Airfix 1/72 Hawk T.Mk1 || Royal Saudi Air Force Hawk 65

[@PanzermansBunker]

Great job. Cool to see other air forces being built. Have fun my friend. Bill

[@swing.wing_singh]

Thanks Bill.

[@MsModeller]

I also love seeing aircraft in unusual schemes. I did the Saudi Falcons a few years ago (and that's a scheme I want to do again in the future) so seeing this was really lovely! Great job too! I really wanted to be your 1k'th sub but I'll settle for 996 😂 - again well done and great job! 💟

[@swing.wing_singh]

Thank you again. I didn't realize I was at 996. Now that you mentioned, thanks again for looking up my channel. Do you have a KZbin channel as well?

[@MsModeller]

@@swing.wing_singh I do indeed, also doing model making 😄

[@swing.wing_singh]

Will check it out.

[@satindersingh3985]

Great...!!! What a fine build.. Especially the wraparound camo. Model building... IMHO...is only 30-40% of the build. The paint on the model is the real tough job. Keep it up...Happy modelling...

[@swing.wing_singh]

Thank you. I would differ in that. I'd say model building is the main thing. Because in order to get a smooth finish you need to have a perfect surface to paint on. That prep work is 60% of the job. If you don't take care if that, the final paint finish may not be the best and could spell disaster for all the work put in.

[@donalexander4113]

Great video but the horizontal tail surface has an anhedral and not a dihedral.

[@swing.wing_singh]

Thanks for correcting. Appreciate it. Realized later on after the video was uploaded.

[@okkami676]

Nicely done! Really like that Saudi camo.

[@swing.wing_singh]

Thank you

[@ksprvnksprvn4258]

Hi, what additives do you use to thin fevicryl paints to enable it work with an airbrush ? Also what do you use to clean the airbrush. Acrylics and water- IPA 3:1 doesn't work well for me. What do you suggest ?

[@swing.wing_singh]

Additives: Water. Earlier I used IPA 70% concentration but I moved away to more safer ways of thinning. Water works perfect. You can see my video on painting with Fevicryl Acrylics here kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3XSiJSJlqmJisksi=vxDvVSm5LTzKbjDO Cleaning: Home made airbrush cleaner. If your combination of 3:1 is not working, it would be helpful if you told me what other variables are involved like compressor pressure and consistency of your paint mix. Exactly what problem are you facing?

[@ksprvnksprvn4258]

Hi, thanks for your tip. I normally use enamel paints. But I want to move to acrylics. My first attempt gummed up the paint and additives affected the adherence to non primed plastic. I'm going to try something else now.

[@swing.wing_singh]

@@ksprvnksprvn4258 you need to use much lesser acrylic paint than enamel. Reduce the amount by 70-80% and then try. It's okay to start with a thinner mixture first and then add on to see how it behaves. Primer is important for adhesion