It’s painted with Testors 1/4oz. square bottle flat black, and faded with Humbrol dark gray 32 mostly, as well as a few other grays. I tried out a bit of oil-paint dot filtering on the lower engine cowls but the 45 year-old oil-paint and my lack of experience didn’t help. The exhaust staining is Model Master intermediate blue, dirtied with pastel chalks. As always, I used my Paasche Model H for the airbrushing. I drybrushed the paint damage with Humbrol MetalCote unpolished aluminum and used a silver pencil here and there. The cockpit barely shows so I made seatbelts/harnesses from tape with home-made lead-wire buckles. The exhaust flame shields were made from Evergreen sheet.
Let’s see, gun barrels and exhausts were drilled, and tires sanded for a change,
. Lead wire brake lines were added with furnace tape clamps. I sanded down the wing light “lenses” and carved out a concave lens with my motor tool, filling that with silver. Overall, she turned out a pretty fair “four-footer” and looks good with her RAF mates and sister Hawker planes in the display. But please, no more Hobbycraft kits for a while…:)Thanks for taking a look and thanks for any comments or replies!
Inside photos:
I remembered just a while back that my Sea Fury was a Hobbycraft kit too. And I have a few in the stash still like a Me-109E-7 and P-26. They provide a nice "canvas" upon which much can be done. But they do try one's patience at times... 
