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Hobbycraft 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury

Started by Bob Torres · 56 ≡ · ↻ 2 years ago

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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Thank you John @johnb.
Tom Cleaver said 2 years ago:

@v1pro - you can't go wrong with the Cooper Details resin and the rest for this kit. It won't fix that the airfoil for the wings is upside-down, but it will improve the rest for sure.
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years ago:

Impressive scratch builds indeed,,my friend @v1pro!
Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Tom @ tcinla, agree on the Cooper Details parts. Roy Sutherland makes some nice replacement parts to improve its overall look. I have some Barracuda parts for future builds. For this build I am going to use the drop tanks, lower wing louvers and spinner/propeller. Years ago Roy used to show up at our club back in the 80’s. He made a Hawk Spitfire Mk.22 and a Matchbox Tempest Mk.II into super looking builds. The improvements he made on the Hawk Spitfire was amazing.
Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Thank you Spiros @fiveten.
Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

I used a thick twisty and cut a piece from it to extend the tail wheel strut.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Both wheels glued together, taken from the Eduard Tempest Mk. V kit.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Left set are from Cooper Details, the right is from Hobbycraft.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Here are the resin parts from Cooper Details. I added the sprue for the spinner's shaft. I cleaned the spinner, propellers and drop tanks. I will also add the louvers to the bottom of the foreword section of the wing roots.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

The Yellow was painted for the propeller's tips.
After the spinner was painted red, a quick gloss coat was then added and after it was dry I high lighted the spinner's recessed details with a pencil and Tamiya's Black Panel Line Accent Color.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

Airbrushed the black paint onto the propeller's blades.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

1st shot showing the area that is the heat exchanger's exhaust louvers.

2nd shot dry fitting to see how it will look.

3rd shot both are positioned and glued into place.
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Bob Torres said 2 years ago:

1st shot before respraying the Sky Type S, I decided to use a black marker to highlight the panels that will get displayed under the Sky Type S paint.

2nd shot same approach done to the bottom. Later when I airbrush the Sky Type S, this should show through some. I can add more paint to hide them or use less to show more.

3rd shot shows the Sharpie marker that was used.

4th shot, is a Yak-1 that was made this past summer using this same approach but the paint was brushed on with two thinned coats of Vallejo paint.
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Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years ago:

You are making the most out of the Hobbycraft kit, my friend @v1pro!
Looking spectacular so far!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years ago:

Impressive progress done, Bob @v1pro

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Hobbycraft 1/48 Hawker Sea Fury