1st 1:48 attempt, RAF Hawk T.1, 63 Squadron, RAF Chivenor

[jonf45]

Hi,

so my first attempt at a 1:48 scale plane, and i thought id have a go at a Hawk T.1 from my old local, RAF Chivenor, North Devon.

I picked up this Hobbyboss kit relatively cheaply, which looking back on it im really glad it was.....

First off is the removal of all the extra wing fences hb insist on, which took a lot of sanding!!!

As this was a circa 1984 build, i grabbed some Flightpath/David Parkin CBLS-100s as thats what they used to carry more often than not, before being fitted to T.1A standard.

I decided to have a go with the hataka red line "Cold war" set. they grey went on fine but the green seemed either too thick or too fine. i also discovered that they only like to be mixed with hataka thinner, anything else seems to cause issues!!!!

so, airbrushed on, then onto gloss coat. I used Mr hobby as id used this with other brands of paint with no issue, but with the hataka it just never set properly and even after a fortnight was still sticky. so, a day was spent stripping all the paint off, and eventually starting again with the tried and tested mr color paints airbushed on. No issues this time!!

Decals were from Xtradecals (the hb ones are not good, and quite unrealistic) and i chose XX254 as i remember seeing it as a kid at my first Chivenor airshow back in 1984

I assumed that was the end of the problems, but on removing the canopy masking, it had fogged up, no idea why or what had caused it, so another restoration job was needed, toothpaste being the best at removing it, and even then not fully, so the canopies look awful

I may try and pick a spare up if i can find one.......

Anyway, after all that, im not sure if it was worth the effort, but hey ho!!!

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-6 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-3 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-5 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-1 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Hobbyboss 1-48 Hawk T.1 XX254-7 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking

Jon

Edited July 16, 2022 by jonf45

[amos brierley]

Very nicely done , nice tight spray pattern. Sadly I only have eyes for 79Sqn 1 TWU hawks, that’s because my first posting out of training was RAF Brawdy in 1989.  Keep up the good work, well done. 😉

[echen]

A very successful first attempt! 

[Bertie McBoatface]

1 hour ago, jonf45 said:

im not sure if it was worth the effort,

 

Yes it was.

 

What did you think of 1/48 as a scale?

[jackroadkill]

A disaster or two along the way just makes the end result better - it was definitely worth the effort, I reckon.  A lovely job.

[Plasticbasher]

That’s pretty good to my eyes, I’d be proud to have that Hawk on my shelf!

[billyharry2000]

That's a lovely build that 63Sqn Hawk saw many of them pass through my local before it closed .

[F-32]

That’s a great build, looks awesome!

[kiwitrogg]

I've still got a very soft spot for a grey/green Hawk, and this one looks great to me.

Cheers

Gaz

[Lord Riot]

That’s a great build, beautiful paintwork and a proper colour for Hawks! Lovely stuff.

[paulyoung666]

Very nice 👌 

[Phone Phixer]

That turned out lovely, despite all your problems.

[exdraken]

Looks great!!

[GRK]

I think it looks great. Really smooth paint finish and agree it looks ace grey/green. Canopy doesn’t look too bad from the pics, don’t think I’d have noticed if you hadn’t mentioned it

[jonf45]

Thank you all for your kind comments, I enjoyed the larger size, I can certainly see why it's the go to scale for so many now! I've got a 1:48 revell phantom fgr2 and tornado f3 to do next so looking forward to those

[Winded Penguin]

Well worth all the trials in the end. You'll know what not to do for the next build 👍