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So this is the Revell 1/32 scale
built out of the box, I used Gunze Sanyo
acrylics paints. History, this a/c was delivered to Swiss Air Force on the
16th 1959,and served until 1994 and then was scrapped like many Hunters after
almost 40 years of service. This a/c was based in Molis. The kit is the
only way to build an accurate Mk58 used by the Swiss Air Force, and my
colleague asked me once to build one for him because he served as a mechanic in
the Swiss air force, although I am not really into jets and even less in the
1/32 scale!!!
So, like most of the kit I started with interior, painted in black, and after
all the painting was done, I assembled all the parts together, and I must
admit that the general fit of the kit is very good. The next operation was to
insert 40-50 gms of lead on the nose of this jet, and I used tiny lead balls,
and glued them with with glue. Next was the two air intakes, so that can be a
bit tricky to do, but just glue them together and put a piece a tape around it
until it dry. In the meantime, I glued the wings together, and when they
were dry, I put them on the fuselage, so this is the most difficult operation to
build properly your kit, because the wings, goes inside the fuselage but only
for 1-2 mm deep, so when you glue it hold with your hand for a while.......
When the model was ready for
painting, I started the bottom wings and fuselage with Tamiya X-11 Chrome
silver, and when the paint was dry I buffed it with a soft cloth, and masked for
the top wing colors, which are Gunze H331 for the Gray and H335 for the Green,
so I painted the gray first and an entire bottle went on to it!!!!!,then I
sprayed the green on free hand, then a coat of Klir (European Future), and I put
aside the a/c to paint all the details, and when this was finished I started
decaling. It took me 3 sessions to put the 164 decals on this
a/c!!!!!! Anyway the decals are nice and thin, and they went on no
problems with a little Aeromaster solution, then all the details were glued into
place.
Well there you go, with a minimum
effort, you can achieve a nice kit of this
very nice early jet. As a reference I used the book "Hunter
Fascination" and this is a very good book if you want to do a Swiss Hunter.
Now back to normal life for me, with a ww2 a/c and specially 1/48.......
All the best to you all, and a special thanks to my friend Albert Rorhbach
for the lend of this great book.
Franck
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