...in progress
More than enought details for what will be visible at the end.
Only added some seat belts made from Tamiya tape to the seats, no more details needed inside the fuselage.
The cabin windows needs some attention but at the end they fitted well.
I put some weight inside the nose, not sure if it´s neccesary but better than a tail sitter.
The fuselage halfes needs slight effort to get together.
Finished the fuselage, all fitts without any puty.
Same good fitting on the wings, only some sanding is required.
Opend some air in- and outlets.
Opend some air in- and outlets.
The intake section of the engines was cut.
Good fit on the cockpit clear parts.
Underside of wing and fuselage transition looks okay with a little sanding.
On the upper side putty was used to close two gaps.
Position lights were cut off and built new from clear sprue.
Position lights were cut off and built new from clear sprue.
Scratch built antenna from some etched parts frame.
The wing fences was sanded down as the were much to thick.
Some more antennas were added.
Added scratch build wipers, the kit parts are too poor detailed
A thin layer of Tamiya Fine Primer shows the last ares which needs more attention.
The demarcation lines for the "Oceanic-Camo" were painted with some pics a reference.
First color was Mr.Hobby C375
Scratch build of the Self-Defence-Pods wich 027 and 028 are wearing.
The 027 and 028 are equiped with a radar warn receiver, which the kit didn´t show.
So I cut off the little cone on the fine and added a piece of sprue.
Next step was the housing of the RWR.
After masking the dark blue with UHU Patafix...
...I sprayed a layer of MR.Hobby C374.
Unfortunately it´s way to bright for the U-125A.
I fixed the problem with a layer of tamiya x-23 clear blue.
Removed the masks and painted some details.
It´s allready finished, last steps were some antennas and the landing gear.
Two RBF-tags were also added to the FOD-covers.
Here you can see the wipers, look much better than the kit parts.
Comments
1 25 November 2018, 18:14
Daniel MysakWelcome, the next pics will be with coments, not much to say about the first one 😉
25 November 2018, 20:10
Daniel MysakThe interior is finished, don´t payed to much attention to details which are not visible at the end. Started glueing the fuselage halfes together, needs some effort but could been worse.
27 November 2018, 18:22
Daniel MysakGot some progress with the U-125. The fuselage and the wings are joined, they needed some more attention then the fuselage halves.
17 December 2018, 17:10
Daniel MysakToday i sprayed the first color of th "Oceanic-Camo", Mr.Hobby C375.
26 December 2018, 15:28
Nathan DempseyI used to have one of these, but I traded it. Nice to see one being completed. I'll be watching for sure.
26 December 2018, 18:29
Daniel MysakThank you guys, it´s nice to know there are some people watching 😉
27 December 2018, 15:04
Felipe Belalcazarvery nice, i love the hawker jet - too bad you dont see them around more often.
27 December 2018, 15:10
Graham HolmesDaniel, nice work, love the added detail.
A question, do you think that it would be feasible to remove the belly radar and convert the kit to a regular Biz-jet version? I see this is as the only difficult bit, as the windows are no issue.
2 January 2019, 15:11
Łukasz GlińskiThat's a good question Graham, I also wonder whether Sword is going to issue any other versions...
2 January 2019, 17:08
Daniel Mysak@Graham @Lukaz I would be possible, but there will be a big gap to fill. A bit of work would then be necessary to get the right shape of this section. Maybe Sword brings a new fuselage, without radar, stiffener plates, correct windows,...
2 January 2019, 17:39
Gordon SørensenLookng at the sprue pics, it seems the rear half of the bottom radar fairing is molded into the bottom of the wing, so would need a new mold for that too... but everything else should be OK!
2 January 2019, 18:45
Graham Holmes@Lukasz @Daniel @Gordon, thanks for the responses. The pictures are most helpful and it looks like quite a bit of a job, but worth it. My brother in law worked on this version of the 125 for Beechcraft in Wichita and would love to make a model of it for him. He gave me a manufacturers model of the Hawker 1000, so worth the effort to convert this one for him. I love the looks of this plane.
2 January 2019, 20:20
Daniel MysakAfter nearly a month since my last update the paint and decals are done.
13 January 2019, 16:06
Łukasz GlińskiLooks awesome in the ocean camo. Btw. Are the decals for '027' supplied in the box?
14 January 2019, 07:28
Daniel MysakThanks guys 👍
@Łukasz Unfortunately there are only decals for one grey and one blue(028) aircraft in the box, no spare to create other regs. I used some numbers from a Hasegawa T-2 Blue Impulse kit which thankfully @Harry Eder gave to me.
14 January 2019, 16:52
Łukasz GlińskiThanks for the info guys. Does it mean this ocean camo is a whif?
15 January 2019, 12:47
Daniel MysakNo whif, 027 and 028 are painted in two different versions of the Oceanic-Camo.
15 January 2019, 17:23
GlennLooking great, What paint did you use for the two blues? I like to see a civil version released too! Either a Hawker 800 or the 1000 version go well with all the Amodel Biz Jets.
21 January 2019, 13:27
Daniel Mysak@Glenn In picture No.23 you can see the color set from Mr.Color I used. It´s special for the Japanese Oceanic Camoflage and will fit perfect for a F-2 or Phantom but didn´t match the light blue of the U-125 at all. So I sprayed a layer of Tamiya Clear Blue on it to get a better result.
21 January 2019, 14:38
Daniel MysakI reached the finish line last week, the U-125A is done. Last things to do were some antennas, the landing gear, the wipers and the FOD-covers.
13 February 2019, 18:34
Stefan FraundorferCongratulations Daniel! A very nice model. I like the camouflage.
13 February 2019, 19:02
Daniel MysakThank you guys. I´m glad I allready finished the jet. I like the result although I am not completely satisfied with the build.
13 February 2019, 19:12
Markus Antoniusit is so refreshing to see this little beauty - a welcome change to all those 109s (even though i like 109s)... 🙂 jasdf always nice to see 🙂
13 February 2019, 19:16
Calvin GiffordLovely! I wish I had taken more photos of Japanese aircraft while I was stationed there!
13 February 2019, 20:42
