Duke Hawkins

When there’s only one model of an aircraft available in 1/32 – my preferred scale – you don’t really have much of a choice, but if you’re lucky, the model is really good. That was the case with Kitty Hawk’s Kingfisher. Being an aircraft that was deployed from ships, this is an aircraft that can be weathered extensively. The only thing you need is some good reference photos and some time to do it right. Here is the Kingfisher I built a few years ago.

The Kingfisher wasn’t the first kit in 1/32 that Kitty Hawk proposed and I think it was one of the best they did. Sure, you have to take some time to go over the instructions, where there’s always a chance that something is in the wrong order or forgotten – it is Kitty Hawk, after all. One thing that impressed me in this kit is the way the wings fit to the fuselage. This is so good, that you can easily paint the wing seperately from the fuselage, which makes the handeling of the model much easier.