BAe Hawk Mk66 U-1251 Swiss Air Force

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April 29, 2018
Start of the new project, something simple, out of the box 🙂 The cockpit of this Italeri Kit is rather simple
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April 29, 2018
The first layer of primer
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April 29, 2018
The cockpit leaves me rather helpless than smiling, hmmm... Looked for a Wolfpack replacement, I hope I'll get it this week, I'm curious how the difference will be.
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April 29, 2018
I got the kit for about the half retail price. And this is what it is worth for me, tbh. The big secret for me is how the T-Rebox can cost even twice the price of the Italeri...
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June 8, 2018
Next attempt, the Wolfpack cockpit is ready so far
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June 8, 2018
Not perfect, but a lot better.
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June 8, 2018
I think this is OK for now 🙂
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June 17, 2018
No inner life. So I had to add some parts...
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June 17, 2018
... to avoid looking into an empty fuselage
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June 17, 2018
Cockpit coverage was trimmed to fit in place...
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June 17, 2018
... and painted black
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June 17, 2018
Some black paint inside the fuselage added to give a bit of depth
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June 17, 2018
looks not too bad 🙂
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July 17, 2018
Fill the wing from the back...
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July 17, 2018
Since the "Red Arrow" kit contains just one visor in a very simple shape, I had to build them scratch.
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July 17, 2018
Ready to mount them on the glare shields ...
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July 17, 2018
... and done
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July 17, 2018
Slowly she comes to my taste.
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October 14, 2018
Primer and Pre-Shade
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October 14, 2018
The first white on the bottom...
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October 14, 2018
...on the tail...
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October 14, 2018
...and all over.
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October 14, 2018
It will be necessary to fix some minor color inconsitencies
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October 14, 2018
All in all, I like how she evolves 🙂
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January 13, 2019
Registration airbrushed
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January 13, 2019
Washed panellines on the belly ...
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January 13, 2019
... and on the top
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January 13, 2019
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January 13, 2019
Magnetic gun-pod added
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January 13, 2019
the fuselage is almost finished...
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January 13, 2019
...some minor...
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January 13, 2019
... touch-ups will be necessary.
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January 19, 2019
Some work on the canopy: Started to scrape out the moulded detonation cords
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January 19, 2019
sanded
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January 19, 2019
and polished.
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January 19, 2019
Preparing the vinyl cords from Matterhorn Circle (Robi, you did a fantastic job!)
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January 19, 2019
The front cord is in, the rear is still on the masking tape
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January 19, 2019
This is how they look pre-cut on on the film
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January 19, 2019
and this is how they look on the canopy. Not a quickie, but worth the effort.
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March 2, 2019
So here she is...
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March 2, 2019
...I consider her finished
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March 2, 2019
The canopy did not come out as desired,
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March 2, 2019
but ok
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March 2, 2019
All in all, it was good fun to build her
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March 2, 2019
in a rather unusual color scheme.

Comments

29 April 2018, 16:04 - Private message

Thomas Bischoff
A swiss Hawk! - I'll take a seat and enjoy the show

29 April 2018, 20:21

Thomas T
Thomas, maybe you want to wait for the Wolfpack seat, is might be a bit more comfortable 😉

29 April 2018, 20:31

Melgg Lütschg
I'm curious. If you take the MC decals and the Wolfpack Set, it will be a beauty😉

30 April 2018, 09:07

Thomas Bischoff
Cockpit looks good - much better than the kit part

10 June 2018, 08:10

Thomas Bischoff
cool - more pic's! 👍 👍 👍

18 June 2018, 18:18

Dave Flitton
Nice start!! Looking good

18 June 2018, 18:27

Patrick Hagelstein
Doesn't look too bad at all! 😉

18 June 2018, 18:33

Gordon Sørensen
Nice looking cockpit, Thomas. That is moulded in a bright red!

18 June 2018, 20:12

Thomas T
Chaps, thanks a lot for your nice comments.
Gordon: yes the bright red is a kind of a challenge, I am pretty sure she will not have the common SAF livery (the red-white one everybeody puts on their Mk66 Hawk).
Dave, Patrick: the IPs are cut out from the PE parts from the kit, I guess it is nicer than the WP resin IPs. I know I am a slow builder, still a lot of work in the kit until now.
Thomas: I hope the next couple of weeks give me more chance to crawl under my stone (aka go to my hobby room 😉 ) to gain a bit more progress. And shoot more pix.

18 June 2018, 21:27

Spanjaard
excellent looking cokpit... those visors are really good!

17 July 2018, 20:59

Thomas Bischoff
👍 👍 👍

14 October 2018, 18:29

Thomas T
Hans, according to the information I have, the livery lived just a couple of days, she was then re-painted to the commonly seen scheme (red, gray and black). Since I prefer to have my planes in liveries not always seen, this was an easy choice 🙂

13 January 2019, 11:30

basket
Very nice !

13 January 2019, 20:45

Spanjaard
good choice

16 January 2019, 20:00

Thomas T
Thank you all for your comments, they are appreciated!

19 January 2019, 22:25

Jos Jansen
Tidy built Thomas...👍

21 January 2019, 10:54

Thomas T
Thank you, Jos!

21 January 2019, 19:18

Marco Gallmann
Thomas, the Hawk looks very nice. Which color did you use for the red part?

21 January 2019, 19:28

Thomas T
Hi Marco.
This is the standard Tamiya Acrylic X7 / XF7, I have seen it is pretty close to the RAL 3020. The white crosses are masked out, the masks are included with the Matterhorn decals 🙂

21 January 2019, 19:36

Marco Gallmann
Thanks Thomas. I always have problems to reach a rich red, I think I have to try this one from tamiya too. Matterhorn decals are one of my next purchase😉

21 January 2019, 20:09

Thomas T
Matterhorn Decals are a very good choice. I guess they invest a lot of time into historical research to have them printed correctly.
And the rich red should be no problem if you apply over a yellow or a white base. However, Tamiya colors are my preferred ones anyway, besides the Gunze Aqueous 🙂

22 January 2019, 06:01

Augie
Oh wow, that looks so perfect.

2 March 2019, 17:39

Stephan Ryll
Stunning result 👍

2 March 2019, 18:07

Neuling
Very beautiful! Very Swiss!

2 March 2019, 18:29

David Taylor
awsome

2 March 2019, 18:34

Thomas Bischoff
Cool! Looks awesome 👍 👍 👍

2 March 2019, 18:54

Melgg Lütschg
Fantastic result Thomas! I wish I am 1:48 so I could take a seat in the cockpit 🙂

3 March 2019, 08:35

Thomas T
Thanks a lot for your kind comments.

3 March 2019, 13:51

Spanjaard
Very nicely done

3 March 2019, 16:12

Nathan Dempsey
Well done kit. Looks great in Swiss markings.

3 March 2019, 16:24

Thomas T
Nathan,
this was a short term Swiss marking. It was used for the transfer from UK to Switzerland. After a couple of days it was modified to the regular livery, which looks like the UK and the Finnish one, I guess there are some more Air Forces using it. This white one is much more appealing (at least to my taste). I found just two pictures plus the profile from Matterhorn Circle, there will be little proof that I did something wrong
Thanks for your comment, also to Spanjaard!

3 March 2019, 18:05

Michael Kuenzle
Very nice build - good to see one in different markings.

15 March 2019, 21:59

Mirko Römer
The swiss were sold to Finland. I hope you keep it, looks fantastic!

15 March 2019, 22:11

Clifford Keesler
Very nice Hawk.

16 March 2019, 02:17

Thomas T
Thank you both. @Mirko: The real U-1251 found ca cozy place after retirement in the F&F Museum in Dübendorf (near Zurich). This one was not sold to Finland, and since I like those colorful models in my display, there is no reason to get rid of it 😄

16 March 2019, 11:47

John Thomas
Very nice

16 March 2019, 14:31

Nigel
Wise choice on the colour scheme, Thomas. Very nicely done, and very arresting compared to the alternatives!😉

8 May 2019, 06:29

Treehugger
Nice work on the big canopy clear part. When I look at sprue parts for this type of model in kits, the big canopy part always looks weird to me, as if the framing is molded wrong. Maybe I am imagining that, but somehow that one part always looks weird to me when looking at model kits of this jet.

8 May 2019, 06:44

Michael Phillips
Wow, I missed this one Thomas! Fantastic work as usual my friend! That paint is immaculate! Simply perfect...

8 May 2019, 15:03

Thomas T
Thanks for your kind words, they make me a bit shy.
@Nigel: My aim is to have alternative color schemes im my collection, moreover I prefer this scheme to the standard. 'Föifer und Weggli' situation (sorry, Swiss German saying) 😛
@Treehugger: The shape of the moulded cord is basically correct, compared to the original the look in the sprue part is a bit strange, I agree. On the other hand, the vynil cords are a bit too prominent, however, I prefer that over the standard look. Additionally it is a challenge to place the vynil cords into the canopy.
@Michael: By far not perfect, however I can see progress in my work 🙂

8 May 2019, 18:56