Hawk 75

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May 1, 2020
So far so good
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May 5, 2020
Engine needs some help to fit where it should
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May 5, 2020
Cockpit washing done, ready to close the fuselage
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May 5, 2020
Behold the fit!
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May 5, 2020
Fit is slightly better on top.
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May 5, 2020
Top wings required sanding to look acceptable. The trailing edge still waiting for more sanding.
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May 15, 2020
The fit is challenging sometimes, to say the least. Luckily the exhausts will cover it a bit.
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May 15, 2020
Symmetry is not the strong side of this tooling. I don't hink I'd correct it - afraid to screw up the whole fuselage.
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May 16, 2020
The seam disappeared, time for rescribing.
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May 16, 2020
Exhausts cover the most of the biggest fit issue in the kit.
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May 16, 2020
Primed...
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May 16, 2020
... and ready for some rescribing.
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May 19, 2020
Checking the fit here and there...
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May 19, 2020
One of the most spectacular fit examples 🙂
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May 19, 2020
Even the box has errors - the cowling is camouflaged too, see the album cover for comparison.
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June 25, 2020
Wrong focus - wanted to show you the hand made gun barrels 🙂
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June 25, 2020
Too dirty, too much smoke during postshading
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June 25, 2020
Brightened a bit, but I'm gonna leave it in order to avoid more damage 🙁
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July 4, 2020
In the sun it looks way brighter than actually 🙂
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July 4, 2020

Comentários

3 1 May 2020, 19:46

Olivier
The dashboard is impressive !

1 May 2020, 21:07

Łukasz Gliński
Made in Poland😉

1 May 2020, 22:30

Alec K
Following 👍

2 May 2020, 01:11

Cuajete
Nice start!

2 May 2020, 20:13

Patryk S.
Very nice start. The seatbelts are decals or photo etch?

2 May 2020, 20:28

Maciej Bellos
Very nice details! Looking forward for the next steps.

2 May 2020, 22:20

Guy Rump
Nice start, following 🙂

2 May 2020, 23:10

Gordon Sørensen
Better fit than an A-model?

3 May 2020, 03:02

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome folks. Belts are PE French seatbelts by Eduard (I have to add it to project). I started fuselage assembly yesterday evening and the fit is rather A-Modellish 🙁 Perfect Putty will be called for help for sure.

3 May 2020, 08:03

Andy Ball
I had a bit more luck with AZ's Hampden, but these limited-run kits have their challenges- I see you're coping though!

16 May 2020, 07:38

David Januska
Very nice, following. What is the quality of the kit?

16 May 2020, 11:12

David Januska
Sorry Lukasz, I haven't read previous posts. Standard short run quality?

16 May 2020, 11:14

Patryk S.
Looking good this far. I am currently working on the wing of my P-36A so can only agree to yor comments regarding fit. Still i am the opinion that the end effect will be worth the effort.

16 May 2020, 11:56

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks guys, I appreciate your comments. The fit is Amodellish as I wrote beforehand. And there are some symmetry issues, like the front machine guns. But I think I'll have to live with it in order to avoid rebuilding the whole front of the fuselage. I'm going to cheat everyone by stating "Ah, you know, it's the macro issue in my camera..."😉

16 May 2020, 12:49

Andy Ball
A wee drill out of those frontal tubes will add dimension and make you forget any symmetry issues?

16 May 2020, 14:34

Łukasz Gliński
Will drill it for sure 👍

16 May 2020, 15:14

Maciej Bellos
It's not that bad!

16 May 2020, 15:30

Cuajete
Łukasz, there are bad models but good modelers😉
Well done so far.

16 May 2020, 17:40

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you both, mates. Finished the main filling/sanding part today. The kit is primed black and awaits some panel line corrections. Then the glazing will get its 5 minutes of fame😉

16 May 2020, 19:20

Thomas Kolb
Looks really nice! Priming it black, are you planning to do blackbasing?

16 May 2020, 20:51

Łukasz Gliński
I try almost everytime, but need the postshading anyway. The colours seem too dark to me every time and I just lose the shaidng in most cases, in particular when it comes to multi-colour camos.😉

16 May 2020, 20:56

Alec K
It's shaping up 👍

9 June 2020, 19:02

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks Alec, I have to say I love that camo 🙂

9 June 2020, 20:20

Maciej Bellos
Polish insignia next to the tricolor rudder, one heck of a combo!

9 June 2020, 21:02

Łukasz Gliński
One of a kind... ok, maybe two😉

10 June 2020, 07:46

Andy Ball
great tri-colour camo Ł, what did you use to mask it?

10 June 2020, 08:11

Łukasz Gliński
I improvised as I wanted to have the lines a little blurred. I went for Blutack, Vallejo fluid mask and different kabuki tapes. Anyway I had to brush some touch-ups afterwards 🙂

10 June 2020, 08:13

Alec K
I like those French colors too. This kit has been on my short list for a while too, but I was hoping for a better fit. You don't paint an encouraging picture...😄😉

10 June 2020, 15:33

Łukasz Gliński
Indeed as I don't want to deceive anybody 😄
On the other hand I love that plane so much I'm considering a Dutch one, but then for sure I'd cut out and realign the machine gun panel on the engine cowling 🙂

10 June 2020, 19:07

Cuajete
I'm seeing what will await me when I start this kit. I Couldn't have done better. Well done so far, Łukasz!

10 June 2020, 19:08

Łukasz Gliński
Wish I had such an intro before starting this one😉

10 June 2020, 19:08

Łukasz Gliński
Finished the weathering. It's too dark, but I already had to fix few issues after "brightening it up", so I'm going to leave it as it is. Wheels attached. What is missing? Undercarriage covers and wires, gunsight, aerials and matt varnish.

25 June 2020, 20:55

Thomas Kolb
Looking really nice, I particularly like the soft transitions between the camouflage colors... impressing work! The weathering looks great too!

25 June 2020, 21:04

Łukasz Gliński
All credits to Blutack😉
Btw. I have been testing your preshading hints on my Swift today 🙂

25 June 2020, 21:13

Gordon Sørensen
Really liking that 3-colour camoflague, Lukasz! Looks great!

26 June 2020, 00:05

Cuajete
Nice camo!

26 June 2020, 12:16

Alec K
Looking great Lukasz. I like those gun barrels 👍

26 June 2020, 13:06

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, I expected you to agree the Hawk is too dark now 😛
@Alec: the gun barrels were made of some injection needle I found in my stash. And painted with Vallejo gunmetal/black mix.

26 June 2020, 14:20

Guy Rump
Camo looking great Lukasz 🙂

26 June 2020, 16:22

Guy Rump
Camo looking great Lukasz 🙂

26 June 2020, 16:23

Łukasz Gliński
Finish line! Waited till today morning to take the pics and as you can see the weather is perfect 🙂 Even the undersides don't look that dark anymore in the bright sunlight😉
Love that camo, love that plane, I have to build more of it, even though the fuselage MGs are not symmetric😉
Time to start the Hurricane...

4 July 2020, 08:47

Andy Ball
cracking finish Ł, superb (not over-done) weathering: looking forward to you joining us on "Rock You Like a Hurricane"

4 July 2020, 08:55

Pierre Pierre
virey nice finish and pics congrat

4 July 2020, 08:56

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks Gentlemen 🙂 I forgot to add the AZ decals are really excellent these days.

4 July 2020, 09:49

Thomas Kolb
This one turned out exceptionally nice! The paintwork and the slight weathering is truly first class.

4 July 2020, 10:01

Guy Rump
Really great result Lukasz 🙂

4 July 2020, 11:34

Alec K
Awesome build Lukasz. Those daylight pics are superb 👍

4 July 2020, 13:29

Patryk S.
Great result, hope mine will end up so nicely! Congratulations!

4 July 2020, 13:38

Neuling
Beautiful build in appealing presentation!

4 July 2020, 14:37

Łukasz Gliński
Many thanks y'all 🙂

4 July 2020, 15:04

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful result after the ordeal you had to go through! 👍 You really turned some random pieces of plastic into a great model! 🙂 I also like that the future Tomahawk/Kittyhawk lines are already visible.

4 July 2020, 15:32

Choppa Nutta
Nice 🙂

4 July 2020, 15:45

David Januska
Great job Lukasz👍. Nice camo and hangar.

4 July 2020, 15:55

Łukasz Gliński
Many thanks guys, much appreciated.
@Patrick: The kit's quality is not outstanding indeed, but it's buildable as you can see😉
Hmm, it might actually look interesting beside a P-40, I have to consider that.
@David: Nice to see that my famous hangar hasn't lost its sex-appeal yet😉

4 July 2020, 17:56

Cuajete
Very nice, Łukasz!... The effort was worth it. I just hope someday I can take mine with desire.
Congrats!

4 July 2020, 17:59

Thomas Kolb
No, that hangar backdrop is still as gorgeous as before. It really gives a realistic 3D feeling to the photos especially with some soft natural light.

4 July 2020, 19:32