 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 That looks great Ray, well done. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Phew! That was a journey...nicely completed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 That turned out well in the end Ray. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Great job Ray, that turned out well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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