Thanks @johnb, @fiveten, @gblair and @eb801. when you are a 109aholic and wants to build a Hawker, it simply involves a lot of scratchbuilding, at least in 1/48, as the only kit on the market is a resin in 1/72. Of course it does not help that all plastic Mk.I’s are with metalclad wings.
Cutting and dryfitting.
I decided to cut the Ki61 fuselage!
Fortunately it is a spare “glass” fuselage in the box, so no harm to that kit.
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1. cockpit removed again
2. Exhaust is a bit low compared to the wing!
A little sawing and fitting, and it is roughly there.
The Ki nose is actually just to get an idea of the shape, and get the exhausts adjusted to look right. I remembered that I did cut up a Eduard “Emil” some time ago, and dived into the spares to get the nose from that one too, in order to be able to get the exhausts right.
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1. Very cool 3D printed stacks
2. Ki61 nose
3. Hurricane nose
4. Emil nose
And as there is a new AM 3D printed set of exhausts for that one, a pair has been pressed into service in this conversion.
A lot of templates need to be made to build up the right shape of the nose, and I am considering to make a casting of it if interest exists. Do let me know if you would be interested in one, but I can not promise any will surface as it all depends on how this conversion turns out. Send a PM if I should give it a try.
