Hawker Sea Hawk

This 1/72 scale kit is an old Novo offering picked up cheap as it was missing its canopy. I already had a Falcon canopy for a Sea Hawk but needed to tweak the kit a little to make it fit. This wasn't the only tweak it needed! The cockpit was non-existant being the head and shoulders of the crew moulded in place so these were cut out and the spares box raided for a seat and a little appropriate detail. The roundels were in raised detail on the wings and gad to ve sanded flat and the wheel wells were moulded in the closed position so I opened them up as well. I also had to close a gap in the air intakes internally as you could see straight through one side of the fuselage to the other. The engine exits were also closed so I opened them up and extended the front wheel well as it was too short. The first decals fell apart so I had to use spares for the under wing lettering and roundels but a coat of gloss varnish saved the others. Overall it hasn't come out too badly but if you want a Sea Hawk there are better options out there.