Hawk 180...inspired by APD's Firehawk

Damian2 · March 06, 2006, 01:23:54 PM

Hi All!

These are so of my first scratch building attempts

(my modded F-4 is still "in-prog") so bear with me!

First up is the front panel:

Panle in the cockpit, the seat is one from the Hasegawa T-4, which BTW is also going to be a "hump back" attack plane (the OA-4 Sparrow <--working title):

A new divider to cover the back cockpit where the new avionics bundles and fuel tank are:

Finally some of the weapons, dual mounted Brimstones (or Hellfires) and two twin mounted Stingers. On the final plane I intend to move the Hellfires to the inner pylon on one wing with two 180lb LCDs on the other inner pylon. The two outer pylons will mount rocket pods for close support/target marking:

And thats all for now

Next will be figuring out how to mount an internal gun and then a fuel tank on the center line pylon...

Damian

Eddie M. · March 06, 2006, 01:55:49 PM

Looks good. Keep it comin'! B)
Eddie

AeroplaneDriver · March 06, 2006, 04:31:03 PM

Looking great!! I love your weapons loadout.

How are you doing the LCDs?

Sentinel Chicken · March 06, 2006, 07:37:55 PM

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And thats all for now Next will be figuring out how to mount an internal gun and then a fuel tank on the center line pylon...

Take a look at the Oerlikon 30mm cannon installation on the JA37 Viggens. They have them mounted as an underfuselage pack centerline without giving up the centerline pylon which usually carries an external tank.

Damian2 · March 06, 2006, 10:42:51 PM

QuoteLooking great!! I love your weapons loadout.

How are you doing the LCDs?

Its by no means an "accurate method of making LCDs but concidering this is going to be in-flight as long as it looks good through the canopy thats all the matters

Basically I cat a square and then place strips of cut sheet on the edges plain and simple...I'd love to learn better techniques but I suppose that will come over time.

QuoteTake a look at the Oerlikon 30mm cannon installation on the JA37 Viggens. They have them mounted as an underfuselage pack centerline without giving up the centerline pylon which usually carries an external tank.

Will do! I was thinking of using the cannons from a Harrier (either the Airfix FA.2 which might be built too or the Hasegawa AV-8B II+) with the feed between the pods (if there is one like on the AV-8B II+) running through the fuselage with pods place one each side of the fuselage...

AeroplaneDriver · March 07, 2006, 04:33:19 AM

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QuoteLooking great!! I love your weapons loadout.

How are you doing the LCDs?
Its by no means an "accurate method of making LCDs but concidering this is going to be in-flight as long as it looks good through the canopy thats all the matters
Basically I cat a square and then place strips of cut sheet on the edges plain and simple...I'd love to learn better techniques but I suppose that will come over time.

QuoteTake a look at the Oerlikon 30mm cannon installation on the JA37 Viggens. They have them mounted as an underfuselage pack centerline without giving up the centerline pylon which usually carries an external tank.

Will do! I was thinking of using the cannons from a Harrier (either the Airfix FA.2 which might be built too or the Hasegawa AV-8B II+) with the feed between the pods (if there is one like on the AV-8B II+) running through the fuselage with pods place one each side of the fuselage...

Sorry, didnt mean the LCD displays, but the 180lb LCD bombs.

Damian2 · March 07, 2006, 06:01:00 AM

QuoteSorry, didnt mean the LCD displays, but the 180lb LCD bombs.

:dum: :dum:

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!

I was thinking of using an early mark AIM-9 or grabbing the IR missiles from the ESCI Mir2000. Then doing basically the same thing you did but swapping out an IIR seaker instead of the LGU...

Ollie · March 07, 2006, 06:22:52 AM

Looking good Damian!

B777LR · March 07, 2006, 07:00:35 AM

looks good, i specially like the hellfires and those wingtip stingers.

Leigh · March 07, 2006, 06:11:59 PM

Nice job Damian. And clear green paint over a light grey looks good for L.C.D.s, the screens not the bombs.

Damian2 · March 07, 2006, 11:52:12 PM

Hi guys!!

Thanx for all the comments!

Now for a quick question. What do you think is the best way to go about representing the faired over rear canopy (ala Mitsubishi F-1 or Sukhoi Su-25 UBK (?) )

Any and all suggestions are welcomed!

Damian2 · March 10, 2006, 08:41:02 AM

Some progress!

Got the internals painted and am waiting for the paint to dry before going on to the detail painting...

First up is the decals I'll be using...hmm cool colour scheme:

Next is the two fuselage halves, they look darker here than in reality...probably the flash...I'm going for the worn look:

The cockpit tub...more wear and tear to be added:

The front panel and extended divider:

And finally the seat:

Zac is doing the back story for this pirate killer...

:ar:

Hatchet · March 10, 2006, 01:39:06 PM

Looking really good mate!

Maybe you can do the faired in cockpit with some tape? If it's applied carefully, it'll look like a couple of alu sheets replacing the glass. You'll need to be careful adding it tho'. Another option is just painting over the canopy, maybe scribe a couple of panel lines in it.

Can't wait to see more :ar:

Damian2 · March 11, 2006, 11:45:46 AM

Ok got some more work done, got the seat painted as well as the rest of the 'pit and got the two items mated up:

and the CP, the screens still need to be filled in with clear green:

And the whole thing together...next I'll be tackling the pilot and getting him ready!

John Howling Mouse · March 11, 2006, 06:35:10 PM

Oh, you just know this is gonna turn out great!

Hawk 180...inspired by APD's Firehawk

Ollie

B777LR