Vultures1 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Catching up on posting some of my 2023 builds, this is the well-known Revell Hunter, which is a really nice kit to build; I just needed to make sure the cockpit tub was aligned properly or the fuselage halves wouldn’t join properly. I used Eduard details on the seat, otherwise the cockpit is from the box with a few added bits of plastic card and wire. I made a representation of the front face of an Avon engine, which is barely visible through the intakes and probably not worth doing. I also filled the inside of the wing to get a smooth representation of the intakes, which definitely is worth doing. I built the Hunter in one of the Swiss camo schemes from the box, partly because it is the classic dark sea grey, green and high speed silver scheme, and also because I thought a Hunter with Mavericks would look good; that said, I left the Mavericks off in the end because the model is finely balanced and I think the missiles would have made it a tail-sitter. The kit has pretty much all the ‘lumps and bumps’ needed for a Swiss F.58, with just a few mods required to the large tanks to represent the type used by the Swiss Air Force. By the way, while RAF aircrew almost invariably retracted the flaps after landing, that was by no means the case for the Swiss! Possibly because the decal sheet was quite old, I had to double-layer the national markings and white serials to get a better colour density, using a spare second sheet I had. I also used ResKit masks, which worked really well. Annoyingly a seam line opened up between the Sabrinas after I had finished painting and the repair was never going to be as smooth as the original. Colours are Tamiya XF-54 and XF-81 over Vallejo aluminium undersurfaces. Apologies for the quality of the camera phone photos 47 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 The Hunter is such an elegant looking aircraft. I like this one!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bas Hermsen Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nice job!!! Realy stands out. Bas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatG Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Always thought the Hunter was the most aesthetic aircraft the UK built post-war and this model just proves it! Super build and finish and could easily pass for 48th scale. Excellent! Pat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Very nice Hunter. The Swiss scheme suits it too 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 very nice work and such an elegant aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 It's a Hunter - what's not to love! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat101 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Well done. The build looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Yet another gorgeous build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Great subject, lovely execution! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 @Vultures1 How was the fit on your outer wing dogtooth panels? On mine it looks like there will be a step. Funny how the kit is perfectly set up for an F.4. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 Thank you @Sky Keg@Bas Hermsen@PatG@Winded Penguin@cardiff guy@Hook@Tomcat101@RidgeRunner@cpoud117 for all your kind comments - very much appreciated! @Hook you are right, there's a definite step where the wing dogtooth panels and wingtips fit. I tried to line them up for as smooth a surface as possible then it was just a case of grinding down and rescribing. I'm no Hunter expert but the breakdown of the parts would seem to work for a number of different marks (F.4 and T.7 for example) but I doubt we will ever see those from Revell these days. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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