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Rob Richardson snuck this one out when no one was looking.

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P3d only ATM, (sorry Dave :lol: )
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:lol: :lol:

He says the FSX version won't be far behind so happy to sit tight ;)
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Lots of repaints to come I hope!

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I'm not any expert on the Sea Hawk, but I think Rob had done a very nice job with this one. :)
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That looks absolutely lovely, well done Rob. :thumbsup: Rob, am I correct in thinking you use Blender ? If so, is that what you've always used for your models, or have you gone over to Blender from something else, such as Gmax ?

Anyway, back to the Sea Hawk - my Airfix one had German markings so I wouldn't mind seeing a repaint for that.

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Just started using "Blender" Paul, Its easy to use, free and open source.
Up until recently I used FSDS, not free, not easy to use and definitely not open source.
The German Sea Hawk was the Mk100/101, some being built be Focke-Wulf, and had a taller fin.

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Hi Paul,
Did you hear about Rob using Blender, or did you deduce it from some aspect of the model?

I had my Airfix Sea Hawk in German Navy markings too, can't remember whether they offered other nationalities.
I wonder if theirs was indeed the exact model quoted by Rob, or what? *-)

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Wonder no more Mike.

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The Airfix AW Seahawk was first issued in 1959 and can best be described as simple and 'of it's day'. It is also criticised for shape errors around the wing roots. On the other hand many modellers have fond memories of building it as it's such an attractive aircraft. I built one in the early 70s and bought this one last year on eBay.
As you can see it comes with a choice of vertical stabilisers to make either the RN FGA 6 or the Bundesmarine Mk.101. No doubt you used the correct taller tail for the German model you built.
This issue that I've got comes from the late 90s and the decal options are for the RN Historic Flight aircraft in two different liveries or a 1958 German aircraft.

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I built several Sea Hawks from the very simple 1/72 "Frog" kit.

For one model Sea Hawk I cut a key into the outer wings and after assembling and painting, ("Frog" Sea Hawks had superb wheels and axles so that the wheels actually revolved!), I looped a small elastic band round the outer wing key, fed the band through a slightly enlarged slot into which the outer wings slotted into the fuselage and under tension looped that band round the opposite wing key. Hey Presto!! folding or unfolded wings at will. The tension in the band held the wings securely and in the "folded" position the band was hardly visible.

The wheels may have been OK but the solid 'pilot' and cockpit were definitely awful.

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FSX version now available on Robs site. :)
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