Italeri 1/48 Hawk T Mk.1 #7

First layer of surface color, mostly with GSI #337 on upper fuselage, with a bit of #308. Bottom is #308.

Italeri 1/48 Hawk T Mk.1 #6

Masked the gear wells, airbrake well and exhaust.

Also filled one of the small hole in the bottom of airframe close to nose gear, as I have accidentally lost the small fin part.

Again, green putty to fill the small gap between the wing and fuselage (front), but I have over-sand the connection between the wing and fuselage in the rear connection, there is now a step there which I am not going to fix it. A lesson learnt. 

Applied #1500 black primer.

Italeri 1/48 Hawk T Mk.1 #5

Installed ejection seats into the cockpit area, and tested fit the canopy - mostly ok except the rear where it has a small gap before it can touch the fuselage.

Decided for close canopy display, glued the 4 clear parts and masked the canopy.

Applied green stuff putty to fill the gap and immediately use a cotton stick soak with alcohol to clean it up. 

Look ok - and now let it dry.

Kaiyodo 1/35 Gacha Filege Kauz #4

After 3 layers of clear yellow, applied some decals and washed with 502 black, followed by matt clear coating. 

Italeri 1/48 Hawk T Mk.1 #4

Preparing the two ejection seats : Green, grey and semi gloss black. Followed by decals and a wash by 502 black paint. Over coat with matt clear. 

 

Kaiyodo 1/35 Gacha Filege Kauz #3

Sanding the main body, there is no seams to fill just clean the gates. 

Primed with GSI spray can #1000 oxide red, followed by Mr Color #306 grey which left the edges as shadow, and 3 layers of #48 clear yellow. Yet to decide if I will keep a glossy surface ... 

Italeri 1/48 Hawk T Mk.1 #3

Installed the small parts inside the fuselage and glued the two halves together. I used Green Stuff putty this time as filler. The seams alone the fuselage isn't too bad, but there is step between the bottom wing and the fuselage which need to deal with before assembling. The air-intake require some filing too but nothing major. 

I have applied a coat of Gaia 071 (grey-white) on the gear wells before gluing the upper and lower wings together.

When installing the ailerons, the instruction has messed up the outer link with the inner link parts. Just swapped the two parts on each side would be fine. 

Installed horizontal stabiliser and be sure to have the same angle on both side. There are also small fins and parts to add to the airframe. 

Scribed the panel lines for the area which has been sanded down with a 0.2mm chisel.