Revell 1/72 BAe Hawk T.1, my second painted scale model

[Henrikkoh]

 

Hello there, Henrik here again.

 

A week ago, I finished my second (painted) scale model, a Revell Hawk T.1 used by the RAF. Got it from my first visit to a model kit store one or two months ago with a epic 40% discount, so it was definitely worth it.

 

More detailed explanation below (text wall warning lol)

 

 

Fully out of box, second painted scale model, took exactly one month to build. (16/10 to 16/11) Base made from styrofoam and card paper painted with craft acrylic. 

 

Model itself primed with Gunze Mr Primer Surfacer 1000 lacquer spray can, main color brush painted with Vallejo Model Colour Acrylic Black paint and glossed with MIG Lucky Varnish acrylic gloss. Finally I gave it a quick panel line wash with Medium Grey Panel Line wash from MIG followed with final gloss varnish coats.

 

All other parts were painted with Vallejo with craft paint in really minor areas for detail. *Entirely brush painted except the primer of course* 

 

Enjoy the pics~

 

 

 

^base made with help from a Model Minutes tutorial

 

 

 

 

 

^one mistake I made which you can see here is I accidentally filled up some panel lines and stuff on the right wing while spray priming. Learnt not to get too happy with the spray can next time 😁

 

 

^landing gear gave me so much pain as expected and refused to stay straight or not collapse when I set the whole model on the gear itself 😬

 

 

^Tried my best at the cockpit, the seats already have p nice detail out of box but I added seatbelts made out of masking tape below the headrest which were missing. You can also clearly see a decal I screwed up here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^another decal I screwed up was the major tail decals which you can see missing when compared to the box art. Learnt to more carefully handle these decals (especially the thin Cartograf ones) and not break them easily.

 

 

 

 

Build was good in general, parts fit quite well and good detail in many places such as the cockpit and other small parts. Decent amount of armament is provided but i chose to left then off as I forgot to drill holes for the pylons and when I realized that it was too late lol. 

 

I made lots of mistakes and messed up some stuff like the aforementioned tail decals which were ruined too badly, but still it was a fun build and a good challenge and I look forward to building more models in my newbie modeling journey

 

What's next? For my third scale model, I bought an Academy 1/72 F/A-18+. Should be a good build after hearing good things about it. Also, I just recently bought my first airbrush kit and the Academy kit will be my first airbrushed scale model. Looking forward to starting on it once the airbrush arrives and I get paint and supplies. 😊

 

 

What do you guys think? Comments and critique greatly appreciated. Feel free to share them here.

 

 

Thank you for reading!

Edited November 24, 2021 by Henrikkoh

[Pete in a shed]

1 hour ago, Henrikkoh said:

landing gear gave me so much pain as expected and refused to stay straight or not collapse when I set the whole model on the gear itself

Great job for a second go Henrikkoh. You will find that using your new airbrush for painting and varnishing (when it arrives) will negate some of the problems you encountered this time. for example the finish will be smoother and glossier which will prevent decals from grabbing, leading to curling/breaking.

Try using a tiny amount of super glue (no more than the point of a cocktail stick) to hold the u/c legs in place, you get a few seconds to line them up, then after they are steady add a little liquid poly round the same joint with a small paint brush. let capilliary action do its work!. I use this method so I can continue to build without having to wait ages for the gear to dry.

Have fun with the F18

Pete

[Freester]

As another noob currently on my second model (as an adult) and also still hand painting I just wanted to comment and say I think you've done a great job.

 

I think the detail in the cockpit is superb especially the belts you added. 

 

You've been honest and constructive about what you could have done better. With that attitude and the great help and tips on here I have no doubt your F18 will be a notch up again. But as I said I can't see a lot wrong with this Hawk! Thanks for sharing.

[Ish]

Looks good! Waaaaay better than my second built, that one had fingerprints like craters across it plus I glued the wings on upside-down.

Keep it up Henrikkoh, looking forward to seeing the Hornet.

[stevej60]

And a great job too!

[mackem01]

Great job for a newcomer to the hobby. Very well done, look forward to your next one.

[Henrikkoh]

Thank you all for the kind comments, much appreciated

 

22 hours ago, Pete in a shed said:

Great job for a second go Henrikkoh. You will find that using your new airbrush for painting and varnishing (when it arrives) will negate some of the problems you encountered this time. for example the finish will be smoother and glossier which will prevent decals from grabbing, leading to curling/breaking.

 

Yep, the MIG varnish I used was p good in terms of glossiness and left almost no brush strokes but it did cause some rough areas and bumps which you mentioned. Spraying varnish will definitely help with keeping it smooth.

 

22 hours ago, Pete in a shed said:

Try using a tiny amount of super glue (no more than the point of a cocktail stick) to hold the u/c legs in place, you get a few seconds to line them up, then after they are steady add a little liquid poly round the same joint with a small paint brush. let capilliary action do its work!. I use this method so I can continue to build without having to wait ages for the gear to dry.

Have fun with the F18

Pete

Got it,I myself wanted to use super glue but for personal reasons coundnt get any in time so I just PVAed them in place with little bit of Blu tack to keep them in place. The gear ended up slightly slanted insteat of being straight like in the instructions but I saw some reference photos online and the Hawk's landing gears were slightly slanted too under it's weight, so I'm happy with it. Also btw i left the landing gear off until after I was done with all painting and decals stuff on main fuselage, so coundnt really use liquid cement as the hole for the gear was filled with impossible to remove paint.

[Henrikkoh]

22 hours ago, Freester said:

I think the detail in the cockpit is superb especially the belts you added.

Yep, it's still a lil rough but much better than the cockpit in my first model which was worse (and it was in 48 scale haha) and I'm happy with it.

 

Also I will definitely enjoy building the Hornet

[Tempestwulf]

Decent work for your 2nd painted models. Keep up the motivation, you're doing great.

[Henrikkoh]

Bonus pic (Ignore the cheapo background was too lazy to get out the proper photo setup lol)

 

 

 

 

 

[modelling minion]

For your second built and painted model that really is very good indeed.👍