Hawk 75
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So far so good
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Engine needs some help to fit where it should
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Cockpit washing done, ready to close the fuselage
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Behold the fit!
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Fit is slightly better on top.
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Top wings required sanding to look acceptable. The trailing edge still waiting for more sanding.
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The fit is challenging sometimes, to say the least. Luckily the exhausts will cover it a bit.
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Symmetry is not the strong side of this tooling. I don't hink I'd correct it - afraid to screw up the whole fuselage.
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The seam disappeared, time for rescribing.
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Exhausts cover the most of the biggest fit issue in the kit.
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Primed...
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... and ready for some rescribing.
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Checking the fit here and there...
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One of the most spectacular fit examples 🙂
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Even the box has errors - the cowling is camouflaged too, see the album cover for comparison.
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Wrong focus - wanted to show you the hand made gun barrels 🙂
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Too dirty, too much smoke during postshading
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Brightened a bit, but I'm gonna leave it in order to avoid more damage 🙁
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In the sun it looks way brighter than actually 🙂
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14 June 2024, 04:57 -