Gern's 1/72 Hawker Hunter Completed

Gern

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Hi guys. PJ and I started our builds for this year's Cosford under a fiver GB on Monday, but I've only just had chance to post pictures (more on that later).

My build is the Novo 1/72 Hawker Hunter, which despite it's age doesn't seem too bad. PJ will be having a tilt at the Kitech 1/72 Mig 25 - gulp! I'll post all of his build logs in a different thread.

I have a cunning plan for mine which I hope will see it finished next week. It will be on a small, simple base, but as the kit itself only cost £4 and the materials for the base about 50p, I hope I'm staying within the rules. If not, I can always show it without the base (which would spoil what I'm after) and add the base in a different thread.

The reason I haven't posted 'til just is simple. I bought a job lot of Lego off ebay last weekend and collected it on Monday night. It has taken me until now to catalogue and inventory all the different kits - apart from about 15 Hero Factory kits which I've not done yet.

See what an exciting life I lead! Four days sat on my a**e playing with Lego! But:

I only paid £35 for the lot, and even allowing about £100 to buy the bits I need to complete the sets, it's turned out to be a nice little earner!

Current market value, based on the cheapest prices I've found on the Bricklink website, puts what I bought at something well in excess of £500. Which does not include the HF kits which I still have to inventory.

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I think you're gettin' me mixed up with young Ron. He's the one always showing crashed stuff!
 

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Banzai!
I don't see as it matters what base the model is on. As long as the kit is within the price allowed. Which, my dear chap, it is.... :thumb2:

This a Cosford easy going, fun build - I hope!
 

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Nice, simple build for my entry here. No dramas and only tiny bits of filler needed here and there.

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All primed and ready for paint - I thought! The pics have highlighted a couple of areas that need a bit of work.
 

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Finally - I actually managed to finish a GB entry!

The kit cost £4 and this is what I used for the base:

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After weighing it down (I'm sure the bits and pieces I used cost less than £1 so I'm still within the budget allowed):

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It's now heavy enough to use as a paperweight - which is nice as that's what I've built. A replica of one of those old 50s and 60s ornamental bronze airplane paperweights you sometimes see in antiq....... junk shops.

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Technically finished but I may give it a coat of Klear to protect the paint.
 

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I like it dave , its great to see something different , would grace any execs desk , cheers tony
 

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Technically finished but I may give it a coat of Klear to protect the paint.
Very nice. It reminds me of some old B&W film were the aircraft designer takes a model into a meeting with the bosses, hoping for the go ahead to build.
 
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