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Kinetic 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye


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Hi All,

This is my latest build. It's the Kinetic 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye. The kit has some issues but it it does look like a Hawkeye when completed.

In addition to the Kinetic kit I added a set of SAC metal landing gear, Royale Resin wheels, Steel Beach cover set, Steel Beach seats(Can't really see them but, hey :rolleyes: ), and Fightertown Decals E-2C Hawkeye VAW-115 Liberty Bells #48045R. BTW, it needed a lot of lead in the nose to keep it from being a tail sitter.

Here are a few quick pics. Enjoy and as always any input on how to improve or change my building is appreciated.

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Cheers,

John

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Shes a beauty

just dont really see the point in spending money on resin seats in this type of aircraft since you will never see them. Apart from that she dam near perfect

Keep it up

Neo

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Shes a beauty

just dont really see the point in spending money on resin seats in this type of aircraft since you will never see them. Apart from that she dam near perfect

Keep it up

Neo

Hey Neo,

I'm with you on the seats. I only got them because I ordered the Steel Beach plug set at the same time. If I build another I'll use the kit seats.

Cheers,

John

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Nice. Shows what can be done with a kit that's a bit of a bear. It goes from a tail sitter to a TAIL SITTER with the wings folded.

Are those the kit props? If they are, they came out nice and smooth.

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Nice. Shows what can be done with a kit that's a bit of a bear. It goes from a tail sitter to a TAIL SITTER with the wings folded.

Are those the kit props? If they are, they came out nice and smooth.

This kit is a bit of a bear. It's more like a limited run than a mainstream offering. There's copious amounts of filler in certain areas and the amount of weight added to keep this thing from siting on its tail is quite impressive.

They are the kit props. I didn't like what Kinetic did with putting raised detail on them to show where the markings went. I sanded them smooth, painted the blades white, then added the black, red stripe and lastly the bare metal leading edge area. It took a bit of masking but looks way better than OOB.

Thanks to all for the positive comments so far.

Cheers,

John

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