27/06/2021
Sorry for all the pics but I have finished some more Eagles this month,rearanged my case for the big guys and restored, repainted and built some of the smaller Eagles and Hawk,there is a Transformer Airfix Eagle which has turned into a Dinky Eagle look alike ,then the V.I.P. eagle is a really old 80's Airfix Eagle that I had scratch built the interior of the cages,added pilots and extra frame work,landing gear came from the paragraphics etch set and the engine bells from the new MPC Eagle as I bought the aluminium set for that,next up is the old metal and resin WARP Eagle which I tokk the Lab pod from the MPC kit and added it to this one felt it looked better than on the old solid looking Airfix Eagle,then a standard Airfix/MPC Eagle ,I was going to use the original decals that came with the Airfix model although totally inaccurate it would have been authentic for the model but the protective sheet had stuck to them over the years and I didnt want to risk destroying them so I used the decals that came with the MPC special edition kit,then its a classic Airfix Hawk painted as per instructions lastly the new MPC Eagle and Hawk models,I have to say I am not a fan of supplying decals to substitute detail the hawk had 85 decals alone,I hope that the larger scale model has a bit more detail on it that will look more robust,the small one looks toy like in my opinion but thats just me,I did get Aluminium engine bells for both the Eagle and Hawk,cant remember now the chap that supplied them to me,if I remember I'll add it to post,on the Eagle it doesnt like the weight if its on the positionable stand tends to be tail heavy but thats not a serious problem,they could have opened up the window positions on the beak thats the only thing I can improve on,thanks for looking👍😉
