Airfix Hawker Demon

Peter Wu
very impressive work, to give a vintage kit a new life.

ForestFan
Stunning

Treehugger
Charming! 🙂

David Taylor
lovely Demon Mike.Will you be doing the rest of the family.

Alec K
Great job Mike. I like that foil nose 👍

Stefan Schacht
well done 👍

Mike Daniels
Thanks very much for the kind comments. David, yes certainly will be doing the classic 'Bulldog'.

David Taylor
Hi Mike,family ties. Fury,hart,nimrod and audax.

Mike Daniels
Yes David. Certainly hope to add to the family. Got my eye on the 1/32 Lukgraph Nimrod and the Silver Wings Hart. Slightly different price bracket to the Airfix. All the inter-war Hawker's were very stylish. Dont know the 'Audax'. I will check that out.
lukgraph.pl/en_GB/p/..d-Mk.1-132-scale/142
silverwings.pl/132-hawker-hart-viii.html

David Taylor
Army co-op model.If you look closely the back end of the Hurricane carries on the linneage.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, that foil is impressive. I like the chrome prop cone, though I can see some glitch there on pic #5. But that may be my sight as well😉
Lovely detailing and rigging anyway 👍

Dave Flitton
Very nice!! Most beautiful Hawker Demon I have yet seen!

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

Neuling
Impressively detailed 1/72 build! Very careful work!👍

Mike Daniels
Yes David you can see a lot of the future Hurricane in the Demon. Well spotted Lukasz. The problem is that if you mask over the metal foil the foil gets pulled off when you remove the masking. So its hand painting only without masking. Thankyou Dave, Clifford and Neuling. Took a while but im pleased with it. Used old guitar strings for the main rigging. o.oo3 gauge. Just the right thickness and not too much sag.

Clifford Keesler
Cool idea using old guitar strings for rigging, I have used them for oxygen hoses on a 1/32 F-4 build, will have to try them for rigging on a biplane.

Mike Daniels
Hi Clifford. Yes, they are really useful if a little fiddly.