Curtiss Hawk 75 A2

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November 22, 2020
Smer kit picked on eBay for next to nothing. Mid-nineties I think.
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November 22, 2020
Nice details although not sure about accuracy.
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November 22, 2020
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November 22, 2020
A bit of resin and PE added to improve a spartan cockpit; essentially a pilot on a seat is what's in the box.
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November 22, 2020
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November 22, 2020
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November 22, 2020
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January 24, 2021
Hawk 75 A-2 no. 107 (U007) captured and sold on to Finland becoming Cu556
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January 24, 2021
Prefer this side. First use of AK acrylics and loving them immediately.
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January 24, 2021
Not so happy here. Using Hataka Red but struggling a bit. Not sure about the Vert, it’s a bit bright.
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January 24, 2021
Underside yellow tip and black ID mark for Finnish version also AK underside. Right side Hataka.
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January 31, 2021
French Decals on the port side for H75-A2; still need to self print the tail aircraft number 3 in escadrille.
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January 31, 2021
Finnish decals of this side for captured version. CUw-556 white 6. Fashioned the 6 from a 0 and a 5.
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March 2, 2021
Some final images here. Light not great so may do some daylight shots for a final view.
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March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
Surprised how thick the EZ wire looks in these photos. I’m using 0.3 mm which is supposedly right for 1/72 scale. Thoughts anyone?
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March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
Really happy with the home made decal no.3 here.
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March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
Despite No.107 being an A2 (2 guns per wing) the first few were essentially still A1s with just one per wing. From photos though it does look as if the Finns (or Luftwaffe) added the additonal wing gun to the sold on model.
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March 2, 2021
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April 19, 2022
some time ago Gordon asked for some natural light photos, and so eventually, thanks for your interest and kind words…here you go.
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April 19, 2022
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April 19, 2022
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April 19, 2022
Can’t
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April 19, 2022

Comments

11 22 November 2020, 21:33

Guy Rump
Good start Gary, looking forward to your progress. 🙂

24 January 2021, 21:17

Gary Kitchen
Going a bit off piste with this one Guy. Zumbach's brief mount Hawk 75A-2 No107 was captured and sold on to Finland becoming CU-556 so I'm doing half and half. Photos to follow.

24 January 2021, 21:25

Guy Rump
Really interesting combination of liveries Gary, strangely it seems to work, almost as if the time is when the Finns had taken the aircraft and had only half painted it so far...🙂

2 March 2021, 21:32

Gary Kitchen
Yes. I'm much more satisfied with the Finnish side as I really can't seem to crack these French Color combos. Not sure if I'll do one like this again though.

2 March 2021, 22:54

Jan Peters
Very nice work on this machine, love the two different shemes you did, very clever work

3 March 2021, 16:39

Mona
this being a Curtiss ..I not certain and I'm curious if it was manufactured in Buffalo NY ?

7 July 2021, 23:15

Gary Kitchen
Hello @Mona I can't say definitively but it does look like all the french Hawks were Buffalo produced and shipped to France as kits to be assembled at Bourges.

8 July 2021, 06:19