Confessions of a Kitbasher

Continuing with this 'RAF Germany' kick, I've made a start on a 1/48th model of an early Hawker Hunter F.4. I'm using Academy's Hunter F.6 kit, which is a real 'curate's egg' - i.e. good in parts. The general quality of the kit is really very good, but it has some inaccuracies:

• tiny ejector seat
• shallow cockpit tub
• undersize wheels, particularly the nosewheel
• incorrect wing leading edges
• horizontal tail surfaces set too far aft

and although the rest of the kit is well-engineered, the design of the wing root/intake trunking area is a nightmare.

To overcome these issues, I used Aeroclub's excellent correction set, which offers solutions to the cockpit and undercarriage problems, and a bit of good old-fashioned kitbashing to wrestle the wing/fuselage join into submission. The tail surfaces and the wing leading edges were corrected using a razor saw and the 'Mk.I Eyeball'.

Among other online references I found this site very helpful.

More later - keep bashing the plastic!

Kitbasher.