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PSS Hawker Hunter FGA 9/Mk58 RAF Jet Fighter
JohnPearson:
Hi Guys
This is a new project to convert an EDF fly fly hunter into a PSS model. I have always had a love for the Hawker Hunter due to it's shape and also, it was the first jet aircraft i had ever seen back around 1965 as a kid. Recently I watched a fantastic display by a Hunter at the Newcastle airshow, therefore I decided to look for a kit was could be used as a PSS
glider.
(Hawker Hunter FGA 9/Mk58 RAF Jet Fighter) the model will be finished in these squadron colours.
I have in the past used the jets from the fly fly hobbies range ( see Mig 29 thread) which with a few changes to the kits, make good PSS models. I picked up a hunter kit for a good price (under £100) in a sale, all foam, off the web with the following specs:
Wingspan : 1112mm
Length : 1507mm
Wing Area : 52 dm sq.
Flying weight : 2100g
The model out off the box is a nice size and hopefully should build into a good sport scale model.
Out off the box, this model is a quick build, however I intend to glass over the foam airframe and give it a new part scheme, also I found that some of the parts are a little twisted and the surface finish of the foam is very rough, which I have not found with other fly fly jet kits, so a little fillers will be added to the surface before the glass cloth is applied.
The fuselage comes in two parts and has to be glued. I will add some cardon strips to reinforce the top of the fuselage as it appears a little weak around the joiner.
Just got a very nice hunter pilot from hobbyking was is the perfect size for the model.
Well that's it for now, tea time I think!!!!
JohnPearson:
Just came across this photo on the hobby king forum, of a full size Hawker Hunter laying in a field at a paint ball centre near Dublin, should be in a museum, what a waste!
This hunter is located at Puddenhill Activity Centre, Moorepark, Garristown, Co Meath.
Happy Days:
So that’s what you’ve been up to JP. You’re becoming, (or have always been) a PSS fanatic. I’m beginning to suspect that you were probably born with a PSS model in your hand. :lol: Will it be ready for the Glide - In?
(Probably, knowing you!)
As for the full size Hunter laying dormant :cry: ………….Are you sure it’s full size? It looks rather small to be full size relative to the tyres in the background. Of course it could just be that the picture was taken with a telephoto lens and depth of field has been lost.
If it is full size, :?: what say you that we rescue it and return it to full airworthiness?!!!!! 8)
Anyone got a spare couple of million? :!:
billscottni:
Thought you were cutting back on projects JP?.
Looks very nice.
Agree with Keith about the relative size of the "full-size" to tyres, (miracles will happen, a Scotsman agrees with an Englishman!!).
Also noticed though that it has a cover in the jet pipe, which I've never seen on anything other than full size?
JohnPearson:
It looks like a model due to the photo's angle when taken, however, it is a full size hunter. here it's history:
E-402 Hunter F.51 Royal Danish Air Force
looking the worse for wear at Puddenhill Activity Centre, Co.Meath, Ireland.
This Hunter was retired from Danish service in 1976 and went to the Bournemouth Aviation Museum in 2000. It moved on to the Farnborough Air Science Trust in 2002 before it eventually made its way to Puddenhill in late 2006 - where it will most likely end up being scrapped.
also link to another photo : http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4427198408/
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