1/48 Academy Hawker Hunter FGA.9 |
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Gallery Article by Lothar Wolf |
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I
love the Hunter for its elegant looks, it's surely one of the most beautiful jet
designs ever. Basis for this model was the Academy 1/48 scale Hunter F.9
kit. My desire to build this kit ended, when I tried to put the fuselage
halves together. I don't recall how many curses I blessed this model with
until I managed to make them fit together.
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During construction, I decided to go for a Tactical Weapons Unit machine from
No. 1 Brawdy, because I liked the paint scheme. When I discovered, that this
aircraft had a few features (brake parachute housing for example) which the kit
didn't, I decided to put it all back into to box, including a very nicely
finished and painted resin cockpit.
Early last year I dug the kit
out again, discovered my ambition for this aircraft and subsequently
corrected or scratchbuilt:
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the parachute housing
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the air intakes
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the flaps
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the exhaust nozzle
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the air brake
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the canopy