Kit's Revell Hunter F.6 1/72

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Kit's Revell Hunter F.6 1/72

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Having a go at the Revell 1/72 Hunter F.6. Box long gone as I hate Revell's letter box style and transfer them into shoe boxes ( fortunately Mrs Kit has a shoe and boot stash to rival my kit stash :ha: )

Anyway obligatory shots. As stated on the GB thread a bit of paint was applied while still on the sprues but this will be painted over again

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Planning on using one of the options from Modeldecal sheet 86

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Will be watching. Good luck.

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Cheers David. coming together quickly, pics in a bit
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Black and light grey dry brush on cockpit. Also liquid steel in nose for ballast. Painting started on a Quickboost seat too, kit seat is very good but this has the edge

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Cockpit it place

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Parts for rear fuselage with a coat of Vallejo Dark Aluminium. Very visible ejector mark but will be hidden when assembled

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Now wondering what to do about intakes as they are open to the complete inner wing. Leave as is or try some trunking?

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fuselage is together now just waiting for seams to dry before sanding
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Re: Kit's Revell Hunter F.6 1/72

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Coming along great. Am following with interest ss I have one in the stash.

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Re: Kit's Revell Hunter F.6 1/72

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Off to a good start.
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I really ought to source one of these.... or wait for the pre-release this year; your build is really whetting my appetite for one!
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Kitaholic wrote:Black and light grey dry brush on cockpit. Also liquid steel in nose for ballast. Painting started on a Quickboost seat too, kit seat is very good but this has the edge

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Cockpit it place

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Parts for rear fuselage with a coat of Vallejo Dark Aluminium. Very visible ejector mark but will be hidden when assembled

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Now wondering what to do about intakes as they are open to the complete inner wing. Leave as is or try some trunking?

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fuselage is together now just waiting for seams to dry before sanding
A certain Mr Bradley improved his intakes by lining them with putty when he converted his to a 2 seater. You could always just make intake covers.
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Quickly off the mark. Which scheme I wonder?
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JamesPerrin wrote:Quickly off the mark. Which scheme I wonder?
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Fuselage done. Airbrake (closed) and Sabrinas still to add

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Thanks for the ideas shangos70. Decided to try this method. First trimmed a piece of paper to fit

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Ended up this shape so now I have a blank

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Opened up a beer can (after first draining it in a pleasurable fashion), copied the blank onto it and cut out (remembering to reverse for the opposite wing )

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Bent to shape and Cyano'd into position

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Bit of trimming after and trunking done. Lot easier than I thought.

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The 1/144 scale kit oddly has some rudimentary trunking. The metal works well and avoids the issue of splitting that can occur with thin plastic card.
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Very nice trunking! Mine was not as sophisticated, but I made extras for my other Revell Hunters!

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Re: Kit's Revell Hunter F.6 1/72

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Nicely done David, very effective.

Started on the wings now. Leading edge extensions and wingtips added.

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Doesn't look so good on the underside though, parts are way too thick, but not unexpected as it is well documented as an issue with this kit.

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A session of sanding and rescribing next :roll:

Checking the Sabrinas (oh I wish :ha: ) the two pair of little nubbinz have got to go. They are meant to represent the empty shell case chutes but should be tubes mounted above the Sabrinas.

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Nice trunking.

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