Italeri Hawk T. Mk I

[Guest]

Hi.

Coming along nicely Ian. Should look good in the black. Mind you everything looks cooler in black. Lol. Can't wait to see it. Nice subliminal advertising in the background too.

Cheers

Kresten.

[Ian M]

Thanks Kresten. After having told you all you need to know about painting glossy black, it would be soooooo typical for me to make a right cock up of it so I had better take extra special care now that you are following this ;-)

Now that the primer is a day old, I can see there are a couple of places where it needs a tiny bit of filling to hid the joint of the intakes to the fuselage! So I have been pin pointing it with primer and when thats hard I will polish it down. Lets just hope that I dont have to do it to many times!!!

I have sprayed the 'lighter' frames on the canopy. Some of my photos showed it as almost white and others it was the more typical linen colour, So I have gone with that! So when that too has had time to cure I can mask that off.

[Guest]

Looking real good Ian, keep up the good work.

Andy

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Andrew: Whats that like, is it the Unionjack job. Looks bloody good that one.Graham: Instuments main and side panels, harnesses. As mentioned in the first post. Pay attention at the back!!

Stewart: Detcords. thats the buggers. Just was not 100%!

So what colour are the harnesses in modern British Aircraft. I was thinking orange.....

So far the cockpit has fallen together quite well and the decals for the dials actually line up with the holes in the panel!!! Well Done Italeri!

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Not the best pictures, sorry but then you cant see how bad things are. :laughing:

Seriously what colour for the harnesses, ot so much as a clue on the instruction!

Ian, Have a look here for harness colours. Cheers Derek

Ejection Seat Color - Royal Air Force

[Ian M]

Chears Derek! Thats one very usefull site. I rather like that idea of listing all the after market parts for each seat/aircraft. Added that link to my SIG folder!!!

Just a quick breifing: The Hawk it now Black. Very black. Not very shiny, but I was expectiing that. I had run dry in Humbrol Enamel, So I am doing it in Vallejo Model Colour. Mixed it 50% with gloss medium, but I think it should of been a load more. The Next decission is to just give it a gloss clear cote, or to give it a paint/varnish mix.. It might give it more depth, but on the other hand could cock it up compleatly. :laughing:

Bugger I have missed a bit! The sheen of the paint and the grey primer are almost the same tone. Sitting writing this and I find that the sheen on the pylons ends is in fact not sheen at all but primer. :grumpy:

I think its time to go make a pizza!

[Ian M]

Well as the missionary said to the witchdoctor, I'm half way there; its black.

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Its also shiny so two out of three. It is also amazingly dimply. Orange peel dont come even near. Im thinking more surface of the moon.

Well I surrender. Short of a bottle of carlsons. (hobby paint remover, not whisky) I cant see it getting any better. Did I mention this is the second time I have painted it? :-/

The first time was with Vallejo mixed with gloss medium. Although it was black and sort or shinny, I must of been too far back as is was very rough in places. After a couple of hours with some 12000 grain rubbing and a vast amount of water it was level but, erm, not pretty! So after a day to dry out 110% I found some gloss black humbug and shot it with that. Some thing didnt like it and I got random blooming and graining.

So Im off to sulk for a while, then its decals, and a coat of clear cote. Glossy, just to make it really shine!

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[Guest]

Well, I think it looks lovely

[Guest]

Looks OK in the pictures Ian. Keep at it bud.

[Ian M]

Well the tiger has got its stripes so to speak. Fortunatly most of those anoying stencil markers are black and cant be seen, so I think I will save my self a load of bother and forget them.....

So there are only about 30-something decals to put down now!

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Ho hum, back to work.

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[Guest]

The more I see this, the more I am drawn to it.... Must resist, must resist..........

[Ian M]

Well the decals are down, dried, washed and dried. A (hopefully) nice coat of clear has been airbrushed on the top side and she is now parked under the dryer, erm, drying. Hopefully the underside will get a go tomorrow.

I must just add that the decals are a dream Cartograf no less!

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Looking superb ian, cheers tony

[Guest]

Top Marks Ian, look really cool.

Andy

[Guest]

Hi Ian.

Looks great mate. Top stuff. A very sleek looking aircraft. :welldone:

Cheers

Kresten

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Lovely bird Ian. I wish I can build one that good someday. I like the looks of the Hawk and yours is definitely the looker!

Cheers

Marcos