Sea Hawk - heading South

[Knightflyer]

So potentially another quick build. Nothing spectacular, a standard build of an old favourite, but hopefully the paint-job will catch the eye 

DAY ONE Well cockpit interior and bang-seat painted black, the fuselage glued together, along with wing-roots. Painted the undercarriage bay and intake area white,I might try boxing the undercarriage bay in before continuing. Glued the tail-planes in place.

The obligatory sprue shot!


Not bad for a day's 'work'! 

[Captain Canada]

Does building that fast make you Dizzy ? lol Great work so far !

[Knightflyer]

Hi Captain C, do you mean dizzy or 'Dizzy'  - if the latter my builds are nowhere as complex and involve little or no 'chopping and changing' so I plead not-guilty m'lud

Also I think my last picture 'cheated a bit' , this is how far I've actually got, but I was trying the wings on for size and forgot to remove them before photographing! 



Might get the wings on tonight though, or box those pesky undercarriage bays in 

[Dizzyfugu]

I heard that! Somebody else has a Flux Compensator in the basement, too? 

[Knightflyer]

I heard that! Somebody else has a Flux Compensator in the basement, too? 

It's only because we fall to our knees in awe at your abilities Dizzy  I wish I had your abilities to 'chop and change' a model (or should that be models because there's usually more than one kit involved!  ) even at a quarter of the speed!

I am thinking more about the 'dark arts' that you practice more and more though, although on a less epic scale. Take the Sea Hawk for example, I see a small 'thimble' type radar on the nose, and the drop-tanks moving to the wing-tips, nothing major but chopping up an old NOVO kit wouldn't be a great loss if it all went horribly wrong! 

ALSO - So meant to ask this last time I saw it mentioned - a Flux Capacitor (as in the film) allows time travel, a Flux Compensator stretches time?  .....have I missed a thread explaining this !!! 

[Dizzyfugu]

Be careful, the Dark Arts of Whiffing involve a lot of black candles, chicken and cats... 
Beyond the generous use of saws, files, putty, sand paper and glue, as well as raids of the donor bank(s).
Frequent offers to Styrene help, too:



And, yes, the Flux Compensator creates, among others, a time bubble that stretches time. Check the instruction manual, page 632. 

[Captain Canada]

August 5th, 1955....now there's a Red letter Day for Whiffing !

[Old Wombat]

Frequent offers to Styrene help, too:

And, although she looks sweet & innocent, she's a blood-thirsty b|+<& !

[Knightflyer]

Please Sirs.......Can I have my thread back! 

So apart from a quick offering to Styrene, here's the progress for this week. Boxed in the undercarriage bays, attached the wings, tail-planes and tail-fin. Now a fair bit of filling and sanding to come. I do like the 'simple' shape  and form of the Sea Hawk though 

[zenrat]

This is a NOVO kit?
It looks identical to the Airfix one I was fiddling with today.
Any idea who produced it originally?

<edit> Scalemates has it as originally moulded by Airfix in 1959 and then continuously repopped.  Versions by Plasty & Gunze Sangyo of the same mould.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/206605-airfix-1424-armstrong-whitworth-seahawk

[Knightflyer]

This is a NOVO kit?
It looks identical to the Airfix one I was fiddling with today.
Any idea who produced it originally?

No this is the Airfix kit also - the FROG/NOVO etc doesn't have undercarriage bays to box in!

[Captain Canada]

I recognize it from way back in the day when Wee Jimmy was here. His was called the Wheat Razor. I'll have to finish it some day and post it here 

[Knightflyer]

This one also - completion approaches 

[zenrat]

Mmmmmmmmmm...

[Knightflyer]

Mmmmmmmmmm...

I'm glad you added a  else I'd have spent twenty minutes trying to figure if that was a bad Mmmmmmmm.... or a good Mmmmmmmm....!