Einar Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 The Curtiss Hawk 75A, was an important fighter the during the WWII when a total of 44 planes were used in the Finnish Air Force from 1941 onwards. During the so called Continuation War against the USSR the Finnish pilots achieved a total of 190 victories with these planes. I built the model from an Academy kit in 1/48 scale and used the excellent “In-Scale” decals for the plane registered CU-580.The kit was ok to build and the amount of puttying and sanding was anyway reasonable. However, I made several corrections to the kit. The antenna was incorrectly shaped and too long, the pitot tube was too long, the rudder antenna spike was missing and the landing gear covers were incorrectly shaped. I also replaced the crosshairs and the pilot seat with photoetched parts. The machine guns in the nose were made of a thin brass tube. I used Xtracolor paints for the camo and sealed the decals with Humbrol matt varnish . I weathered the model with Mig’s powders. I decided to keep the plane relatively clean, because my model depicts the CU-580 in a very good photo when the plane had only been in use for a month. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Well done. Beautiful model of an aircraft that is not so often seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 20 minutes ago, VolkerR. said: Well done. Beautiful model of an aircraft that is not so often seen. Thanks Volker Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Nice! I have built CU-558 years ago. Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 32 minutes ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Nice! I have built CU-558 years ago. Saluti Giampiero Grazie mille Giampiero! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Lovely looking Hawk, very nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Wulfman said: Lovely looking Hawk, very nice work ! Wulfman Thanks Wulfman, Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Nice build from "Sussu" thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said: Nice build from "Sussu" thanks for sharing! Kiitos / thanks Vesa Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 A neat Hawk in a great looking marking scheme. Well done ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, BerndM said: A neat Hawk in a great looking marking scheme. Well done ! Thanks Berndt! Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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