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Brutal beauty... Nice work Max! Derek

Fantastic work Tolga, well done! (I am sure that Peter is extremely pleased with it as well). Derek

Sorry to hear this Steve - but I am with Iain on this one. Just 'park' it for now, and concentrate on another subject matter. Later, you will hopefully have enough interest and motivation to complete it once more (and you will most likely have improved your abilities by then anyway). Good luck Derek

Kev, This would also be my approach...for the same reasons! I keep any spare thin clear polystyrene sheets or off-cuts for this purpose. If you already have an under-size jig/buck, you have the basis to build accurate canopy assemblies from individually (accurately) cut individual panes. Bevel the edges correctly and carefully run a littlie liquid cement and you should have a rigid structure (the edges will be hidden by the framing of your choice). Derek

That still looks very good Steve, well done! Derek

Tolga, Peter, congratulations and well done. Tolga, you have made a superb job of what is essentially a pre-production proof of concept model! Peter, this is a superb model. Based on what little I have seen of your production production instructions and parts, your Defiant kit will be very high quality (certainly a match for WnW kits) - good luck with your superb product. Derek

Outstanding work Tom. With a model this size, the painting operations become closer to that used on the full size aircraft, simply in order to get the paint into the right places in the right order! Derek

Nice work Steve. Option 3: Polish/clear gloss varnish the white primer, add Archer rivets and add a sealing coat of gloss varnish or your top coat? Chers Derek

Looks spot on Anthony! Derek

Steve, If you use the natural lighting and take your photographs at similar angles to the above photographs of the full size aircraft, you should get good results. Good luck. Derek

Nice progress Steve. It is difficult to discern the canning effects in your image? (If the areas were polished and a photograph taken at an acute angle, then it would stand out well). From my experience, there is only one area on the Hawk aircraft where canning is really obvious, and that is the area of the centre fuselage immediately above the intake and aft of the canopy (where the 'EPTS' logo is on the photograph below). This area of the fuselage contains in internal shaped rubber bladder fuel tank, which is secured to the inside of the fuselage with many studs. As the tank is filled, it expands due to temperature and pressure, so when it empties, it contracts - this causes the visible canning effect on the characteristic fuselage skin in this area. Derek

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Some serious real-estate on those flaps Tom; great work! Derek

Good work Leon, they are not easy things to do! Derek

Your 'friend' has very good taste Peter! 😁 Here is a link to my failed dream... Derek