1/48 Hasegawa Kittyhawk Mk. IV

by Gregory Goheen

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This is my build of the Hasegawa Kittyhawk Mk. IV (#09732) built straight out of the box.  The molds of this kit are so crisp and accurate there was no need for any resin or photo-etch, aside from the seatbelts I swiped from another kit.  Construction, as seems to nearly always be the case with Hasegawa kits, was very straight forward and without any problems.  The fuselage halves fit superbly and the panel lines are accurately engraved.

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As is usual, the canopy was dipped in Future for added clarity while all parts were primed light gray after a light sanding to reveal no additional blemishes and then painted with several thin coats of Gunze acrylics. Exhausts were hallowed out and then painted gloss black (as a primer) then various shades of copper, brass and burnt iron from Alclad II.

As this is my first article with ARC I do hope to have provided a decent rendition of the RAAF’s No. 78 wing. 

Gregory 

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Photos and text © by Gregory Goheen