Thai Hawk

Nicolas
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Łukasz Gliński
Welcome Nicolas.
I have to admit the kit is of a very smart design, but the leaflet seems to be drawn by someone else not seeing the kit beforehand 🙁

Cuajete
It's not often you see Łukasz build a modern kit 😛
I can't miss it! (nor can anyone else).

Ben M
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Łukasz Gliński
Yeah, I think I should sometimes 😄

Alec K
Taking a seat. I am surprised about the dash fit.

Pierre Pierre
following

Djordje Nikolic
So far so good!

Patryk S.
Following!

Moreno Baruffini
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Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you folks 👍 Been waiting for you Patryk 😛
I stumbled upon couple of small glitches here and there (and instruction errors too!), which prevent me from starting to prime and paint the Hawk

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Robert Podkoński
A little late, but joining this party!

Patryk S.
Hey Łukasz! I'm not to often here lately but wouldn't miss it for anything as I want to do the argentinian version. Sorry to see that this kit has such fit issues as I was hoping that it will be something more relaxing than the AZ kit. Thanks for tackling it - your build will be a great reference point for me as was your H-75 build!

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome, welcome, there is still some time for me to conclude the party - started priming yesterday, but some corrections are needed.
Patryk, don't get me wrong - it's waaaaay more relaxing than the AZ kit 😄 Unfortunately the instruction seems bit out of sync with actual sprues content.

Cuajete
I thought this kit would be a piece of cake for the hardcore modeler with experience in the more complicated models 😛

Good job so far, Łukasz!
Happy Holidays!

Łukasz Gliński
Feliz Navidad tambien!

Łukasz Gliński
So, I did the painting today using the Light Ghost Gray on the undersides, according to the instructions.
But on top I diverted from their suggestions - I painted it using Sandy Brown (rough RLM79 equivalent) and a mix of Kaki Francais & Light Polish Khaki.
The P-36 bible (by Dan Hagedorn & Amaru Tincopa) states they were painted two shades of brown (the one in the museum painted in SEA camo moreless).
It looks bit too desertish to my eyes, what is your say mates?

Alec K
Very nice progress Łukasz, the paint job looks excellent. As to the colors, I have no clue what they should be… but they look good to me 🙂 (I know, GREAT help…)

Jennifer Franklin
It looks good to me, Lukasz, but I honestly have no idea what it should look like.

Ben M
I concur; looks good. I like the scalloped edges on the camouflage.

Michael Kohl
Joining.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome y'all!
I guess nobody has an idea anymore what it looked like, so I sprayed new colours on top.
I might add a filter, but that's moreless what it's going to be.

Moreno Baruffini
I'm not an expert at all, but I find the second version more credible. Well done 👍🏼

Alec K
I agree with Moreno 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Glad to hear these colours make more sense.
In the meantime I managed to decal and wash it. The wash is not perfect, but it'll have to do the job.
I also managed to destroy the original mid part of the canopy and to scratch one, much thinner.
Btw the kit doesn't have any clue about the gunsights visible on the project banner 🙁 Not going to fix it, sorry.
The last strech ahead of me - need to fix couple of scratches I added during washing, then gun barrels, tail wheel , matt varnish and rigging.
Might be my last build this year.

Robert Podkoński
Good job, Łukasz 😉

J35J
Great work, looking forward to see the final result.👍🏻

Cuajete
Very nice so far, Łukasz 👍
Happy New Year!

Łukasz Gliński
Muchas gracias! I'll refrain from sending the wishes as I plan to deliver this little bugger tomorrow onto the shelf, just in time to close the 2024.
Meanwhile I just had to add the gunsight(s?), found the spare ones from Eduard in my stash.
The fact that the C&P pitot is actually made by Master took me by surprise - can we mark it as a rebox? 😉
My dog couldn't allow me to forget of the oys of having pets in your house and I had to remove some hair from the undersides.
Last but definitely not least - I highly recommend using wire for the tailwheel, the plastic part breaks off very easily, guess how I know? 😄

Mirko Römer
Lovely build! Hurry up, new year's almost there 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
So, I can already wish a happy new year to all of you mates.
The Thai Hawk won't be the last of AD 2024 - the more I hurry, the more I do the damage.
So the plan for the New Years Day is to repaint the left side of the cowling which currently displays a lot of CA glue that I had on my sticky fingers.
Looks like 16 completed builds is the maximum I can finish in 365 days.

Jennifer Franklin
That's 15 more than I completed Lukasz 🙂 Happy New Year!