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1/48 Swept Wing Hawker SeaHawk


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I used the Trumpeter SeaHawk and the Lindberg F11 Tiger to make this, with a bit of plastic sheet to fill in the trailing edge. I had the deepen the wings by inserting a shim between top and bottom halves to match the thickness of the SeaHawk wing. A reasonable amount of Tamiya putty and sanding helped blend to the contour differences between the wings and the area above the engine intakes. Otherwise, it is pretty much vanilla.

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So far I haven't come up with a recipient country to mark it in, but I've based the paint scheme on standard FAA style of the late 50's/early 60's:

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I'm leaning towards either a RCN plane based on an Essex carrier we never bought, or a South African Navy plane based on the standard post-war export carrier from the UK, a Majestic Class, or maybe a Swiss Navy plane based on a carrier on Lake Geneva....

Alvis 3.1

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Finished images. I went with the Indian navy markings the Seahawk came with, as I couldn't find suitable ones for the Swiss navy or a plane from the Bolivian Aircraft carrier. ;)

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