1/48 Academy Hawker Hunter

Gallery Article by Thang Le

 

This is the Academy Hawker Hunter.  It's the only game in town in this scale.  I tried to build it OOB, but the seat had to go.  I don't know how Academy can mess this up?  The kit's seat is too small for its scale.  I have to go for the seat from Cutting Edge.  Other than that, the kit went together well.  

 

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I heard some people complained about the fit at the engine intakes, but I didn't have any problem, not a major one that I can remember. Standard color scheme for the RAF. I used ModelMasters for the paint. Silver and a touch of gray for the lower half of the fuselage. What's Silver Fox color? I know it's not all silver metal color, or all gray. I mixed them up and...here it is. 

I put on the Suez campaign stripes to spice it up. I hope that I wasn't out of line on this attempt. I was practicing with the pre-shading technique with this kit as far as the weathering goes. Decals were from Aeromaster. 

Thang Le

      

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