The
British Aerospace Hawk in its various incarnations (T1, T2, T-45, 200) is an
aircraft that I can say that I have some experience with. There are 22
completed models in the collection so far, and today’s completion represents #23.
This is
most current Airfix tooling, which is a simple and easy to assemble kit with
very few vices. Given that it was an overall black paint scheme as well, even
painting was a relatively pain-free task. Decals came from Xtradecal 72233, one
of that company’s periodic RAF special scheme updates. This particular Hawk belongs
to 208 Squadron RAF, based at the RAF Valley, and flown by Kidd and Atlett. The
markings come from 2016. I did add a Master pitot. Those are great little aftermarket parts and well worth investing in.
Not much
else to be said. The current Airfix is the gold standard of Hawks, and unless I
am putting together a T-45 (which I currently am, using the Wolfpack boxing of
the Italeri kit with extras and a Caracal decal sheet) this is the kit I would
use. Xtradecal has a huge range of Hawk decals, from basic squadron markings to
rather elaborate specials.
This is
completed aircraft #489 (6 aircraft, 0 ordnance, 2 vehicles for the year 2018),
finished in May of 2018.
Very nice build. classy and very cool livery.
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