Great Wall Hobby 1/32nd Hawk 81
By John Kim
Here is my just completed build of the Great Wall Hobby 1/32 Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 portrayed as an AVG Flying Tiger flown by Charles Older.
It's a really good kit and you can forgo the aftermarket and still get a beautifully detailed model.
I chose to enhance this one with Eduard resin wheels, Master brass gun barrels and HGW fabric harnesses and some cockpit bits from the Quinta Interior 3D decal set. But the kit instrument panel was used and I think it is a good representation of the quality that you can get out of the box.
Although GWH supplies a full set of decals for six AVG aircraft including Older's plane, I chose to create custom paint masks for the major markings including the sharkmouth and eyes.
The full build can be read in my thread in the Work in Progress forum.
Enjoy!
© John Kim 2026
This article was published on Wednesday, September 23 2026; Last modified on Wednesday, September 23 2026