1/72 Italeri Hawk Mk 100

Indian Air Force BAe Hawk 132Y

by Polly Singh

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  Indian Air Force Day 2005 

 

The Indian Air Force has operated a series of trainers from the Tiger Moth, Prentice, Harvard, HT-2, Kiran, Vampire T Mk 22 and Iskra.  In 2002 The IAF ordered 66 Hawk Mk 132Ys for induction from 2007 onwards. 

 

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This is the Italeri Mk 100 used by the Australians, the NATO flying training school and several other nations.  The only mods required were the removal of the chaff and flare dispenser at the base of the fin, the sidewinder rails on the wing tips and the formation lights.  The wing tip rails were replaced by scratch built mass balancers.  The aircraft is in the overall grey adopted by all IAF aircraft since 2000.  The model is hand painted in local enamels and decals are from the spares box and from Bright Spark UK.

Polly

Photos and text © by Polly Singh