Amazingly beautiful aircraft from the people who paint targets on their wings and drive on the wrong side of the road! Academy kit. Note to self: Never again build an Academy kit with the kits decals. These are stuck on with multiple coats of Future.
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Nice job! …and you’re right, that is one sweet-looking jet. [tup] Did you paint the yellow/black checks on the tail, or are those kit markings? …and aside from the problems with the markings, how would you rate the kit as a whole?
All in all I found it to be a very nice kit. I also replaced the cockpit and seat with the Aires detail set. Fiddly, but looks good once you are done. The tail checks are the kit decals. Using Future as a decal set they are not all that bad.
niiiiiiiiiiiiiice! i like it, i love it!!![swg] [C):-)]
Really first rate job on the Hawker! I agreee with you on the Academy (and most other makers) decals, but you did one heckuva job with them! Thanks for sharing!
Brian [C):-)]
Very nice work indeed! I think you did an excellent job on this beautiful aircraft.[tup]
Nice job [8D] Who drives on the wrong side of the road now? [#wstupid]
Nice job ! I was feeling pretty pleased with mine (just finished an old Nichimo kit of the same aircraft) until I saw yours. Did you not get any underwing stores ? Even that clunky old Nichimo kit had some air-to-air missiles of unknown variety.
Another great build, Michael! Yes, Academy decals are not known as user-friendly.
Mark
This kit came with some HVAR type rockets and some more fuel tanks than the ones I used. I just didn’t want to dirty it up with too much underwing stuff.