Splash's Hunter ***finished***
-
- Modelling Gent and Scholar
- Posts: 4418
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:14 am
- Location: Doncaster, Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.
Re: Splash's Hunter
Looking good Splash, some of these old decals work better than new ones(italeri I'm talking to you). When I did the German Thunderstreak colour refs said silver grey for the undersides, I found a Revell pot that matched the RAL number.
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
- Posts: 13828
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
- Location: Somerset England
Re: Splash's Hunter
I'm on short finals with this one.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- Clashcityrocker
- Modelling Gent and Scholar
- Posts: 10781
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 12:31 am
- Location: Adelaide. South Australia
Re: Splash's Hunter
Nice Hunter. The Wessex looks like it's poking it's bottom lip out
Nigel
Nigel
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
- Posts: 13828
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
- Location: Somerset England
Re: Splash's Hunter
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
- Posts: 13828
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
- Location: Somerset England
Re: Splash's Hunter
Clashcityrocker wrote:Nice Hunter. The Wessex looks like it's poking it's bottom lip out
Nigel
That reminds me, now I have the missing decals I can crack on with that Wessex it's been a bench queen for far too long.
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- PaulBradley
- Staring out the window
- Posts: 21115
- Joined: April 6th, 2011, 3:08 pm
- Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
Nice work, Alan!
Paul
За демократію і незалежний Україну
"For Democracy and a Free Ukraine"
За демократію і незалежний Україну
"For Democracy and a Free Ukraine"
- TobyC
- Modelling Gent and Scholar
- Posts: 5540
- Joined: January 15th, 2013, 2:13 pm
- Location: Cobham, Surrey. Blighty
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
Very nice clean build with no apparent vices. Well done sir
Enjoyment over accuracy. That's my motto
-
- Series 3 and Beyond
- Posts: 17
- Joined: July 30th, 2013, 1:24 am
- Location: sunny brisbane australia
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
Nice finish, picked one of these up on eBay after seeing your work on this kit
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
- Posts: 13828
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
- Location: Somerset England
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
You will enjoy it, its a simple kit that builds well, the only downside is the lack of cockpit detail, but to be fare they did supply a pilot to fill the holebiscuit wrote:Nice finish, picked one of these up on eBay after seeing your work on this kit
I have seen a lot of these kits going cheap at shows and on ebay, this surprises me as Hunter kits are generally hard to find, even the Revell version is starting to get expensive.
This is a good thing for me as I like the old classic kits, I sometimes think the new kits are just over engineered just for the sake of it.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- DavidWomby
- Modelling Gent and Scholar
- Posts: 11707
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 8:09 pm
- Location: Florida, USA
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
That turned out great. I built one converted to a T7 a few years back but I have at least one more in the stash that is now calling.
I completely agree with you about liking old classic kits over newer ones but I attribute that to my age/nostalgia.
David
I completely agree with you about liking old classic kits over newer ones but I attribute that to my age/nostalgia.
David
-
- Series 3 and Beyond
- Posts: 17
- Joined: July 30th, 2013, 1:24 am
- Location: sunny brisbane australia
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
I picked this and a frog harrier together cheap...also picked up a quickboost seat for the hunter....just love these old kits picking frog and airfix cheap on ebay the moulding is just so crispsplash wrote:You will enjoy it, its a simple kit that builds well, the only downside is the lack of cockpit detail, but to be fare they did supply a pilot to fill the holebiscuit wrote:Nice finish, picked one of these up on eBay after seeing your work on this kit
I have seen a lot of these kits going cheap at shows and on ebay, this surprises me as Hunter kits are generally hard to find, even the Revell version is starting to get expensive.
This is a good thing for me as I like the old classic kits, I sometimes think the new kits are just over engineered just for the sake of it.
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
- Posts: 13828
- Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
- Location: Somerset England
Re: Splash's Hunter ***finished***
I understand that the Hunter was one of Frogs last kits, this could account for the quality of the moulding and the decals.biscuit wrote:I picked this and a frog harrier together cheap...also picked up a quickboost seat for the hunter....just love these old kits picking frog and airfix cheap on ebay the moulding is just so crisp
When you fit the Quickboost seat, check the height of the seat does not interfere with the canopy, I looked at fitting a resin seat and a seat out of the Revell Hunter after I had joined up the body, but found them too high, this could be an issue with the kits floor height or the canopy shape or size.
When I build my next one I might use the canopy as a plunge mould and make a thinner vac form type canopy.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.