I decided to have a short break from railway commissions, but instead of going back to the Sea Vixen, I opted to start something new..

.. so I dug this kit out of my stash - the Trumpeter 1/48th Scale DH Sea Hornet NF.21.

I'm glad I did to, this kit has gone together beautifully and quickly, with the minimum of flash and only a few minor bits of filling needed (bit like the Wyvern).

Typical of me, I built things out of instruction order!

I started with the wings, engines and tail empernage...

Then I built the pilot's and navigator (and/or radar operator's) cockpits.

I built these up before painting

Installing in fuselage and buttoning up..

Dry fitting the wings, tail and fuselage together...

Test fitting the wing fold brackets and the left and right handed props..

Fitting the arrestor hook (the only part that had a serious amount of flash)

Canopies glued on (I'm doing this one canopy closed)..

A little bit of rubbing down and she'll be ready for paint (Sky first obviously) - hopefully I'll get this one done before I have get back to Railway stuff.

Till next time

TBG