Hunter GA.11 XF297 BY-781 "Rough Diamonds"

Hunter GA.11 XF297, BY 781, 738 NAS, Brawdy, 196? 

Hunter GA.11 XF297/BY781 photographed at RNAS Brawdy's Air Day, 6th August 1966. 

XF297 BY 781 from UK Serials website. Thank you. 

C'est finis! I had to put the wheels up as I could not get the u/c legs to fit and cutting the underwing regs to fit the doors is/was a pain! So wheels up! 

The blue coat had a completely rough finish. I tried to polish with green cleaning scouring pads, then #000 steel wool, then 1200 wet sandpaper, nothing seemed t work, so I just put the decals on it. 

The Montex canopy mask designed for the Revell kit worked well. 

 

I ended up making Hunter GA.11 XE680, BY 789 using the Cutting Edge decals that a friend sent me.