What if Hawker had designed the Thud?

[kitbasher]

😂

You crack on and build your version, Devilfish,  it'll be good to compare builds.

[kerick]

Just fill in the vee on the intake and have it squared off. That would give it a very different look.

[kitbasher]

So, the wings, tailplanes and modified fin have been attached and work has begun on modifying the engine intakes:

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I'm grafting on some Hunter intakes from a scrapped Revell Hunter (thanks for the source item, Dominic).  Some may think the intakes are rather RF-84F Thunderflashy - you're not wrong - but inspiration (and a desire to maintain some form of Hawker lineage going) comes from:

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I think the fin may be a tad too small - looked fine right up until the wings were on so maybe some ventral strakes may be in order.

I don't know why but there's something vaguely HAL Marut-ish about it, even though it looks nothing like it.  Also I'm rather pleased there's also a slight hint of Hawker P.1129 in there too.  At least to my eyes!

[PR19_Kit]

I don't know why but there's something vaguely HAL Marut-ish about it.........................

JUST what I was thinking!

It's the curvy fin and wingtips and the spine that do it.