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  • Gern
    SMF Supporters
    • May 2009
    • 9226

    #1

    Gern's 1/72 Hawker Hunter Completed

    Hi guys. PJ and I started our builds for this year's Cosford under a fiver GB on Monday, but I've only just had chance to post pictures (more on that later).

    My build is the Novo 1/72 Hawker Hunter, which despite it's age doesn't seem too bad. PJ will be having a tilt at the Kitech 1/72 Mig 25 - gulp! I'll post all of his build logs in a different thread.

    I have a cunning plan for mine which I hope will see it finished next week. It will be on a small, simple base, but as the kit itself only cost £4 and the materials for the base about 50p, I hope I'm staying within the rules. If not, I can always show it without the base (which would spoil what I'm after) and add the base in a different thread.

    The reason I haven't posted 'til just is simple. I bought a job lot of Lego off ebay last weekend and collected it on Monday night. It has taken me until now to catalogue and inventory all the different kits - apart from about 15 Hero Factory kits which I've not done yet.

    See what an exciting life I lead! Four days sat on my a**e playing with Lego! But:

    I only paid £35 for the lot, and even allowing about £100 to buy the bits I need to complete the sets, it's turned out to be a nice little earner!

    Current market value, based on the cheapest prices I've found on the Bricklink website, puts what I bought at something well in excess of £500. Which does not include the HF kits which I still have to inventory.

    Tee hee!Click image for larger version

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  • papa 695
    Moderator
    • May 2011
    • 22771

    #2
    Your not going to crash it into a road are you Dave. :rolling:

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    • Gern
      SMF Supporters
      • May 2009
      • 9226

      #3
      I think you're gettin' me mixed up with young Ron. He's the one always showing crashed stuff!

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      • spanner570
        SMF Supporters
        • May 2009
        • 15435

        #4
        Banzai!
        I don't see as it matters what base the model is on. As long as the kit is within the price allowed. Which, my dear chap, it is.... :thumb2:

        This a Cosford easy going, fun build - I hope!

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        • Gern
          SMF Supporters
          • May 2009
          • 9226

          #5
          Nice, simple build for my entry here. No dramas and only tiny bits of filler needed here and there.

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          All primed and ready for paint - I thought! The pics have highlighted a couple of areas that need a bit of work.

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          • colin m
            Moderator
            • Dec 2008
            • 8768
            • Colin
            • Stafford, UK

            #6
            Well that didn't take long.

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            • Gern
              SMF Supporters
              • May 2009
              • 9226

              #7
              Originally posted by colin m
              Well that didn't take long.
              Well I've only used about a dozen of the parts, and for a very old kit, the fit was really good.

              PS Wish I could say the same for PJ's entry!

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              • Gern
                SMF Supporters
                • May 2009
                • 9226

                #8
                Finally - I actually managed to finish a GB entry!

                The kit cost £4 and this is what I used for the base:

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                After weighing it down (I'm sure the bits and pieces I used cost less than £1 so I'm still within the budget allowed):

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                It's now heavy enough to use as a paperweight - which is nice as that's what I've built. A replica of one of those old 50s and 60s ornamental bronze airplane paperweights you sometimes see in antiq....... junk shops.

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                Technically finished but I may give it a coat of Klear to protect the paint.

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                • yak face
                  Moderator
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 13849
                  • Tony
                  • Sheffield

                  #9
                  I like it dave , its great to see something different , would grace any execs desk , cheers tony

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                  • scottie3158
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 14220
                    • Paul
                    • Holbeach

                    #10
                    Dave,
                    Nice idea and well finished.

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                    • colin m
                      Moderator
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 8768
                      • Colin
                      • Stafford, UK

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Gern
                      Technically finished but I may give it a coat of Klear to protect the paint.
                      Very nice. It reminds me of some old B&W film were the aircraft designer takes a model into a meeting with the bosses, hoping for the go ahead to build.

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