AnonymousAA72 Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 sorry bill i havent had chance to upload photos yet as i had a few problems at home, the little one decided we needed another trip to hospital for stiches, but we are back and sorted now so i shall see what i can find Fully understood Mark - hope the littl'un's okay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Bit of an update - not done too much - mainly tidying bits up.... managed to add the anti-glare panel And then masked off the LACG and black areas.. Ready for an undercoat of matt white....Revell Aqua, to highlight any further problems...After tidying up, I'll add another coat or two of white - this will act as The undercoat for the "real" white and Signal Red You may note that I've added plastic card RAT doors in front of the fin. I'd managed to screw up the original scribing to such an extent that I felt that drilling the offending plastic out and adding the doors from scratch would be the better option .. You can also see the PE grills just infront of these doors. I will remove these - as they don't impress me too much!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 White OVER black - you're a brave man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 bill i havent forgot i just cant find any, im sure ive got some but cant find them, ill try the other pc but i dont think they are on there, i have some in a book so if all else fails i will scan them for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 White OVER black - you're a brave man!! It actually worked rather well!! I used Revell Aqua last night, Citadels Skull White tonight, and will finish off with Xtracrylic tomorrow!! On my Jaguar T2 build I managed to cover the pre-shading under a few coats of white! So thought it may do so!! bill i havent forgot i just cant find any, im sure ive got some but cant find them, ill try the other pc but i dont think they are on there, i have some in a book so if all else fails i will scan them for you Okay Mark - thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 a friend of ours has today provided me the best hawk shots ever inclusing the airbreak im awaaiting his permission to post them i will add them to the walkround once i get the go ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) I've spent the last week or so, on and off, getting the white on, building up a couple of layers an evening. I've been experimenting , to a certain extent, and have used the following Acrylic's...first off was Citadel's Skull White. This is good stuff and covers really well. BUT I thought I'd try on top of that Revell Aqua White. Again this coveres well too. The aim was to get a good coat of white on - to act as the upper fuselage surfaces - obviously, but also to give a good base for the Signal Red. I should have left well alone, but I then gave the model a few thin coats of Xtracrylic White. The aim being to give a nice glossy sheen. Well this was okay, but I thought I'd give the model a gentle buffing up with a rag - to remove any speckles of dust. It polished up okay BUT left yellowish patches! Some of the white - all acrylic had yellowed!! Not sure which one but I suspect that the Xtracrylic must have reacted with something else. So a gentle cleaning up with incedibly fine wetn'dry, and tonight I gave the kit a few coats of.............TAMIYA matt white!!! Here's some pic's of the painting progress over the last week or so... Building the white up.. And here we have the masking tape off of the anti-glare panel - white over black worked! Signal Red Next!!! Edited July 23, 2010 by Bill Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 cool bill the big ones my next hawk after a the wif gb and bucc gb so watching with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 Signal red on.....go!!!!! ...but Prior to loading red into the airbrush...... I just wasn't happy with the white. After applying a good coat of Citadel Chaos White, the surface renained "tacky" even after 24 hours! I think it might have reacted to the mix of Xtracylic thinners and Winsdor and Newtons Acrylic retarder- perhaps I overdid it on the latter? Anyway, I gently cleaned the top coat off - with sioapy water and when dry returned to Xtracylic's White - it sprayed on a treat. Then on to the red....I gave the model a good few coats of Citadel's blood red - an excellent match for Signal Red - but a bit matt - so to finish off I gave a few light coats of Xtracylic's Signal (Red Arrows) Red. And here she sit's!! A bit of tidying up tp do....an "oo" paintbrush will work wonders here! There seems to be a stain on the anti-glare panel - this must have happened when I was cleaning the white off - probably seeping under the tamiya tape. I may need to re-spray that. Generally though, I'm quite pleased with the paint job! Maybe the lay-off has done me some good!! Oh! And Xytracylic rules!! I hope to get a few coats of Kleer on tomorrow night - after dealing with the flaws in the paintwork, then decals on over the next few days. Still some way to go - I've built up one set of flaps, and will scratch-build the main gears wheel doors - easier than correcting those in the kit. I've also noticed that I've managed to break one of the wing fences. So that will need replacing. Wheel wells need detailling, then the main legs on Stall strips, seats, canopy, antennae, pitot........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 looks good bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcow1234 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Nice I'm hoping to make one of these myself soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Wow...the dogs danglies there Bill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTnailZ Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Coming on really well great job Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Just caught this thread - awesome build! A question if I may? I have the Airfix kit in deep store to build one day and have noted comments in the past about the kit intakes. Apart from the lack of depth inside what is wrong with this area of the kit? Does it matter if intake covers are fabricated? Keep up the excellent work Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Very cool...added to my list of 'wants' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Just caught this thread - awesome build! A question if I may? I have the Airfix kit in deep store to build one day and have noted comments in the past about the kit intakes. Apart from the lack of depth inside what is wrong with this area of the kit? Does it matter if intake covers are fabricated?Keep up the excellent work Trevor Cheers Trevor, regarding the kit intakes, they're abit too square at the top and have no real "innards". The 2M set are great assets and correct the shape issues. Intake covers would indeed cover the kits deficiencies. In fact I think I may have used that trick on one of my earlier Hawk builds? I have started decalling and hope to have completed that over the next night or so, more pic's then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Can see this one's gonna be Cooooool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Strop Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I have been watching this one with envy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 With the main colours on , I could start work on the decals....after correcting the flaws in the paint work - I gave the model a few good coats of Johnson's Kleer. This gave a nice hard shiny and protective (from the handling perspective) finish ready for decals. Here's a batch of decal's, some of which will be used on this project. And here's a couple of pic's showing the decal work thus so far. Still a few decals - mostly stencils to add. You may note that the roundels didn't go over the wing vortex generators that well - so that will require another paint jobby . Looking at photo's of XX163 ca 1981, it appears that this aircraft had the cream coloured fin leading edge protection added, so I'll need to add that as well. Next job - once the declas have been done..... Undercarriage and flaps..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Cracking work Bill - looks like you got your MoJo back! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Looking good there Bill. Isn't the Hawk a pretty little aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Lully colorful scheme Nicely done Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Looking very sharp! Looking forwards to seeing the finshed item Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Inspirational...I'm ever so tempted to get this now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Many thanks to y'all for your kindly words........ Here's what I've been up to lately..... Thought it about time I got her up on all three wheels, so I set about doing just that! I used the kits undercarriage units....I think they're reasonably accurate - but I added a brake pipe from copper wire...thats enough detailling for me!!! I also cobbled together both sets of flaps Here's the undercarriage uits painted and washed with one of Phil's Flory washes - lovely stuff!! And here she is on all three...she's getting there!! I've added the seats - though not glued in - still need a bit more paint I think....... I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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