Vichy French Hawk: 1/48th Hobbycraft Hawk 75
The 1/48th Hobbycraft Hawk 75 kit is a decent budget model that builds up into a nice display aircraft. I was pleased with the end result and would recommend the kit to model makers of any skill. It is a simple build, if you want to leave it at that, or with some extra detailing, can be a great display model.
This kit plastic has been more recently re-released under the Academy brand.
You can see more in-depth detail of this build with additional photos at: https://www.flypastrush.com/post/photo-post-hawk-75-p-36
Thanks for looking & good luck on your next build.
Excellent Hawk!
Thanks Spiros 🙂
Beautiful build, this paint scheme looks great. I like most of the Hobbycraft kits, I think they have provided us with some pretty nice kits to build.
Thanks Bob, Hobbycraft was a bit hit and miss, but provided some subjects that no other manufacturer had done before or a rarity (CF-105, CF-100, CT-114, DHC Beaver, P-59, F7U Cutlass to name a few). They certainly were reasonably priced for the most part and some kits were pretty decent, so they had their advantages.
A wonderful result, @flypastrush
Thanks again John (@johnb)
Looks like a nice kit. Great job. I'm a big fan of anything Curtiss. Your French camo and markings really make it an eye catcher, just beautiful.
Thanks Chris, I really liked the French paint finish and the Finnish paint jobs were interesting as well so hoping to do one of those at some point - Cheers
Nice job, FPR. Great looking scheme.
Thanks Gary, that cowl and rudder certainly does get your attention!
Looks good!
Thanks again Gary 🙂
Well done! I've done a couple of those Hobbycraft Hawks and like you said, they can be made into decent models.
Yes Chas, I would buy another couple of these to do a few more schemes, like a Finnish and RCAF version - Cheers
G’day FPR (@flypastrush),
This is a great build.
I have one in the stash to build one day snd will do a French bird as well.
I’m a fan of three colour camouflage schemes and you have executed yours nicely.
Liked!
Thanks Michael (@michaelt), I do like the colouring of that 3-tone French camouflage. A bit of a masking effort however the multi-tones do look interesting. - Good luck with your Hawk