1/48 Italeri Hawk T.1A (On Hold)

[Roger Pellett]

That kind of detail on a picture of a plane flying at 35000 ft!  Remarkable!  I’m surprised that you’re able to hold the camera steady enough or do you use some sort of mount?

 

Roger

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Roger Pellett said:

That kind of detail on a picture of a plane flying at 35000 ft!  Remarkable!  I’m surprised that you’re able to hold the camera steady enough or do you use some sort of mount?

 

Roger

It has a Image stabilizer on the lens with Two settings  - One is a basic version for static objects and the other one is called Sport Mode, thats designed for moving subjects, both give about 4 stops of stabilizing, but I use high enough shutter speeds  with things like that  - normaly over 1/1000sec  generaly  higher, no need for a monopod or tripod  also  its all about mustle memory like firing a rifle.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

My Martin Baker MK10's  have arrived  and Superb little jobbies they are  will have to  wait though  as I need to order some Super Glue.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

I'm a roller coaster nut........one thing I have learned,  is never have an open bag of M&M's in your pocket   

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    I thought I would jump back on this for a bit -  I  have  cleaned up the  cockpit tub  and fitted the  control columbs, and  cleaned up the PE  side consols,   I have dry fitted the Resin bang seats after removing some of the plastic rails on the floor of the tub (to make them fit better.

I will be airbrusing  my Black Primer  to the assemblies before giving them  there correct colours, I will  also re paint  the dials.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Oh  by the way  - those seats are the rather excellent  Wolfpack  MK10s  -  they are as good as they look, right down to their belts.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Martin Baker seats or some other maker? The real M-Bs were top notch ejection seats (I have no personal knowledge, except for talking with folks who did have to use them). The model is looking good. Your figure painting skills are adding to making this gem pop.

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Canute said:

Martin Baker seats or some other maker? The real M-Bs were top notch ejection seats (I have no personal knowledge, except for talking with folks who did have to use them). The model is looking good. Your figure painting skills are adding to making this gem pop.

Thanks Ken,   its going to Black first  with my primer  - then some  mid  Grey.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   right  I got my airbrush out  and  firstly  my Vallejo Black primer  went on,   dried with the hair dryer  - then a few  light mid Grey coats  went on   -  I am loving my airbrush.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

nice looking seats.......glad to see you remedied the problem you had    

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

nice looking seats.......glad to see you remedied the problem you had    

Thank you kindly Denis.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   bit of an update on my  Hawk   - starting with  what I thought was going to be  a stop to my modeling as my light  stopped working, the leed (very thin wires)  where it meats the power block   had broken away, and yep  You guessed it the power block  is a sealed type so I could not get into it,   what I found out  was  the  rubber protection gromet was able to be cut away  revealing the Two wires   about 8mm  left showing, so I had just enough room to join them back  by twisting and taping  the super gluing  with more tape wrapped around  - its a temp  mend but at least it got it working again.

So  -  on with some modeling  -  I  did some detail painting on the tub first  adding black to the dials  and side consols, then some detail  dry brusing with alum,   then both bang seats  got  - Green on the cushions, Brown for the straps  and a  Alum  for the buckles, then the jstison handles got their Yellow and Black  bands  (fiddly)  and a tiny bit of Yellow detail under the seat cushions.

Might give them a was and some dry brushing  not sure yet  or leave them be?

 

OC.

[king derelict]

The seqts look really nice OC. Great detail

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

36 minutes ago, king derelict said:

The seqts look really nice OC. Great detail

Alan

Thank you Alan,  yep  they are neat little things  - very crisp detail.

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, might want to show a little wear and tear on the lap belt latches and the edges of the seats where tools, gear bags and/or feet rub away the gray paint. Otherwise, they do look good.

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Canute said:

OC, might want to show a little wear and tear on the lap belt latches and the edges of the seats where tools, gear bags and/or feet rub away the gray paint. Otherwise, they do look good.

Thanks Ken,   will have a look at doing a bit of weathering.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    some good progress  on the bench  -  I started off by  doing a wash over the seats and tub, then after drying  I used a White dry brush  to weather it a bit  and bring out the details, after drying  they were glued in place.

 

Next stage  (going by the instructions)  was to  cut away the Two fuse  sides, the  Jet pip assy,   the front u/c  well, the rudder  and  a few small items,   firstly I dry fitted the tub in situ  with both sides  - "A very nice fit",    next  off was to assemble the  jet pipe parts, not to much fuss  as it wont be seen when its buried inside the fuselage,  then I glued in place the rudder.

 

That's  basically where I am now.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   another evening at the bench/table  type thingy,   so  it was  airbrush time again  - first  was the Black primer, so I used by trusted Vallejo  and gave the inside pit walls  and the jet pipe,  then after drying  I used my Mid Grey on the walls  - a couple of light coats did the job, then it was the turn of some oily Alum  for the jet pipe (I wasn't too fussy as its only the last couple of Mill  taht you see).

 

After putting my airbrush away (after cleaning the needle)  I  checked with  instructions  and it was now  joining time of the Two sides,   firstly the pit was glued in place on the one side - then some weight was found  for the nose, I found a bit of steal and encased it in bluetack  and with some more bluetack positioned  also  - that made more tahn enough weight.

Then glue on the one edge and pushed home  - the join is that good it did not need any  elastic bands or clips  just some gentle hand presure  while lining the seams up, it will only need the slightest sand.

 

So this is tonights state of play.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

looking really nice OC........the seats came out super  

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking really nice OC........the seats came out super  

Thank you kindly Denis.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   not much  to report this eve,   I spent a couple of hours and achieved  what felt like very little,   firstly  and cleaned up te seams  - in fairness not a lot was needed  just a light sand,  next I fitted the HUD  (just your basic bit of clear plastic)  then I painted the  front instrument  panel cover around the HUD  ansd along the inside edge of the of the  cockpit in Black  the rest of it will be covered by the canopy as I am doing it in the closed position.

Then I dry  fitted the front glazing  - this was fine so I simply glued it down  using  Revell Pro  cement applied with a  fine wire to the  edges  (this way it avoids getting too much on the  screen.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, small bit of progress  -  the centre console shroud painted / weathered and fitted,   then there is a rear  section that needs gluing to the top fuslage, this needed a bit of fettling and a little putty and some light wet sanding, Two vents were also fitted.

 

OC.

[Danstream]

Very nice work on the cockpit and other details. I built the Airfix kit years ago, but it was not as good as this one.

Best regards,

Dan.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Danstream said:

Very nice work on the cockpit and other details. I built the Airfix kit years ago, but it was not as good as this one.

Best regards,

Dan.

Thank you kindly Dan.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I managed a couple of hours on the  hawk,   I firstly masked up the cockpit glazing  then again using  some wire I  ran some  glue along the edges  and glued it down,   after it had set I noticed a slight gap at the rear  so I used my Vallejo putty  - its very good on fine cracks/gaps  as it can be cleaned up immediately.

 

So this is where I am at present.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

Looking great, OC.  Your attention to the detail of gap filling and cockpit details are super nice.

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Looking great, OC.  Your attention to the detail of gap filling and cockpit details are super nice.

Thank you kindly  Mark,    they are the pre cut masks - just have to remove them from the backing paper  and place them, they are a bit fiddly  but saves having to cut out your own.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

I've only used the masks once and that was on my CH-53.   Fiddly but well worth the effort to use them.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more progress   -  I fitted the  intakes  the  after  the join  had dried I sanded and blended them,  next was a panel that fitted under the wing  that contains some good wheel well  detail.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

Evening all,   more progress   -  I fitted the  intakes  the  after  the join  had dried I sanded and blended them,  next was a panel that fitted under the wing  that contains some good wheel well  detail.

 

OC.

Its looking very nice OC. What do you think of the Italeri kit? I'm thinking about their F-35B model.

Alan