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Airfix Sea Hawk presentation to RNHF


Jonathan Mock

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Found these pics from 1996 (20 years ago - eek!), when I built a Sea Hawk for Airfix to present to the Royal Navy Historic Flight, down at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset. They'd just finished refurbishing the Sea Hawk and had finished it in new colours which were going into a reissue of the Airfix Sea Hawk kit - Dick Ward of Modeldecal had worked on the research for both.

 

The model was prestented by Humbrol's senior sales man Andrew Farmer to the RNHF. After the press call we all went back to the officers mess for dinner and drinks - and that's as much as I remember...

 

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww195/jonathanmock/Sea%20Hawk%20copy_zpsshvi0tyd.jpg

 

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww195/jonathanmock/Sea%20Hawk_zps5f08lqvz.jpg

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I'm told the model still sits the RNHF offices. I remember replacing the jet pipes with aluminium tube and making FOD blanks from plastic card.On the day the Sea Hawk was going to fly, but problems with the starter cartridges grounded her.

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