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schecter87
A start has been made

schecter87
The engine is done. At the end it will be covered by the side cowl and will be visible by 15% 🙂

Mr D
Brilliant, a good start 👌.
Tamiya know there bike's 👍👍 l did the NRS-500 it had a see through fairing, So l did an oval area unpainted to see engine.
Like it 😁

schecter87
Finally finished the exhaust. For this kit it was a bit tricky, because of Tamiya provides a bit different way of assembling it (in my opinion is not very successful).

schecter87
The project is nearing completion, but I'm really tired of it. The sets from the '90s are cool, but they have their own peculiarities.

Michael Kohl
Looking good.

Mr D
Coming along nicely now good exhaust heat effect 👌
What paint system do you use.
Nice bike good project 👍👍

schecter87
Thank you, Mr. D! Painting exhausts is quite straightforward. I am using Mr. Hobby's GX clear paints. For this particular exhaust, I applied gun chrome as the base color, followed by a "rainbow" effect with successive layers of clear blue, clear purple, clear red, and clear brown.

Mr D
Great 👋😃👍 thanks for the tip's l will try this technique on jet exhaust's
Good luck with the rest of build, will keep n eye on it.👍👍

Neuling
Very good small scale dio!

Mid Franconian
I agree! I specially like the attention to all the small details (the chain, the tools etc.). How was the ACE kit?

PK99
Brilliant!

Spanjaard
impressive!!

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, that's lovely.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful F-2

Vincent
Great result. I like the faded scheme!

Neuling
I agree with everyone above.

Gary Victory
What Neuling said....

DuperScale
Looks awesome.

Mid Franconian
Great camo!

Erik De Smet
That kit is older than you, Greg...

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Alex K
Joining the audience.

Finn
Once again joining (of course)

Greg Baker
This one is likely to be a quick little build. It's basically the companion piece to the Puss Moth, so I felt like I couldn't really build one without the other. Erik is right though, the kit is of an impressive vintage. It is indeed a few years older than I am, and has the flash to prove it. 🙂

Anyway, thanks for joining, there's plenty of seats available, so no shoving. 😉

Nicolas
Looks like fun. joining.

Greg Baker
You say that now... but wait till you see how much putty and sanding is required~

Alex K
Hmmm hmmm hmmm... So, is it a Demon or a Hart? And what about that rear cockpit?

Greg Baker
Well, it's supposed to be a Hawker Hart apparently... but the Hawker Demon is close enough... I mean, it's not like it's a Spitfire. 😉

Alex K
Good enough for me - I'm arguably one of the least rivet-counting persons in here... just asking/checking... 😉

Ben M
👀

Matthew A
And only a masochist with ADHD would consider trying to convert it back to a Hart like the original 1957 tool... 🤪

Greg Baker
What did you call me? 😉

I mean, besides the dip between the two cockpits... are there any other differences? They look quite similar to me...

Alex K
Well, the "dip between the two cockpits" is the main difference I was referring to above... Plus, you'll have to skip the Demon's long exhausts, I guess...

Cuajete
Following!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2

Lode Schildermans
In for tais New Tintin adventure

Greg Baker
Not exactly sure what picture to take to update my progress… I'm working on bits of everything all at once!

Matthew A
The main difference between a Demon and a Hart is the exhausts, the turret and the starboard machine gun. Will send a PM

Alex K
IF however (regardless of how a real Hart should be) what is shown in the comic ("That's what I call" etc frame) is indeed a starboard mg (please correct me if I'm wrong...) then starting with a Demon kit was perhaps indeed a better idea than starting with a Hart kit.... IF this is the case... then you'll only have to deal with the rear seat/turret thing and the free (ala Fury) exhausts, no?

Greg Baker
Yeah. I think so. Matthew provided some detailed comparison images but after looking at them and at the main page from the album... it seems to be a little bit of both...

Matthew A
The 1930s version
i.imgur.com/CrTThem.jpeg

bughunter
I see "Seven at one stroke" projects on your bench 👍 Please keep them coming!

Matthew A
In Tintin in the Land of the Black Gold it could be a Hawker Hardy
i.imgur.com/57c2RcA.jpeg

Greg Baker
That's the original "leaflet dumping" aeroplane. Nice find!

Greg Baker
Made a bit of progress on this one. 🙂

Greg Baker
A couple of updates. The supports next to the fuselage were so weak that 3/4 of them snapped even before I got them off the sprue. So instead I just used some bent wire. The holes they are meant to slot into were gaping caverns as well, so a fair amount of putty was needed to make it at least slightly better. Now I'm left with a decision to make. The Hawker Demon has two large exhaust tubes that run from the engine down the sides. They're not present in the Tintin album (which most closely resembles a Hawker Heart I believe). So... do I leave the two side holes and the large trenches on either side of the engine cowling, or do I just shrug my shoulders and use the parts that came in the box?

The Blue Rider decals went on easily enough. They're a bit shiny, but I think I can deal with that.

Matthew A
Looking joly good

Greg Baker
Thanks Matthew. I'm quite pleased with how the colouring came out too. A 2:1 ratio of Tamiya Buff (XF-57) and Khaki (XF-49) seems to have done the trick... or at least close enough for me.

Cuajete
Painting color looks so good 👍

Greg Baker
Decided to include the exhausts. It looks odd without them…

Greg Baker
I just noticed the artwork has actual rigging on it, so it looks like I'm not quite as done as I thought. Besides that, only a few nice white fluffy clouds needed for the base.

Cuajete
Great, greg! 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks Cuajete!

Greg Baker
And there we are. All done!

Robert Podkoński
Congrats, Greg! Good job!

Neuling
Same as Robert.

Ben M
Very nice addition to your collection!

Łukasz Gliński
Looks great in these Danish markings and that colour. Btw what paint is it?

Greg Baker
Thanks guys!

Łukasz - the paint job comes courtesy of a 2:1 ratio of Tamiya Buff (XF-57) and Khaki (XF-49). I hadn't realized these were Danish markings though... that's very interesting. I'm going to do a bit of research about that.

Łukasz Gliński
Looks quite Danish to me, though at least one Polish airplane sported these before the checkerboard has been approved (1918).
Thx for the paint info.

Ben M
Very nice t-33

Mid Franconian
Thanks Ben!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Looks very good 👍

Mark Sherwood
Nice looking T-33 the RCAF Cami looks good too. Different from NMF.

Mid Franconian
Thanks Jürgen & Mark! My initial plan was once to make a German T-33. A late one, beginning of the 70s in camo with Dayglo markings. But those were equipped with special version of Martin Baker Mk. 2 seats which are not available in resin, at least to my knowledge. I did not want to scratch them so this project was stopped. But then I came across the idea of a Canadiaon CT-133. Everything looks cooler with a Maple Flag on it (to my opinion) so I ordered Mike Belcher´s superb decals and well - here is the result.