...in progress
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1 25 November 2018, 18:14

Welcome, the next pics will be with coments, not much to say about the first one 😉
25 November 2018, 20:10

The interior is finished, don´t payed to much attention to details which are not visible at the end. Started glueing the fuselage halfes together, needs some effort but could been worse.
27 November 2018, 18:22

Got some progress with the U-125. The fuselage and the wings are joined, they needed some more attention then the fuselage halves.
17 December 2018, 17:10

Today i sprayed the first color of th "Oceanic-Camo", Mr.Hobby C375.
26 December 2018, 15:28

I used to have one of these, but I traded it. Nice to see one being completed. I'll be watching for sure.
26 December 2018, 18:29

Thank you guys, it´s nice to know there are some people watching 😉
27 December 2018, 15:04

very nice, i love the hawker jet - too bad you dont see them around more often.
27 December 2018, 15:10

Daniel, nice work, love the added detail.
A question, do you think that it would be feasible to remove the belly radar and convert the kit to a regular Biz-jet version? I see this is as the only difficult bit, as the windows are no issue.
2 January 2019, 15:11

That's a good question Graham, I also wonder whether Sword is going to issue any other versions...
2 January 2019, 17:08

@Graham @Lukaz I would be possible, but there will be a big gap to fill. A bit of work would then be necessary to get the right shape of this section. Maybe Sword brings a new fuselage, without radar, stiffener plates, correct windows,...
2 January 2019, 17:39

Lookng at the sprue pics, it seems the rear half of the bottom radar fairing is molded into the bottom of the wing, so would need a new mold for that too... but everything else should be OK!
2 January 2019, 18:45

@Lukasz @Daniel @Gordon, thanks for the responses. The pictures are most helpful and it looks like quite a bit of a job, but worth it. My brother in law worked on this version of the 125 for Beechcraft in Wichita and would love to make a model of it for him. He gave me a manufacturers model of the Hawker 1000, so worth the effort to convert this one for him. I love the looks of this plane.
2 January 2019, 20:20

After nearly a month since my last update the paint and decals are done.
13 January 2019, 16:06

Looks awesome in the ocean camo. Btw. Are the decals for '027' supplied in the box?
14 January 2019, 07:28

Thanks guys 👍
@Łukasz Unfortunately there are only decals for one grey and one blue(028) aircraft in the box, no spare to create other regs. I used some numbers from a Hasegawa T-2 Blue Impulse kit which thankfully @Harry Eder gave to me.
14 January 2019, 16:52

Thanks for the info guys. Does it mean this ocean camo is a whif?
15 January 2019, 12:47

No whif, 027 and 028 are painted in two different versions of the Oceanic-Camo.
15 January 2019, 17:23

Looking great, What paint did you use for the two blues? I like to see a civil version released too! Either a Hawker 800 or the 1000 version go well with all the Amodel Biz Jets.
21 January 2019, 13:27

@Glenn In picture No.23 you can see the color set from Mr.Color I used. It´s special for the Japanese Oceanic Camoflage and will fit perfect for a F-2 or Phantom but didn´t match the light blue of the U-125 at all. So I sprayed a layer of Tamiya Clear Blue on it to get a better result.
21 January 2019, 14:38

I reached the finish line last week, the U-125A is done. Last things to do were some antennas, the landing gear, the wipers and the FOD-covers.
13 February 2019, 18:34

Congratulations Daniel! A very nice model. I like the camouflage.
13 February 2019, 19:02

Thank you guys. I´m glad I allready finished the jet. I like the result although I am not completely satisfied with the build.
13 February 2019, 19:12

it is so refreshing to see this little beauty - a welcome change to all those 109s (even though i like 109s)... 🙂 jasdf always nice to see 🙂
13 February 2019, 19:16

Lovely! I wish I had taken more photos of Japanese aircraft while I was stationed there!
13 February 2019, 20:42