1/32 Revell Hawker Hunter

Gallery Article by Warren Osborne on Aug 29 2011

 

This is my recently completed Hawker Hunter by Revell.  It was almost finished a couple of years ago, but it suffered a fall from the work bench.  I was so gutted, it was put to one side in a carrier bag while I sulked. I (re)built it almost OOB with the only additions being some extra detail to the ejection seat.

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I sprayed the kit with Humbrol enamels, although I substituted the silver on the undersides for grey as the silver seems to be wrong (according to various articles).  My decals showed the white base under the decals, so I obtained a new set from Revell, which were fine.  The kit is finished in the markings of an FGA 9 No45 SQN RAF Wittering in 1975.  The airframe was lightly weathered with pastels and oil paint and sealed under a good coat of Humbrol mattcote. 

This is a great kit of a great aircraft.  I was really pleased with the result (twice), and the restoration only took a week.

Thanks for looking.

Warren Osborne

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Photos and text © by Warren Osborne