P1083 'super Hunter'

[General Melchet]

Hi gang, Colin was good enough to give me a set of the excellent 'Silver cloud' resin wings and bits to convert the Revell Hunter into the sexy P 1083. I decided to go with a prototypical scheme based on Hawkers house colours of 'sky' use by many of the early prototypes. The reason for this is that a] I like the scheme ! and b] the operational version would have looked quite different as it would have used the larger Avon RA 19R (which had a  wider diameter tailpipe and reheat unit, the casing forming the outer skin), standard airbrake and revised intakes.
Hope you like it, I recommend you get one or two, or three 

Andy

[Eddie M.]

Great looking bird! Looks like it's ready for flight!

[sideshowbob9]

A real beauty you have there 

[NARSES2]

Stunner 

[cthulhu77]

Beautiful work, that is really worth all of the work. Wow, a complete stunner !  The finish is perfect, especially the metal bits. 

[sotoolslinger]

Gorgeous

[Mossie]

Lovely, looking forward to getting hold of mine!

[kitnut617]

Very nice Andy, I've got one of these conversions on my shopping list.

Would you know if the 'supersonic' Hunter would've got 'area ruling' too ?

[General Melchet]

Thanks for the comments chaps , it's a real joy to put together, no filler to speak of, ( all I ever use is Mr Hobby liquid putty and only a smear at that !).There's no mention of the area rule but I would have thought it a logical development though the whole project was dropped early on as new Mach 2 fighters were thought to be the way forward, the EE P1 being a case in point. Pity really as it was a wonderful design....

Cheers now,

Andy

[ChernayaAkula]

Hunters always look great! 

[Ed S]

Nice Hunter.  Looks very realistic. 



Ed

[BlackOps]

  Andy, she's a real looker! Very clean and beautifully executed build.

[PR19_Kit]

A sharp looking aircraft Andy, pure 'Hawker'.

Is the jet pipe/exhaust area different from the standard kit too, or do you have to modify the Revell bits? And is/will there be a production version with the larger engine too?

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Just remind me again...... I've seen this somewhere before, haven't I ? - D*mn that's just superb 

Ian

[Mossie]

Kit, there's a nozzle in the kit, there's also an insert for the submerged intake on the dorsal fuselage.  There's a solid plug about 10mm inside the jet pipe, if you want to detail this you'll have to drill it out & find a suitable part for the rear plate.