Model Aircraft – September 2019

H

awk Mk.108 and Mk.208 are export

version of ubiquitous BAe Systems

Hawk and lown by the Royal

Malaysian Air Force. The Hawk

Mk.108 is a two-seat advanced

weapons trainer with additional avionics, an

optional forward-looking infrared sensor,

with a redesigned wing and HOTAS, and is

also itted with BAe Sky Guardian RWR and

wing tip AAM rails. The Hawk Mk.208 is a radar

equipped single-seat, single engine light

multirole ighter with a small visual signature

and high manoeuvrability and equipped with a

mid-air refueling probe. For these

celebratory builds, I used the I use

HobbyBoss #81736 for Hawk Mk.108

and HobbyBoss #81737 for the Hawk

Mk.208, they’re basically straight-from-the-

box, but using Fishbone Inc.’s 3-in-1 decals for

depicting the Hawk’s 25th Anniversary in the

Panjiwira scheme. After spraying Mr. Hobby

#305 on the cockpit, I used White, Red and

Yellow acrylic paint to on the instrument panels,

and later I dry-brushed them with silver to make

them more subtle. I also added some weight in

the noses to avoid a couple of ‘tail-sitters’

Anniversary

Hawk’s

Kitti Tatsumaki adds some 25th Anniversary Silver

Jubilee markings the HobbyBoss Hawk Mk.108 of

‘Panther’ Squadron and a Hawk Mk.208 of ‘Eagle’

Squadron in Malaysian Service

Manufacturer: HobbyBoss

Scale: 1:4 8

K i t Ty p e: Plastic injection moulded

Kit Number: 817 37

Hawk Mk.200/208/209

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