Tim's Red Arrows Hawk

[TimJ]

I thought that no RAF GB could be complete without the Red Arrows putting in an appearance so I'll be building this.

DSCF9717 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9718 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9720 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9719 by timothy jones, on Flickr

[iggie]

Excellent idea! Of course the Reds would put in an appearance, great choice Tim

[dollar19]

That’s a box full of red plastic! I’m going to be watching closely, as I have a Gnat I’d like to do in the Arrows livery.

[ShaunW]

You are very right, Tim and it's good to see a representative of the 'arrers being built. I love the Hawk as a subject but loathe red plastic or any bright coloured plastic come to think of it, including white. I much prefer a neutral grey for my model parts!

[Stuart]

Cool choice! A nice addition to the GB.

[IronMan129]

Nice addition to the GB and as you say it wouldn't be complete without them so I may just cracking into a Gnat to help you wave the red white and blue!

[PropWash]

Wow. I've never seen a box of red plastic like that before. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

[Tarkas]

Wow. I've never seen a box of red plastic like that before.

I have, but not since I made my old tooling Airfix Red Arrows Gnat T.1 way back when... Oh, yes, and the Airfix Fokker Dr.I, too. We won't count the Monogram "Red Baron" Fokker that they released to go with the yellow Sopwith Camel piloted by Snoopy.

I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

Me too.

[iggie]

Wow. I've never seen a box of red plastic like that before. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

The 1/32 Revell Hawk is pretty much the same, just as red but bigger!

And why is is that even though its going to be painted red, red plastic is the worst possible stuff to cover?

[TimJ]

I agree about the red plastic, I'd prefer grey plastic myself.

I began with the cockpit interior which has been assembled apart from the seats. I used the supplied IP decals as I find it easier than trying to paint them.

DSCF9724 by timothy jones, on Flickr

The wings have also been assembled after I painted the wheel bays.

DSCF9725 by timothy jones, on Flickr

More soon.

[ShaunW]

Good to see this off to a start, Tim. I also prefer decals for instrument panels in 1/72nd (although it has to be said that some decal sets are better than others!) as achieving nice, neat, instruments in this scale is usually beyond my meagre brush painting capabilities!