Airfix Hunter is going home.
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Airfix Hunter is going home.
Sold by Airfix to Fort Paul, bought by Airfix Chief Exec from auction and donated back to Airfix
https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog...-hawker-hunter
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Lets hope they bin that truly awful 20 Sqn scheme
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Lets hope they bin that truly awful 20 Sqn scheme
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Why not repaint it in grey raw plastic color including odd stains from gluing it?
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Why not repaint it in grey raw plastic color including odd stains from gluing it?
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If you want a kit the best is the Revell one in my eyes at 1/32 scale, big enough for aged eyes and fingers and still available at affordable prices online.
http://bowemodels.********.com/2014/...er-hunter.html
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My Airfix Hunter,the very first kit I built,nearly 60 years ago,was in black plastic.
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But before that came out (which must have been around 1960?), there was rather a poor Frog model which came in silver grey plastic. My late father made one for my brother, but our Hunter-flying family friend 'Farmer' Steele said it wasn't very accurate as it didn't have the saw tooth leading edge.
The original Frog Hunter was an FMk1!
And the argument as to whether Humbrol no.30 or no.163 is the best match for B.S. 381C-241 RAF Dark Green, and whether enamel or acrylic is the best option, will drag on for months before a drop gets anywhere near a brush.
Last things I sprayed was a set of Jaguar pylons and two 1200 Ltr external tanks. IThe one true scale .. Full size.
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A mate of mine used to use a hairy stick and those little pots to touch up the paint on a real Spit.