Royal Danish Air Force Hawker Hunter T.53

Roy McKay
Love it. Why not add it to the Matchbox GB, show the rest of us Matchbox Fanatics the build!

Gordon Sørensen
Will add to the MB Groupbuild.
Closed the gearbay and added some detail.
Made an engine air intake deflector in the wingroot, otherwise it would have been an open space into the wing
Separated the flaps to pose down. I like the look of the flaps down.
Scratchbuilt a simple cockpit. The kit only had a bulkhead with molded on seats so anything was better. Salvaged the ejection seats, cut the away from the bulkhead.
Going to try to finish this by Telford, so will use these seats for now, and see if I can pick any up while I am there.

Gordon Sørensen
Added some simple detail in the nose gear bay.
Wings on, just a little putty needed on the join.
Ready for primer!

Gordon Sørensen
Primered, found a few spots that needed touching up, and primered again. Ready for FS34079.
Decided to try to show off the cockpit. After carefully taping, and cutting. Voila! Open canopy!

Gordon Sørensen
I wish someone made a canopy mask for the T.7….
Using Model Master FS34079 thinned 50:50 with Testors Airbrush Thinner. Got the green a little darker than I wanted, but still happy with the result. Need to do another coat on the bottom.

Łukasz Gliński
Molded in 3 colours? Following! 👍

Gordon Sørensen
Mounted the flaps and drop tanks
Clear 'Pledge' Coat On
Decals from Xtradecals 72-123 Two-Seat Hunters

Gordon Sørensen
Mounted the nose wheel at an angle
Knocked off the drop tanks twice
Mounted the main landing gear.
Sprayed Testors Dullcote

Gordon Sørensen
Found some resin seats for the Hunter - PJ Productions MB Mk.4 Ejection Seat.
Painted with Tamiya Black, Seat cushions with Humbrol 250 Sand, highlighted with a PrismaColour Silver Pencil.