Silver Wings Hawker Hart

[BlrwestSiR]

1 hour ago, harv said:

Looking really nice Carl ! ... harv 

Thanks Harv!

[GazzaS]

Looking good.  I'll be interested to see how you weather this as I have a silver-doped finish in the future somewhere.

[BlrwestSiR]

On 10/30/2020 at 11:24 PM, GazzaS said:

Looking good.  I'll be interested to see how you weather this as I have a silver-doped finish in the future somewhere.

Thanks Gaz! If there's any weathering, it'll be light as I don't tend to go too heavy with it. 

[BlrwestSiR]

I've been working on the fuselage seam. The upper one had been fairly straightforward to fill and clean up. In fact, it barely needed anything. 

The lower side has been more work though. The halves joined in a concave manner so I've needed a bunch of filler to level things. I was primarily using CA for this but I've had to use some Tamiya putty in the end. Hopefully it'll sand out nicely. 

[Anthony in NZ]

So pleased Silver Wings made these kits...you are doing an awesome job!

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks Anthony! It's definitely not a shake and bake kit but I'm still enjoying the build. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Got a bit more done today. After checking the seams were ok, I added the PE stitching.

I then put a coat of paint on. For the silver, I'm using Tamiya silver lacquer. Seems to have enough of a full appearance to look like silver dope rather than metal 

My eldest saw the fuselage and said:

"Cool, I didn't  know you're building a submarine."

[DocRob]

Nice and smooth work with all that filling. With the silver coating it looks stunningly beautiful.

Cheers Rob

[Jackster]

Very nice job, love that lacquer finish!

Cheers

Kev

[Bomber_County]

Looking great........

[Jeff]

Silver looks awesome ,Carl, so smooth............. love it

[Clunkmeister]

Stunning work so far, Carl!

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks everyone!

I did a quick mockup as I'm going to have figure out the wing struts next  How does this look?

Do the wings seem to be level? 

After I did that mockup, I realized the lower wing needs to have its dihedral added to make things sit correctly. So I'm going to have to try again. 

 

 

[HubertB]

To me, the right wing looks a tad lower than the left one (reversed on the front pic you show : the right wing is on the left). I was about to comment before I even read your question  

Hubert

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks Hubert! The right wing does dip a bit. I'll have to make some adjustments to it and the struts.