A different Hunter T12

[Captain Canada]

Does that ever look different now ! Looking good tho.

[PR19_Kit]

Lots of progress on the T12.

Faired in the canopy's lower edges after 2-3 goes, masked the whole shebang and painted the upper colour, Humbrol HX series Dark Sea Grey. That needed two coats really and a bit of flatting afterward and then I did the HX Dark Green, which really made it look like a Hunter. A Matt Black radome finished off the major painting, and now it's decal time. 

Oh yes, note the 6" overlap onto the underside leading edges, what a SWINE that was to mask on the tailplane!

[kitnut617]

Cor! that really is looking good Kit --  


I'm thinking of doing something similar but following along the lines you have taken, I'd use Gripen style intakes though --- 

[PR19_Kit]

Thanks Robert.  

I was thinking of hanging a couple of drop tanks under it, but it occurred to me that the standard Hunter tanks might be a bit draggy for an aircraft that could exceed M 1.0 in level flight. I dug out a couple of 300 gal. Aero 1 series tanks from a Hasegawa TA-4 which don't look too bad, and mated then to the Hunter's inboard pylons.

What does everyone think of that idea? They're quite a bit longer than even the long Hunter tanks, but seem to fit the 'needle nose look' of the aircraft.

We could say the RAF got some from surplus US stocks at Davis-Monthan.  

[JayBee]

Yep. The longer tanks fit in with the longer nose and look very aesthetically pleasing, as any Hunter would.  

Jim

PS Thanks for the idea for the tanks. 

[PR19_Kit]

Yep. The longer tanks fit in with the longer nose and look very aesthetically pleasing, as any Hunter would.  

Jim

PS Thanks for the idea for the tanks. 

Thanks for the approval AND for the lovely canopy. 

[kitnut617]

Yep, those tanks look great, or even Skyraider ones

[DogfighterZen]

I like that nose on the Hunter, the original one is not bad but that looks much better to me.
Sleek and fast!!
Paint job looks good too!

[Captain Canada]

Very nice. Sure does look Hunter now ! Lovely work...the paint looks really well done. The pointy tanks are a plus as well.

[PR19_Kit]

Lovely work...the paint looks really well done.

I LOVE that bit, as no airbrush was powered up in the painting of this model. As NARSES2 says, only 'hairy sticks' were used. 

[NARSES2]

Like the idea of bigger/longer tanks but those look just a little chubby in the midriff (like me) to me. Something a touch slenderer would fit in with the fuselage shape better perhaps ?

[TallEng]

I'm with Narses2 on this one, the bigger tanks are a good idea, obviously with
Reheat the engines going to be thirstier, but the tanks look too 'American'
Would it be possible to do something more in the shape direction of the drop
Tanks fitted to the actual TSR2? I'm guessing the actual tanks in resin from Freightdog?
Or who ever would be too big?

Just my thoughts....
Regards
Keith

[PR19_Kit]

I tried the high speed tanks from the TSR2 but they're ENORMOUS!

They're about 1.5 x or 2 x as long as the Aero 1 style tanks and even thicker in the mid section. Short of using longer Hunter tanks, like the ones used on G-APUX that I mentioned and built at the start of my Harrier G-VTOL thread, there aren't any alternatives available, and those tanks are anything but low drag.

If I could get some smaller versions of the TSR2 tanks they'd be ideal, but they'd need to be 1/100 scale or so.

[McColm]

Great work Kit

[Gondor]

I tried the high speed tanks from the TSR2 but they're ENORMOUS!

They're about 1.5 x or 2 x as long as the Aero 1 style tanks and even thicker in the mid section. Short of using longer Hunter tanks, like the ones used on G-APUX that I mentioned and built at the start of my Harrier G-VTOL thread, there aren't any alternatives available, and those tanks are anything but low drag.

If I could get some smaller versions of the TSR2 tanks they'd be ideal, but they'd need to be 1/100 scale or so.

How about tanks from a Jaguar or Phantom or even a Mirage?

Gondor