The Hawker P.1086, son of PR19.....

James · March 14, 2013, 03:14:45 AM

Quote from: Devilfish on March 14, 2013, 02:28:37 AM
Love it!!! Totally unique and imaginative and very well executed!!

Could not have put it better.

Fantastic build mate.

Scooterman · March 14, 2013, 11:11:24 AM

Wow, Kit. With one good shot of reheat and a strong tailwind, she could make it from there to my doorstep without using internal fuel!

Madoc · March 19, 2013, 11:05:17 PM

PR19_Kit,

Nicely done! Very nicely done!

Ian the Kiwi Herder · March 19, 2013, 11:11:11 PM

Quote from: Devilfish on March 14, 2013, 02:28:37 AMLove it!!! Totally unique and imaginative and very well executed!!

Absolutely !

Ian

Weaver · March 20, 2013, 05:29:52 AM

Lovely job Kit - I was eying up that Snark build and wondering what could be done with it too....

kitnut617 · March 20, 2013, 05:59:28 AM

Looks like something right out of BSP Kit

Tophe · March 20, 2013, 10:32:01 AM

Belated congratulations!

PR19_Kit · March 21, 2013, 02:24:08 AM

Quote from: kitnut617 on March 20, 2013, 05:59:28 AM
Looks like something right out of BSP Kit

Hehe, that had me sniggering Robert, perhaps I should suggest that they do a re-write?

Glad you like it gentlemen, it gave me great pleasure to have it finished as it ended up pretty well as I imagined it originally, even though it needed TWO re-writes of the backstory!

Gondor · March 21, 2013, 12:29:26 PM

So if anyone tries to find this aircraft tucked away in some forgotten corner of a hanger their search could be called "The Hunting of The Snark"?

Gondor

The Wooksta! · March 21, 2013, 02:05:22 PM

I'm just waiting to see what happens with the P.1081 you've got...

PR19_Kit · March 21, 2013, 03:05:33 PM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on March 21, 2013, 02:05:22 PM
I'm just waiting to see what happens with the P.1081 you've got...

Hehehe, it's a magic shape, isn't it? I'm sorely tempted to build it stock but to do an Ian-the-Kiwi-Herder on the colour scheme. On the other it would look good with a tad longer wings..............

Rheged · March 23, 2013, 06:13:02 AM

Quote from: Gondor on March 21, 2013, 12:29:26 PM
So if anyone tries to find this aircraft tucked away in some forgotten corner of a hanger their search could be called "The Hunting of The Snark"?

Gondor

A hint from Lewis Carroll---It's likely to be well camouflaged " It had slowly and silently vanished away, For the Snark was a Boojum, you see"

philp · June 23, 2013, 04:31:09 PM

Late to the party as usual.

Very nicely done Kit. A similar idea to one I have been kicking around regarding the base kit (though think mine would be a fast attack bomber but who knows).

The model in the Airfix Magazine was done by Mike Grant (you all may have heard of him) and an impressive job he did getting that old kit to look like what it is supposed to be.

But you have Whiffed this one to the max.

And am I the only one that looks at it and thinks it may have been easier to start with a Hunter, add the shoulder stretched wings and under fuselage intake?

Definitely Whiffy worthy as is the backstory.

PR19_Kit · June 24, 2013, 02:30:26 AM

Quote from: philp on June 23, 2013, 04:31:09 PM
And am I the only one that looks at it and thinks it may have been easier to start with a Hunter, add the shoulder stretched wings and under fuselage intake?

Definitely Whiffy worthy as is the backstory.

Heheh, you could well be right there, but I started with that pile of very RED plastic and it just sort of grew on me from there.

I'd have needed two Hunters to get the length though. What did surprise me was how similar the nose shapes were, once the canopy was in the correct place it just screamed 'HUNTER' at me. Sadly the Snark's red nose probe vanished into one of my carrying boxes and has been replaced with a shorter and thinner white one for the present.