1/48 Miles M2 Hawk Commenced 11SEP 21 Completed 17 NOV 21

[lastvautour]

Love the convertible aspect of your cockpit.

Lou

[Gearup]

Coming along nicely. The fillets look great. 
Fraser

[Boomerang]

Thank you Fraser.

Pretty happy with the result so far.

Have glued the tail group and the cockpit decking after cutting away one door.

Plodding on. Hopefully I can get it finished by no later than Thursday next week in order to put it in the "scratch built " category of the
SCALEACT weekend on 5/6 Nov.

My grandson (7) has put together a U- Boat ( can't remember the scale) .It's about 6" long. His Dad helped a little bit.

See how we go.

To the bench....

Cheers

Gordon

[Boomerang]

This is where the Hawk is.

A little more work required.

Propeller, wheel, tail skid and pitot done.

Decals sealed and dried.

Still thinking whether or not to put the BAT and Triplane and the Hawk in a model show this weekend.

Onwards

Gordon

[lastvautour]

A very striking colour scheme. This will be model to be proud off.

Lou

[Boomerang]

 Time and space beat me. I was going to put this in a model show today but didn't' t want to rush it.

Rear door completed. Windscreens done and frames painted.

Will continue on with this as time permits.

BAT FK26 and Sopwith Triplane have entered and are packed waiting to go.

My grandson (7) has completed a p-40 ( with parents help with the tricky bits).

Looking forward to linking up with them . Pocket money ready for swap meet and old magazines.

Cheers

Gordon

[Boomerang]

The Grandson put in a Sub, a P-40 and a Titanic.

Didn't win but got commended. Received a set of modelling tools anda kit for participating.

He picked up a dry dock kit plus a Hurricane in the Swap and sell.

Already has visions of participating next year.

In Scratch built there seemed to to be a preponderance of 3D printed Dinosaurs .

Might have to lift my game slightly.

Onwards.......

Gordon

[Boomerang]

 Couple of pictures from the ACTSMS weekend.

BAT FK 26 and Sopwith Triplane.

A Miles hawk that I discovered in their RAAF 100 display.

Cheers

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Very nice. We don't have anything like that around here. Thank you for sharing Gordon.

Lou

[Boomerang]

There was a break due to COVID.

Picked up some magazines with drawings in the swap n sell.

Where my Miles is at..

All little bits done. The door is attached to wire so it can't be lost.

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Looks fantastic so far.

Lou

[Boomerang]

 
Finished.......

Learned a bit. Tried something new and it worked ok.

Cheers

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Magnificent model Gordon. You seem to have mastered the art.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Thank you Lou.

I don't know about mastered. I like the challenge. Keeping the mind active.

Cheers

Gordon

[Gearup]

That is a very well done model. The open cockpits and the open door surely add to the realism of the model. Make sure to enter it next year! I attended the annual IPMS (international Plastic Modelers Society) event here in Vancouver. It was mind boggling the amount of detail in the plastics. But, actually I think the wooden "kits" we make offer just as much interest to the observer. I mean, how much more scratch built can it be than starting with a piece of a tree?

I hope your grandson is having fun making models too! If i may ask how old is he? My grandson is not yet old enough to start carving...yet 

Fraser