With the imminent
release of the Classic Airframes Seahawk I thought I'd post my old Falcon
Seahawk to whet the appetite. I built this about 5 years ago in New Zealand. The
Seahawk has to be the prettiest jet fighter ever, with the possible exception of
the P1081 which with a similar fuselage and swept wing evolved into the Hawker
Hunter.
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Forget Dynavector
Vacforms, this kit is on a different level. It was very challenging and
took me almost a year due to the amount of work. Interior is scratch built, gun
troughs were made from plastic tube and cannons inserted and intakes were
built from scratch. The worst part of the kit was the joint behind the wing
where the horizontally split front fuselage and wing met the vertically split
rear fuselage and with the jet exhausts in the middle you to make it
awkward. Getting it to line up and give the plane the correct sit was taxing.
This area then received multiple doses of filling and sanding. No decals
were in the kit so all were from the spares box. I really wanted to build the
P1081 and couldn't face building another of these. I guessed someone would kit a
Seahawk again some time and when they did I'd convert one to the
P1081. So here it is and thanks to the Classic Airframe guys for kiting the
Seahawk again.
Colin
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