I am building the Hasegawa two seat Skyhawk in 1/32 scale. I am going to build it just about out of the box with just a little added detail.

The first thing that I am doing is the cockpit sides, Hasegawa did some lumps kinda representing the quilted insulation , so I added some cross lines with a file to show the diamond pattern.

the kit comes with two figures of the pilots, they don't fit too well in the seats so I put them together and sanded the legs on the outside to help them get into the seats.

I am going to replace the heads with some nice Hornet faces and some resin cast helmets later in the build.

made some progress on the cockpit sidewalls with some plastic evergreen stock.

here are some progress shots

Hi Doug,
Looks like quick progress. I haven't seen one of these built so I'll be watching to see how it progresses.

cheers

Michael

HI

Thanks for this. I recently picked one up and will be using your trial and tribulations as a guide for my build.

Tom

thanks guys glad it is useful for you.
regards
Doug

here is some more progress on the cockpits

pilots are just about ready to paint, the arms are from Airfix multipose kits.

I began the painting on the offices

the IP's are stock other than the paint

They look great!

cheers
Michael

more cockpit work

did a little work on the wheel wells

more work on the cockpit and got the fuse glued together now

the helmets for the crew are painted now, I did an extra cause I was having fun with them

helmets on , time to mask it off and start the main painting.

Terrific work on that office paintjob Doug !!!

Looking great ! Looking forward for the next update !!!

some paint on the major assembly


all Tamiya paint, the orange-red is my own mix.

more paint and gloss coat, I used Pledge floor shine for the clear gloss

finally got some more done on this one

Wow, fantastic build! Those figures look amazing. One day I will learn to paint the peoples.

masking off and now some weathering needs to happen but just a little as it is a pretty clean plane