1/72 Airfix Hunter FGA9

by Catherine Vickers 

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Following on from my Airfix Spitfire, here’s my second model, the Airfix Hawker Hunter FGA9.  I liked the look of the Hunter, having seen several in museums whilst we were on holiday in Norfolk & rather fancied building one, but I wanted to paint it in the same colours as the Spitfire.  Having told this to my fiancé John, he dug into his stash & gave me an Airfix Hunter & a set of Cutting Edge decals for a Royal Rhodesian Air Force aircraft in the standard Rhodesian finish of Dark Green/Dark Earth/Sky.  I build the kit straight from the box apart from the addition of an Aeroclub metal ejection seat & finished it with brush-painted Humbrol enamels.  Since the Cutting Edge decals supplied only the main markings, I used all the stencils & minor markings from the Airfix decal sheet.  In spite of all the abuse that seems to be directed at Airfix decals on various websites, they were well-printed & behaved perfectly, adhering well to the model with no silvering.  Once I’d applied the decals, washed the model & given the decals a sealing gloss coat, John once again airbrushed a coat of Humbrol mattcote for me before I attached the canopy.  Another one finished.    

Catherine

Photos and text © by Catherine Vickers