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PSS Hawker Hunter FGA 9/Mk58 RAF Jet Fighter

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Happy Days:
Oh Bless!
That is such a shame :( . I’m not a great lover of jets but I feel the urge to have it picked up and shipped down to my place where at least I can cosmetically care for it. :D

Fred:
Very nice John!  :clap:  :clap:
Jets from the 50s are my favourites! And the Hunter is looking really good!

What about using G4 (or the ireland / UK equivalent) for the covering? Quick to apply, easy to paint, and really cheap.

As for how Ireland take care of its historical pieces, don't get me started!  :evil:

Would worth a try to ask if this plane can be recovered. Just a shame...

JohnPearson:
Hi Fred

Welcome back from sunny France, what is G4???, as for the hunter, the kit is very twisted and does not go together very well :x  however, I will make a few changes to the design, and hopefully the model will come out fine in the end. I intend to call into the centre on the way down some time,(close to the M1) and take a few photos of the hunter, if I can get permission from the centre manager.

Fred:
Hey John,

It is a water based PU/epoxy. We use that in big gliders to do the covering. 25g cloth with 2 or 3 layers of G4 (slow sanding inbetween) and ready for painting. Add a little bit of strenght, make the surface hard. Very easy to use, just brush, it's like water.
I think you call that Poly-C, but I'm pretty sure that Kevin Barry said that Ronseal do an equivalent here  :?:

JohnPearson:
Thanks Fred, yes I now know what G4 is, I use Ploy-C for all the glass work on foam models. I will have to ask Barry about the ronseal product.
O.k I did a little work today on the Hunter, I decided to build the fuselage in two section, with the wings, now removable. The tail section will be glued in place and filled with light filler before the glass cloth is applied to the whole fuselage, which after a lot of cutting and twisting, is now solid.
I added some carbon rods to support the wings which in the kit had very little, also I managed to pick up the paints today from B&Q, great mixing service and cheap.



The fuselage, which is now in two sections, compared with the original six twisted sections :lol:

A little behind with this build at the moment, so I may not have it ready for BigL, however I do have the MDM Fox repaired and ready to go and also a new small L39 ready for test flight  along with the F14 for the fly in at Big L.  :P



3m mdm Fox ready to fly again.



Small L39 glass fuselage and foam wings.

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