discussion Hawker Hart 1/72 - Tintin decals

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

Picked up this little Hawker Hart. Will be doing it in the style of the plane from Tintin’s adventure, Cigars of the Pharaos.

 

[Guest]

I never was a Tintin fan, but I like the idea of building a model based on the comic

 

[Tim Marlow]

What a great idea… like the look of the spit underneath as well…..

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

What a great idea… like the look of the spit underneath as well…..

Think i’m going to make all four; there’s a 109 and a Tiger Moth too.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I was intrigued so had a look around…Looks like there’s at least seven sets of decals…some interesting aircraft as well…...should keep you busy for a while LoL…..

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

I was intrigued so had a look around…Looks like there’s at least seven sets of decals…some interesting aircraft as well…...should keep you busy for a while LoL…..

I think i’m going to stop at the four. But they should come together quickly as they’re all mainly single colour. i just need a set of Thompson Twins in 1:72 for the Tiger Moth

 

[yak face]

Great work so far russel , good luck finding a pair of pilot figures wearing bowler hats !! :smiling5: Looks like a nicely detailed kit , cheers tony

 

[Tim Marlow]

Yep, I’ve had a look and can’t find any 20mm figures of Thomson and Thompson……probably a copyright thing! Can’t find civilians with bowler hats either, so a head swap looks out. Not given up yet though, I’ll try again later.

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

Thanks Gents! Some progress pics. Any tips on rigging? There is none with the kit so will have to be scratch.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Never rigged a 1/72 plane so can’t help, sorry…..there are a couple of guys on here that have though, so hopefully they chip in….
Paint looks great though. Nice underpainting to give the top coat interest.

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good indeed, I use EZline for rigging.

 

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely indeed.

Well done.

Andrew

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

I cannot find ez line in the U.K. but found some aero rigging. Just waiting for some superglue advancer. In the mean time she is looking nice I think.

 

[Mark1]

That's come along nicely.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s looking good Russell. You might find this of interest……
https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=15450

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

That’s a cool little keep! great project!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Loving this!
I seem to remember a bowler hatted figure in the old Airfix Civilians set....if you can find one these days :thinking:

 

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

As it goes, this was a ‘baddies’ plane. I’m not sure I have the Thomson Twins decals so at the moment, no urgency I wondered if they could be 3D printed…

 

[Guest]

There must be bowler-hatted tin wargames figures in 25 mm … Maybe some suitable ones here?

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/victorians-edwardians
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/victorian-bystanders

 

[Tim Marlow]

Trouble is Jakko, those are 28mm figures, so about 1/56 in scale…..