Joe's Raspberry Ripple BAe Hawk ETPS

[flyjoe180]

My entry, British Aerospace Hawk T.1 XX342, Empire Test Pilot School, Boscombe Down 1990.


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The kit I'll be using. It's moulded in red but appears to be a nicely designed kit from first appearances. I also have two Airfix 1/72 Hawks, A02005 and A02005A, so it will be interesting to compare the three.


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The decals I'll use to replace the Red Arrows kit decals come from Xtradecal sheet X72166.


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[Guest]

Looking forward to the build Joe

[john i am]

A very nice choice there Joe. Great looking scheme

[Guest]

Will be interesting to see the difference between the 1/48 and the 1/72...


Nice one Joe!

[papa 695]

Very nice Joe

[flyjoe180]

Sprue shot:


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And the decal sheet itself (lots of future Hawks in the mix I feel):


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[monica]

will look forward to this one Joe,some think diffident ,

[flyjoe180]

Have made a tentative start and cut some parts from the sprues. Before I start anything radical I'm working on how I'm going to cram the required nose weight into the area forward of the front instrument panel. Revell's instructions require 10 grams in there. The Airfix kit has a much larger (when I say much larger we are talking mm in this scale) cavity due to a box-type construction and only requires 7 grams. I think I'm going to also cram weight under the cockpit floor, so long as it's forward of the main wheels I should be okay. Off to get some weights and cut them into manageable pieces. Then the construction can begin properly.

[rickoshea52]

Have you tried Deluxe Materials liquid gravity before? Its a bottle of tiny balls of shot that flow into small nooks and crannies then you add a glue to bond them together.


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[Richi72]

Nice start Joe.


will watch this one.


Cheers Richi

[flyjoe180]

Have you tried Deluxe Materials liquid gravity before?

Hey Rick, no haven't heard of this stuff before. I'll keep an eye out.


In the meantime I have manipulated a couple of weights into shape and crammed them into the nose cone and under the cockpit floor area. I've now started on the cockpit with basic painting and construction. Pictures will follow later.

[yak face]

Nice choice Joe , like Ians canberra its another old matchbox mould reboxed by Revell . looking forward to seeing this one progress , cheers tony

[rickoshea52]

Hey Rick, no haven't heard of this stuff before. I'll keep an eye out.
In the meantime I have manipulated a couple of weights into shape and crammed them into the nose cone and under the cockpit floor area. I've now started on the cockpit with basic painting and construction. Pictures will follow later.

I used it on my Tomcat Joe;

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/ricks-hasegawa-1-72-f-14a-tomcat-sundowners.29477/

[flyjoe180]

Nice choice Joe , like Ians canberra its another old matchbox mould reboxed by Revell

Thanks Tony. Not sure it is the old Matchbox mould, the recessed lines aren't trenches, in fact the whole thing is quite finely moulded. Just wish they hadn't used a red colour, and the plastic is much more brittle than that of the Airfix Hawks.


Seems from this site that the Revell 1/72 Hawk is in fact a rebox of the Italeri Hawk, which was a new-tool mould in 1995.


https://www.scalemates.com/kits/111450-revell-04622-bae-hawk-t-mk-1-red-arrows

[yak face]

Nice one. , i assumed it was a repop from when revell bought a load of the old matchbox moulds when they went bust . Better for you though , i imagine the italeri mould will be better detailed inside than the matchbox one was , and it sounds like the exterior is more finely executed too . Cheers tony