Sea Hawk - part 2

Calamity!  No grey spray paint.  No matter, I used white primer instead.  If anything this makes the thing look even more sleek.  Brushwork to follow when the undercoat dries.

Sea Hawk - part 1

There seemed at first to be rather a lot of parts but this illusion was due to them being in five separate packages!

 This version of the kit contains decals for West German Bundesmarine...

 ...and Indian Navy machines.

 The instructions were clear and the parts crisply moulded.

  Build progressed smoothly...

...and is now complete.  Hopefully I have some grey spray paint in the garage...

The results are in!

All of the votes cast have been counted* and the result independently verified**.
My thanks to all those of you who discharged your democratic duty in so responsible a manner.

Trailing in third place with only six votes is the Lavochkin LA-7.
In second place with a creditable nine votes is the Jolly Green Giant..
Which means that the clear winner with a mighty eleven votes is the Sea Hawk.

Analysis of the results revealed that popularity correlates with price, the ‘Hawk having cost £8.00 and the JGG £6.89 while the LA-7 was free. At least to me. Make of that what you will. The build will commence later today.

Happy Christmas!

* all 26 of them
** by my dog

Christmas Kit Build

It's (nearly) Christmas, I have toys to paint and kits to build and this blog has 200 followers!

To celebrate the latter I will shortly be running a competition with actual prizes. 
Admit it - until you remembered it was me writing you were mildly excited.

Until then I need your help choosing which kit to build next.  The Poll is to the right of this post - please vote and leave a comment supporting your view.  Even if it's that I should get a life.

The options and their stories are as follows:

Lavochkin LA-7

Appalled at my having had a hastily built LA-5 stand in during the TF Smith game, John found and kindly gave me this kit the following Wednesday.  He is insistent that it is ready for the re-run of the TF Smith scenario.  And apparently it was cheap.

Hawker Sea Hawk

Bought on a whim on eBay (yes, I was shocked too...), I may have a need of a Sea Hawk in Royal Navy markings for a Suez '56 scenario I am plotting.  I have never previously owned a Sea Hawk in any scale.  This kit was, at £8 including postage, the most expensive of the trio.

HH-3E Jolly Green Giant

It's big and has an amusing name.  I can offer no more rational explanation for the presence of this monstrosity.  Many years ago I had the Revell version and no doubt I made a hash of it.  Perhaps it's time to make amends.  This was slightly cheaper then the Sea Hawk.

Vote now - polls close at 1100 on Christmas day!