theplasticsurgeon Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I've been asked by a Jet Age colleague to build Hawk XX154 like this. Colleague was lucky enough to have flown in it, observing missile tests. Requested as in-flight, with 2 crew figures. Total accuracy not a full priority - just the scheme, and serial. My original thoughts were to hunt down a 1/72 kit, then decals, until this kit came my way. I've got leftover cockpit bits, and pilots from an Airfix Hawk build. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Raspberry Ripple is always a good look on any aircraft and the Hawk is no exception Tim. Glad to see you doing this one here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yes.! Who doesn't love a nice Raspberry Ripple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 Parts. Strangely the fuselage is 6 parts, rather that 2 on every other Hawk kit. Recessed detail, but not very refined. Instructions and decals. I can't figure why this kit even exists! It's not related to any other kit (unless you know otherwise). Cloned by a Swiss company, for their one and only kit. Well and truly overtaken in moulding quality, by Airfix and Italeri. The instructions say Made in Taiwan, but give an address in Keighley. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 5:43 AM, CliffB said: Yes.! Who doesn't love a nice Raspberry Ripple? One that I built about 2000ish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Crew figures. Firstly my colleague driving from the back seat, whilst the front-seater covers his eyes! Installed into the forward fuselage. Pilot hands closer to the coaming. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Great choise of scheme. The Premier kit came out in the early 2000's, long before either Airfix or Italeri released theirs. Obviously at that time it was the first 1/48 Hawk and very desirable. The 3 part fuselage I suspect was t accomodate the single seater nose and USN different rear end. The kit is somewhat lacking and paled into irrelavance once the main-stream boys got theirs released. I've never heard of any other variants being released. Good luck building it. Mines been in the box for 20 years during which I've built 6 Airfix and Kinetic Hawks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Six part fuselage assembled. Gunsights from leftover food packaging plastic. Wings fitted. Very difficult to see, but my colleague wearing his glasses. The smallest disks of flat clear plastic I've ever cut. And looking like an airframe. This really is a poor kit. Poor fit, leaving huge gaps. Well and truly overtaken in quality. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, theplasticsurgeon said: This really is a poor kit. Poor fit, leaving huge gaps. Yes and the air intake openings look too small as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Well done getting this one together Tim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Windscreen and canopy fitted. Interior frame is insulation tape. And close-up. Canopy is dryfit so far. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Masked up, ready for painting to commence. Starting with aerosol white. Poundland, and it smells yeuch. It's currently drying in my shed. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 6 hours ago, theplasticsurgeon said: Starting with aerosol white. Poundland, and it smells yeuch. Yeah don't you just love the smells of cheap paints. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) On 11/23/2022 at 8:20 AM, theplasticsurgeon said: Parts. Strangely the fuselage is 6 parts, rather that 2 on every other Hawk kit. Recessed detail, but not very refined. Instructions and decals. I can't figure why this kit even exists! It's not related to any other kit (unless you know otherwise). Cloned by a Swiss company, for their one and only kit. Well and truly overtaken in moulding quality, by Airfix and Italeri. The instructions say Made in Taiwan, but give an address in Keighley. Scalemates say this and a Red Arrows re-boxing were issued in the 1990's - the Keighley address is that of MHW Models who were in the old telephone exchange at Crossroads which he called Concorde House - I remember paying them a visit on route to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway at Haworth. It was a mail order business that operated in the 1980's and seems to have closed by 2000. Pete Edited December 4, 2022 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, PeterB said: the Keighley address is almost certainly MHW Models who were in the old telephone exchange at Crossroads - I remember paying them a visit on route to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway at Haworth. It was a mail order business that operated in the 1980's and seems to have closed by 2000. Pete Been there, done that - it was shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Graham Boak said: Been there, done that - it was shut. Looking at Google Maps I think it has since been demolished but can't be sure - I think I went there in the mid 1980's. Since my parents died I have not been back in that part of the world for a long time. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 Masking up ready for the red. Airbrushed XtraColor Insignia Red. More masking ready for the blue. Airbrushed Humbrol 18 Midnight Blue. and demasked. Next a bit of tidying up, then finishing off 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Has there ever been an aircraft that didn't look good in Raspberry Ripple? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 Roundels, anti-dazzle - and XX154. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Nice progress again Tim. This one's taking on its identity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 The decals look good. I usually leave a white disc on the red to stop the red showing through the decals as you have done on the fuselage. These decals look like they are good enough without. Great model so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Colin W said: The decals look good. I usually leave a white disc on the red to stop the red showing through the decals as you have done on the fuselage. These decals look like they are good enough without. Great model so far Decals were leftovers from two 1/48 Red Arrow Hawks. As you will have seen in earlier photos, I used a pink disk of masking for the white boundary effect on the fuselage. For wings, I doubled up the decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Completion. A look into the cockpit. Then from each quarter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Very nice finish on your Hawk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Well done Tim. Think this is the first time I've seen a Premier kit finished. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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