After a spate of accidents soon after the type's introduction into service, an additional ten Demons were ordered. The kit took approximately 3 months to complete and was built to represent an aircraft serving with No.
I will glue the brass tube through the front of the nose and into the firewall, which will allow the prop to spin and also allow it to be removed during transport.Very nice work, Eric. You can also see how I have thinned the resin around the small window cut out from the inside so that it looks a little more realistic when viewed from the outside.I decided to paint the cockpit frames black, with a wooden floor.I set up my Proxxon drill press as a poor mans milling machine, with a milling bit inserted into the chuck.And milled some flat spots on the bottom of the resin wheels.I am replacing the kit resin Lewis gun with one from the Wingnut Wings RFC Armaments sprue.
Hawker Demon – 25: Hawker Demon partially camouflaged, No.
Of the production machines, Hawker built 133 Hart Fighters and Demons for the RAF and a further 64 Demons for the RAAF. Under-wing racks could be fitted for the carriage of light bombs, when required.A first batch of Hart Fighters were supplied to 23 Sqn RAF in May 1931. It's easy! In 1986, the project moved to No 2 Aircraft Depot at Richmond, where the restoration was complete.
Really like this plane love the look of the Demon and really looking forward to it getting the ericg treatment ..always loved the idea of those polished engine panels in foil or something You're probably aware, but just in case you're not there is an RAAF decal sheet and conversion set available I have seen the conversion set and wanted to have a go at doing my own modifications to the model.
After No 2 Aircraft Depot's anniversary celebrations in October 1986, the aircraft was relocated to Point Cook for display at the RAAF Museum. I have primed it in this pic.Nice start, Eric! Production Demon aircraft (to Specification 6/32) were supplied initially with the 485 hp Kestrel IIS with later machines having the 585 hp Kestrel V.The first production Demon K2842 was first flown on 10th February 1933.Difficulties with the slipstream affecting the rear gunner resulted in a segmented, hydraulically-operated retractable windshield (built by British Sports Car manufacturers Frazer Nash) being fitted to all later Demons.
Hi, I am compiling a list of Hawker Hart family survivors.
In 1934 a batch of 18 were ordered from the UK for use as general purpose/fighter aircraft. 1 Sqn RAAF . RAAF Hawker Demon I A1-8 is on display at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook, VIC. Soon afterwards, another 36 Demons were ordered as fighter bombers, and were operated in the army co-operation role. The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hawker Hart two-seater light bomber biplane, with a supercharged engine and a second Vickers machine-gun.
The Hawker Demon was developed from the Hawker Hart bomber to address the Royal Air Force's (RAF) lack of a fast fighter aircraft, the Demon went into production for the RAF in 1932, with a total of 304 aircraft eventually produced. Easier to clean up and not warped.After seeing someone reach over the table (they don't have barriers at this show) and spin one of my props on my Flying Pancake at a show once, I have made sure that if I can beef up the propeller attachment then I will do so with metal.I cut off the very inadequate resin stub on the back of the prop and inserted some 4mm dia Aluminium tube, with an outer sleeve of close fiiting brass. The Demon was to be the first two-seat fighter operated by the Royal Air Force after World War I, and was the last two-seat biplane fighter to be manufactured in significant numbers.
Maybe it is applicable to the Demon as well ?Hi Hubert, it is about 50:50 as to which colour the metal parts are painted......Some pics I have seen are grey, some are black.
Type: Two-seat fighter.Max speed: 293 km/h (182 mph)Guns: 2 x Vickers 0.303 inch machine guns firing forward For more information about individual aircraft click The poor ol' passengers don't get to see what is going on up front any more either.I have pondered over the colours of the interior for some time and have found that it is quite hard to nail down a specific colour combination of these aircraft as there are not many good photos out there, and if there is, they may not be that accurate as they are mostly restored examples.
On 14 May 1937, Pilot Officer Donald Ashton-Shorter of No.3 Squadron was demonstrating the aerobatic capability of Demon A1-40 to members of a militia unit at Townsville (Qld). This is my newly completed Silver Wings Hawker Demon. LAVERTON - HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT. These aircraft were fitted with dual controls to provide a more gradual introduction for pilots to the type. 24 Squadron RAF; eight built. I have pretty well all of the eras of aviation covered in my collection apart from a current day jet fighter and a between the wars military aircraft.
(in this pic can be seen the very small white shim that has been uncovered by the sanding process.
Subsequently a further 36 were purchased for army co-operation and fighter-bomber duties and another 10 for target towing and training duties, with the 64 Demons serving with Nos 1, 2, 3, 12 and 22 Squadrons and No 1 Communications Unit.On the eve of World War II, the 54 Demons still in operational service were progressively replaced by CAC Wirraways, for use in the training and communications roles, and the last of the Demons were eventually phased out by the end of the war.
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I plan to cut masks that will be slightly smaller than the windows to allow a nice finish.You need to be a member in order to leave a commentSign up for a new account in our community. Of the production machines, Hawker built 133 Hart Fighters and Demons for the RAF and a further 64 Demons for the RAAF.
I wasn't happy with the shape of the hole when I initially made it).After a damn good polish, the windows have come up just like bought ones!
By the outbreak of World War II, the Demon was obsolete, and had been relegated to training, communications and target towing.