BAe Hawk T.1 Red Arrows

I don´t have pictures from the start of the process, here I was taking care of joints and preparing them for the final primer 

here we can see the cockpit, the Revell offers one very good and well detailed interior, much better than the Airfix (just look to those ejector seats right off the box!) 

instrument panel have raised details, I used the decals over it and soaked up setting solution, althoug they do not align correctly, the missmach will not be so visible once the canopy is closed, and the 3d effect is nice. 

for livig it open I whould had more care and placed the gauges one by one like I have done with the Rafale. 

the seats have very nice details and the harnesses molded in, the bulkhed have a lot of fine details on it, but the assembly demands care, parts need cleaning and ajust, dryfit is a must here. 

The pilot came from the Airfix Skyhawk, with some modifications in the legs and some epoxy in the but (it came with one cut out for fit in the Airfix seat), after some painting in the Red Arrows style it is ready to go. 

The pilot could have better details on it, it is quite soft but will do the trick. 

I don´t have to paint the boots, nobody will see it, the air intakes needs a lot of sanding to make it flush, here I don´t care too much about the pannellines, you can barely see them in the real airplane. 

 

in position, and ready to glue the canopy 

details are still visible 

I have removed the aerials to allow me better sanding situation to make the surface as smoth as possible, I marked the outline in a fine plastic card, than I cutted them in shape and replaced the originals with this ones that are much thinner 

once the surface is smoth I glued back the aerials, it is even possible to look it´s reflex in the buffed surface of the fuselage! 🙂 

canopy masked, I hate masking but this one was't very complicated 

all primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000 thinned with Tamiya Lacquer thinner, ready for the Tamiya mix of red and orange 

paint done, not as smoth as I wanted it to be... 

this Paint never see to dry completly, if I grab it for too long, I get fingerprints on the surface even after one week from the process, I have been polishing it to remove the fingerprits, but I have to wear gloves all the time 

ready for decals 

decals done in this side, the ones around the intakes are realy triky to deal! my softeners are not very strong on this decals, (revell decal soft and Mr hobby Decal soffter) demands several passes 

in the lower part, I held wheel covers in place during the painting and decaling, also the details on the wing was painted in separate and after the decals they was glued in position and the wheel covers were removed, cutting the decals with hobby knife 

it is easy to spot the difference. realy one litle big improvement 

so that´s the only aftermaket used in this model, the Master Model AM 72 020 

just for comparison, that´s how the original pitot tube from the box looks like 

I decided to chop it off, drill a hole and wait for the replacement to come 

now finished, all the aerials painted black, small details glued, pitot tube im position and landing gears on 

here is possible to see the treads in the tire that was simulated by the masking tape trick, very happy with that! the pitot tube was painted with Vallejo Metalizer dark aluminium 

I used panel line washes only were it is supose to be one empty hole, the ailerons and the tail, the only dirty area of this plane that I could spot in pictures was the hole on top of the fuselage 

I need to get one better display base for my jets, this grass that I made for my WWII is not working... 🙁 

the smoke pipes are in position on the tail, I had one acident with the provided diesel tank that was supposed to be in the centerline, so I decided to move on and finish without it