Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Here's a shelf queen recently completed after 10 years gathering dust in a half built state. This is the Kinetic kit which is their only 32nd scale kit to date. Its due to be reissued by Revell as far as I'm aware. Trying to paint the white canopy detonation cords killed my mojo early in this build. But I finally managed to paint these the second time around with very careful masking with small pieces of Tamiya masking tape - wish someone would bring out a mask for this as it's such a prominent feature of the Hawk canopies. Michael931080, Greg W, Anthony in NZ and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 About the kit - fit is generally OK with some filler required around the intakes. Panel lines are recessed but quite sparsely detailed and somewhat variable in sharpness. The prominent vortex generators on the wing are a bit crude and the outer wing fence too far inboard - I didn't bother to correct this . The horizontal stabs kept breaking off so I had to pin them with some brass rod. Kit Mk.10 seats are nice with a comprehensive photoetch fret provided for the seatbelts and other details. The formation strips are provided as photoetch sections. The undercarriage bays are quite bare but the undercarriage legs are Ok and can be spruced up with some hydraulic hoses. Kinetic provide options for retracted or deployed flaps which is a nice touch. Full intake trunking is provided as well as an acceptably deep exhaust. I scratch built the chaff and flare box on the rear fuselage which is characteristic of the SAAF Hawks. Madmax, red baron, Anthony in NZ and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 For painting I used the wonderful Mr. Colour paints as follows : light grey Mr. Colour #308 (FS36375) and dark grey Mr. Colour #337 (FS35237), both thinned with Mr. Colour levelling thinners. This is the first time I've used these paints and I was very impressed with the results. The two colours work well together and look correct comparing to the many photos I have of SAAF Hawks. I kept weathering to a minimum as the subject I modelled is the SAAF's display Hawk #267 called "Gannet" which is always immaculately turned out for local air shows. What weathering I did apply consisted of a light wash of MiG starship streaking A.Mig-1209 and starship wash A.Mig-1009. I like these products as they have a nice oily consistency which goes over a gloss acrylic base well. I added the characteristics stains aft of each vortex generator using a light application of dark pastels. Hawk 267 "Gannet" took over the display role from the retired Gannet MB326 Impala Mk.II. The Gannet Impala had a large white Gannet superimposed over a light blue fuselage and wings with gold trim. Hawk 267 sports a much more subdued display scheme, retaining the standard two tone grey camouflage but with a black spine and vertical stab and the styled Gannet on each side, "Gannet" text just aft of cockpit. Finish is satin. I bought the extra colour photoetch instrument panel set from Kinetic. This represents the correct 3 MFD arrangement for both front and rear cockpits used by the SAAF : Michael931080, Marcel111, scvrobeson and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 I used a combination of the Kinetic decals (data stencilling) and South African produced Hawk decals from Mavdecals. Whilst the majority of the MavDecals were OK, those for the "Gannet" text and stylised bird were not, being horribly pixillated. My modelling friend Herman came to the rescue with some beautifully cut masks which allowed me to airbrush both the "Gannet" text and the stylised bird. Those masks worked a bomb and I'm really impressed with how finely the cutter rendered the detail. Just look at the bird's beak Master's beautiful aluminium pitot probe finished this off nicely : scvrobeson, Dragon, Kagemusha and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 The yellow warning arrow on the canopy frame is not entirely correct for the SAAF paint schemes but....well, you know.... TenSeven, Cheetah11, florin13 and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 Photo taken in direct sunlight : Landrotten Highlander, dodgem37, Martinnfb and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Now that is one eye catching scheme! Love it! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Very, very nice Malcolm. Well done Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 hi very clean job !!! and very attractive paint scheme ............I like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alain Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK MAMBA Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Beautiful work Malcolm. A 10 year wait is complete! She looks very nice indeed. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciuzzo Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Amazing model Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Terrific Hawk, Malcolm! Kev Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 VEry nicely done! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Terrific model - well done Malcolm! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Lovely work! The canopy det cord looks really nice. I think that would be a perfect candidate for a Silhouette cutter mask. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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