1/72 Revell, Hawker Hunter FGA.9,
Chilean Air Force - FACh
What a beautiful
aircraft...the Hunter was one of the most successful aircraft of the 50's and
maybe, of all times.
Chile was one the
biggest and long-lasting users of the Hunter (retired in 1995) and served
very well in our skies for 30 years! Due to some information I can regathered,
this particular Hunter "J-703" participated in the coup of 1973 using
SURA rockets and two drop tanks, belonging to Aviation Group Nº7 (Grupo de
Aviación Nº7) based in the north side of the country.
And the kit is one
of the best ones I have build up. Excellent details, cockpit, ejection
seat, easy to fix and good decals too. To complete a closer look Hunter of
1973, I made some scratch improvements like the SURA pods and rockets, using
some thin plastic tubes and needle heads. The result of this looks very
realistic to me in this scale (despite of the lack of the rockets stabilizers).
Some of the decals
are home-made using the Testors decal set (like the serial nº) and the national
emblems and stars comes from a Chilean decal set.
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For the painting I used
Model Master enamels and for the little weathering only oil washes and dry
pastels. A matt varnish coat (Testors spray) sealed the final job.
Regards from Chile,
Feliz 18!! ;)
Rodrigo Rejas -
BlackLight
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