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Morning folk's,I was in Aldi yesterday and would you believe a couple of the rag wing Hurricanes fell in the trolley! I had to pop up into the loft to check if I had done the box scheme and I had,in fact I,ve done seven different rag wing scheme's so as my favourite was my take on the prototype I had the idea of a whiffer which got me off to the realms of fantasy so imagine we did,nt wake up to the threat of war in the late thirties and the pace of development was slowed and the transition from the silver wing period came after the Hurricane got the later Merlin engine and camoflage scheme's.Here,s the inspiration. I have a couple of spare decal sheet's for the period and I'm leaning towards the sheet from Airfix,s new tool Gladiator. Hopefully I can post some progress later when I get the table out.

Hi all, I finished my Hurricane last night and took some photos... The WIP thread is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234993484-airfix-148-hurricane-mki/ It's the new tool Airfix kit, with Brassin exhausts and wheels. I used the kit decals for the 501 Sqn. option. Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I by Phil Jones, on Flickr Cheers, Phil

Hello and Happy New Year to all! I've decided to start this modelling year with my first WIP thread on BM. I hope you will forgive my mistakes as I still try to improve my English (with very minor success in fact). I've got three 1/72 kits of Hawker Hurricane: two fabric wings Mk.I's from Airfix and one Mk.IIC Nightfighter from Legato/AZ Model. And I intend to build them OOB, except for some aftermarket items for the last one. So, what I have now: The last picture shows metal barrels from ABER, Pavla's vacuformed canopy and real little gem from Yahu Models - the instrument panel. They will be used for the Legato model. I want to build Mk.Is in two different versions: the early one and the later one. The Airfix kit allows this except for one odd thing - the kit contains decals only for the early fabric wings Hurricanes. So I have to do something with the markings of the later one. May be I'll buy a decal sheet or find some markings for it in my spare decals box. Please feel free to correct my language mistakes (for my own good) and I very welcome any advice on the building progress! To be continued...

Hi All, Now that I finally have an example of the new tool 1/48 scale Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I kit with one more on the way I will be building them as P3166 of 85 Squadron, during August 1940 and P2961 of 242 Squadron, during a date as yet undecided. At some point I also hope to build at least another example of this kit representing P3576 of 249 Squadron, during 16 August 1940 as well. Anyway since the Hawker Hurricane Mk.I is my favourite British single engined monoplane fighter aircraft from the Second World War and since I also have little access to primary source information on the Hawker Hurricane. I was hoping some of you fine gentlemen and gentlewomen might be able to help me with information relating to my builds, on the occasions when my 17 magazines and 22 books on the subject are sometimes found wanting. Cheers, Daniel.

After the Hurricane IIc & IIC Trop (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234974701-132-hawker-hurricane-mkiic-iic-trop-by-fly-box-arttest-sprues-release-expected-in-february-2016/), Fly is to release in May 2016 a 1/32nd Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc - ref.32014 Source: https://www.facebook.com/1fly814/photos/pb.420937871446031.-2207520000.1451493112./443640955842389/?type=3&theater Box art V.P.

Hi all, I have one which I should have finished a long time ago. It was actually my first kit after my 33 years of hibernation from the hobby. I thought this new tool Hurricane will be a quick and easy build, so ideal to build as a first. Well, it didn't turn out to be a quick build and neither an easy build. So I better do a KUTA on it and get it finished. I most likely build it as H33. H33 was shot down while intercepting a Do-17 during the phoney war. On the other hand, H24 would also be a nice choice. Because it does have an additional marking underneath the front cockpit window. Does anyone know what this additional marking represents? Also I would think that the squadron marking circle with white text should be brown (with black outlines) and not all black. Airfix got it partial right in regards to the colour, but it is too small in size. By the way, this link and this link have lots of information on Belgian Air Force Hurricanes. This build made a short guest appearance in my BoB GB with my 1/48 Hurricane: And that is where it is at the moment. So still a bit to do on it! With a silver dope on the underside, I would appreciate any suggestions for airbrushing this (what paint works well for this). Thanks, Peter

Hi all! So these were part of the resent BofB GB but unfortunately didn't get completed to the deadline. They are all from 151 squadron and were inspired by teddy Donaldson's biography, a cracking read if you have not done so already. In the book it spoke about his own experiences, the aircraft he flew over the battle and those that flew with him. Two of the aircraft mentioned in the book are two types of cannon firing protoypes that were sent to the squadron. The aircraft I decided to go with are Teddy's mki tin wing, DZ-W, his last aircraft before leaving the squadron. Teddy had fought through France and the first half of the BofB with them and got through a number of airframes, leaving two of them in the channel. A brass model of this aircraft was given to teddy by the squadron on his departure. I made this from the new airfix mki rag wing with a cut and shut job on the old airfix wings and a full rescribe. The other two were both flown by Dick Smith who arrived with 151 at the start of the battle. He came across the aircraft DZ-Z which had 2 20mm cannons in underslung pod's not to unlike the 40mm cannons on the mkii d. I used the freightdog resin kit which is a nice set.... but I lost the cannon barrels so I have replaced them with broken bits of lancaster UC legs, not perfect far from it but the best I could do! The codes were hand painted but they are wrong but I don't have the ability to redo them (sorry folks). The other hurricane he flew was the 4 cannon protoype DZ-C which according to him turned up after DZ-Z and was a mki with a C wing grafted on, which oddly is exactly how i did it! I grafted n the airfix mkii c wings onto a the ragwing. It is down as being a mki and not having the upgraded engine so was very underpowered and used a lot less than dz-Z, both saw actin and scored probable hits. Enough of me wittering on here they are. DZ-W DZ-Z DZ-C I am happy with the result, some could say they have been over weathered but I do like them dirty! They are not perfect, and there are inaccuracies, but this is the first none oob large project and feel it's been good! For the wing changes etc the build thread is here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234984681-151-squadron-3-ways/ any feedback would be great! Cheers for sopping by Rob

Hi everyone ! I decided to start a double build using airfix's new tool kits . Here is my progress so far . 12191564_10153823052669925_1531349394408642387_n by Dionyssis Vacalas, on Flickr 12187927_10153823052484925_5142870879137663476_n by Dionyssis Vacalas, on Flickr 12191799_10153823052559925_9187483391850227152_n by Dionyssis Vacalas, on Flickr 12208686_10153823052524925_6034714894277398808_n by Dionyssis Vacalas, on Flickr 12227611_10153823052579925_1335589703527540165_n by Dionyssis Vacalas, on Flickr

Hello! Here is my Revell/Momogram 1/32 Hurricane Mk.IIc. I have wanted a Hurricane in 1/32 for a long time but never came across one for a "good price". Eventually I saw this kit on an auction site and despite the vendor stating that a "few" parts had been glued together I thought I would bid a low price on it and see what happened..... What arrived on my workbench was as described, plus all the flying surfaces had been removed. Badly. After some bad language................. and a cup of tea I thought "Nothing ventured-nothing gained." So I played the cards I'd been dealt and set to work! This kit can easily be built OOB, but it screams for some more detail to be added! To this end, I re-scribed the airframe (not too well, but never mind!), modified the cannon barrels and the exhaust stubs. I purchased the Grey Matter resin cockpit which for me, was a real faff to put together as my right hand was not too well at the time. (its on the mend now!) It was very frustrating, but all of my red faced huffing and puffing gave way to a half decent office! With the cockpit out of the way, I made repairs to the moving surfaces and it was necessary to modify them slightly in order to get a good fit to the airframe. This is not museum quality work here, just good enough to please my own eye! Building was much easier after all that! Soon came the painting and I used Mr. Hobby RAF Dark Earth/RAF Middle Stone for the upper surface with my own mix of Tamiya Azure Blue on the lower surface. The kit decals despite their age, did appear to be usable but I did not want to risk it so I bought an aftermarket sheet made by Techmod. The scheme I chose was that of Hurricane BP588 from 33 Sqn. RAF, based in Libya during November 1942. It was the mount of Squadron Leader S.C Norris. Once all the markings were sealed, it was the fun bit-weathering! I used my own panel line wash and let it dry. Next step was to add some paint chipping with some Prismacolour pencils, first time I used this product, I need more practice but I like the results I ended up with. Last step was to spray my own mix of dust over the entire model to bring a uniform finish to the airframe. The display base was my usual home-made fare. And there we have it, a 1/32 Hurricane built on a budget! Hope you like this one!

Hi folk,s this one was a stalled build which sat half built when I switched to 1/48 for the BoB GB and I discovered the beautiful Eduard 109,s.I picked it up at the Northern show as an Airfix club boxing which is their standard MK2 with an extra sprue containing the cannon armament and a lovely set of decal's from 3D.So standard OOB build with no corrections to panel lines(sorry to the purists) and my usual home mixed colours.Many thanks for looking.

Hi guys, Before I bought the Airfix Hurricane "Ragwing" kit that also includes Belgian markings I had already bought the Kora Models decals. There are significant differences in colour, proportions and dimensions. What are your opinions as to which does resemble the originals best? Cheers, Erik.

Since I finished my brace of Spitfires I thought I'd have a go at an idea I've had kicking around for a while, combining a rag wing Hurricane and a Messerschmit bf109 with an old stand I had lying around. This was supposed to be done a while back to clear out time for a Battle of Britain build but when do we ever stick to any schedule we plan? Both kits are the new tools from Airfix, the 109 is the starter kit edition. Both are good builds, very easy and go together quickly, though how the top and bottom of the wings on the Hurricane have wound up different sizes is beyond me. This was done as a first experiment with weathering more than anything so the finish on both is a bit scrappier than I would normally aim for and I wasn't sure if I was going to put them up here but I'm generally pleased with the result so thought I may as well. Hurri first This was finished first and so is my first attempt at weathering. This was in no way because it represents a fighter operating away from home for some time so I could get away with being a little heavy handed. Also, the port red gun decal went missing mysteriously overnight after application so had to paint a red patch which is a bit scrappy. The 109 Again, not the best finish but not what I was aiming for with this one. And the finished article Had fun with these and looking forward to working on these skills in the future. Thanks for looking.

Hi, Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain there will be a mass flypast of 40 aircraft beginning at midday today. From the website: On 15th September 2015, the 75th anniversary of victory in Battle of Britain, an estimated 40 Spitfires and Hurricanes and Blenheims from across the UK, USA and Europe will come to Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, to take part in an historic flypast over the South of England. The event brings together in one place more Battle of Britain aircraft than at any time since World War Two. Present day aircraft owners, operators, pilots and engineers will congregate to create an event aimed to show those few remaining veterans who fought 75 years ago, and everyone that they stand for and on behalf of, that we, the modern generation, care about the sacrifices they made, that we will not forget them, and ultimately to thank them. http://www.battleofbritainday.co.uk/#!routes/c1px Thanks, Sean

Hi everyone Hot on the heals of my Spitfire and Albion is my next build the Airfix Hurricane. Again this will be incorporated into a diorama of a BofB Hurricane under going a some maintenance. I've opened the maintenance hatch on the starboard side of the cockpit, the access panel to the Radio Type 1133 on the port side of the air frame, I'll also open the gun bays and lastly I want to show this Hurricane undergoing a wheel change so I'll scratch build a Dunlop 2.5 tonne jack. Well that's, that! Cheers Iain

Hi all, I haven't posted in ages but I just got news from PCM that they have no plan to reissue their later version Hurricane kit; PCM 32012 - Hawker Hurricane MK.I Battle of Britain version w/metal wings I occasionally see these on US eBay for 100+ $ - seems to be more of the earlier "rag wing" version popping up once in awhile. Sigh... Anyone know of any other manufacturers out there with a 1:32 Hurricane in their pipeline? Given it's importance and critical role played in the Battle of Britain, and many other campaigns, I feel this aircraft has not been well represented by the industry. The Airfix and Tamiya 1:48 efforts may be the best ones out there today? Opinions, comments welcome! Cheers Eric PS - like many others, I'm still waiting to see if the 1:32 HK Models Lancaster ever does see the light of day...

I present my Airfix rag wing Mk 1 Hawker Hurricane i-205 (ex L1751) as it appeared during trials in Britain for the Royal Yugoslav Air Force in 1938. The Yugoslav government purchased 12 Mk 1 Hurri's for the RYAF in that year and ordered another 12, with a license to build more at the Rogozarski and Zmaj factories. The build was pretty straightforward, and done OOB with the exception of Tamiya tape harness, decals (and resin 5 spoke wheels) from Kora, and a little "scratch work" / modifying by me. This was the first time I have used slide decals, and I found them to be okay once they started to move off the backing paper. The wheels that are supplied with the kit are the 4 spoke variety, though I understand that the early Hurricanes had 5 spoke. The Kora decal set provides a resin pair of 5 spoke wheels, though these have only a small hole to mount to the undercarriage, (the Airfix wheels use a slot) and the Kora wheels looked small, thin and lacked the weighted bulge. So I used a dremel tool to grind the face side of the hub out of the Airfix hub, and glued in the 5 spoke resin hub. Navigation lights were made by gluing and sanding clear sprue that first had a small hole drilled in the back, filled with clear red or green paint. The underside formation (?) light was not fitted when I attached the wing and fuselage. Oops !!! So I made a cone shaped one and fitted it at the end of the build. I used a hair from one of my Corgis (dog) for the antenna, however it is a poor effort and shall be replaced with stretched sprue. Also not happy with my effort to replicate the gun port tape. The paint colour mixed okay, but it needs to be done with decal,tape or foil, to lessen the holes definition. Will fix sometime. Thanks for looking. Feel free to offer advice, hints, criticism, etc...

Like the Spitfire, the Hurricane had one too, but I struggle to get information how it was entering the cockpit. The oxygen bottle was behind the seat as can be seen on the Finnish Hurricane undergoing restoration. This is the only picture I could find showing the tube dangling down the seat. How does it get there from behind the seat? on the port or starboard side? It looks the valve on the bottle is on the starboard side, but the tube ends up on the port side of the seat... It would be great if anyone could shed some light onto this. Many thanks, Peter

Here are some photographs of the completed MKI Hurricane by Airfix in 1/72nd Scale. First of all I need to thank Mitch K for sending me a spare canopy after mine met with disaster through my own stupidity, so once again thank you kindly. I know the Brown colour is incorrect but I liked how it looked when it had dried so I left it instead of re-painting, I did have a couple of issues during the build (other than me being stupid) but I am happy enough with the end result. Painted using a mix of Tamiya and Revell Acrylics and Varnished with Windsor and Newton Matt on the top side of the aircraft. I hope you like it and if you have any suggestions for improvements theyll be greatfully received. Oh and I tried out a different paint chip/wear method out just behind the gun access panels on each of the wings to see which method looked the best just incase you wonder why they look different. Bit of a WIP can be found on my blog here if that kind of thing floats you boat: http://kitsandbits.tumblr.com/tagged/kitsandbits-Airfix%20Hurricane%20MK1/chrono Here's the photos and once again thanks Mitch!!

Hello and thanks for your interest in this topic. This is my 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane IIc, a kit that I bought at a swap-meet of IMPS Austria a couple of years ago. Apart from the plastic sprues, it also contained a small etch fret by Eduard for the interior details, paint masks and a vacu canopy from Squadron. After many years of languishing in my stash (with the box already bleached and crumpled) I came across a Xtradecal Sheet "D-Day Anniversary Pt.1 (X72194)" that contains markings for a Hurricane with D-Day stripes - that's what I had been waiting for. Of course, this build is horribly late for that mentioned anniversary. By summer 1944, the Hurricane was already outdated and withdrawn from frontline service. However, a number of aircraft, still retaining their armament, served with 1697 Air Letter Despatch Service. They carried mail in the underwing pods from forward airfields in France to England. Some info about 1697 flight can be found here: thttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peop...a2943001.shtml This Revell kit dates back to the 1990s and is among the best-fitting model kits I've ever laid my hands on. You won't need any filler! The Eduard masks had not aged well, they had lost all their adhesive force and would literally 'fly away' when you spray them with the airbrush. The Squadron vacu was obviously not designed for this particular kit, being too wide. I did use Eduard's photo etch pieces for the cockpit interior, though. A new vacu from Rob Taurus was purchased. The model was sprayed with acrylic colors from Gunze/Mr.Hobby. D-Day stripes are all airbrushed, too. Photographed by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Thank you.

This is my second entry, my Spitfire build can be found here. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234986185-148-airfix-new-tool-spitfire-mki-x4382-from-no602-squadron/ I chose P3039, a Gloster build Hurricane Mk.I from No 229 Squadron. This aircraft had most likely the national marking painted in pre-war colours as was commen with Gloster build Hurricanes – and I love the name "BéBé" Pilot Officer Ortmans gave his mount. According to Hurricane Aces 1939-40, the aircraft was delivered on 12 of July to No 229 Squadron and Belgian pilot Ortmans using it to destroy a He 111 on 27 September 1940 and damaged another and damaged a Ju 88 on 18 October. The aircraft was passed on to No.312 Squadron in November 1940 and remained on strength with them until they re-equipped wit Mk.IIs in the spring of 1941, after which it was relegated to training duties with No 56 and No 55 OTU. P3039 was finally written off whilst flying with the latter unit on 27 May 1943. I am using the new tool Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I kit together with a Yahu instrument panel and HGW Sutton harness with markings from AeroMaster Battle of Britain Hurricanes set 48-079 X48143 for this build. Like most new tool Airfix kits, it is a very nice with lots of details, but suffers from very thick wing trailing edges which is unfortunately common with all the new tool kits I have seen. But the cockpit looks great OOB and gives a busy feel with all the tubing. The only thing I am not sure about is this gap from cockpit to undercarriage bay. Was this the case on the real aircraft? A very noticeable hallmark on the Hurricane are the openings of the landing lights in the wing leading edges with their open construction. I feel Airfix could have done better and represent this part of the aircraft in more detail like they done with the cockpit structure. I tried to represent the busy feel of the openings. I used a part from the gun bay structure as I don’t open them up and scratch build the rest. I am pleased how it turned out and when it is covered with some thin clear plastic sheet (like on the real thing) it hopefully looks it apart. Oh yes, and I did a lot of scraping to reduce the wing trailing edges from 1mm to around 0.3mm, looking much better. Should have some paint on the model soon. I appreciate any comments, suggestions and productive criticism which assist my build. Many thanks for watching. Cheers, Peter

58 Fleet Air Arm pilots were seconded to the RAF during the Battle of Britain, 12 of them shot down at least one aircraft, five became aces, seven were killed and two wounded. Two of them, Dickie Cork and Jimmy Gardner flew with 242 Squadron RAF. On 1 July 1940, Dickie Cork and two other naval pilots joined the Hawker Hurricane equipped No. 242 Squadron under the command of Squadron Leader Douglas Bader; Cork was assigned to become Bader's wingman.[4][5] On 30 August, he was involved in his first combat action with No. 242 Squadron. The unit claimed 12 aircraft destroyed, and Cork was credited with a Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed and a share in a second. By 13 September he had shot down five aircraft and became a fighter ace.[For his exploits he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on 18 October, which at the insistence of the Admiralty was exchanged for a Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). Cork returned to the Fleet Air Arm after the battle and was posted to 880 Naval Air Squadron. The unit was equipped with the Grumman Martlet, which were exchanged for Hawker Sea Hurricanes by mid-1941. The squadron then joined HMS Furious for attacks on Petsamo and Kirkenes in Arctic Norway. 880 Squadron joined the newly built fleet carrier HMS Indomitable in October 1941, and Cork was promoted to Lieutenant the following month. The squadron was involved with the attack on Vichy French gun positions during the landings at Diego Suarez, Madagascar on 6 May 1942. During these operations Cork claimed three Morane-Saulnier M.S.406s and four Potez 63s, all destroyed on the ground.[12] On 12 August 1942, during Operation Pedestal, he became the only Royal Navy pilot to shoot down five aircraft in one day, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order(DSO). Flying a Sea Hurricane, he shot down a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 over the convoy. Then, flying off the coast of Tunisia, he shot down a Junkers Ju 88 and shared in the destruction of another. Later in the day he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 110 and another Savoia-Marchetti SM.79. In 1944, Cork was given command of the 15th Naval Fighter Wing, comprising three squadrons of Vought F4U Corsairs, on board HMS Victorious. The carrier sailed for the Indian Ocean to join the British Pacific Fleet. After arriving Cork was killed in a flying accident over China Bay, Ceylon on 14 August 1944. His final score was nine destroyed, two shared, one probable, four damaged and seven destroyed on the ground. He was fifth on the table of Royal Navy Second World War aces. He was buried in Tincomolee War Cemetery. Another FAA pilot who joined 242 was Sub/Lt. r E "Jimmy" Gardner. In June 1940 Gardner went to No 7 Operational Training Unit at RAF Hawarden, in north Wales, for an intensive two-week course in flying Spitfires and Hurricanes. Early in July, he and two other naval pilots, Sub Lt Dickie Cork and Midshipman Peter Patterson - neither of whom who also did not survived the war - joined 242 Squadron RAF, flying Hurricanes under the celebrated Douglas Bader. Gardner had an early success on July 10 when 242 were patrolling off Lowestoft. Gardner shared a Dornier Do17 on August 21 and shot down another on September 7. His best day was September 18 when he shot down two Do17s over the Thames Estuary and was credited with a was credited with a "probable". Gardner had the flag hoist of Nelson's "England Expects" signal at Trafalgar painted on the side of his Hurricane. In December he joined 252 Squadron, Coastal Command at Chivenor, north Devon and flew with them until April 1941 when he returned to the Navy, joining 807 naval air squadron flying Fairey Fulmars from the carrier Ark Royal in the Mediterranean. Gardner made four sorties on May 8, sharing an Italian Savoia SM79 and shooting down two Ju87 Stukas. His Fulmar was badly damaged but once again he managed to struggle back and crash-land on Ark Royal. He was awarded the DSC for his service in Tiger. Gardner's final tally as a fighter pilot was six destroyed, four shared and one "probable". After Ark Royal was sunk in November 1941, 807 joined the carrier Argos for convoy duties in the western Mediterranean. In April 1942, Gardner was appointed as an instructor to 760 Squadron, part of the Fleet Fighter School, at HMS Heron Yeovilton. In July 1942, Gardner was CO of 899 squadron flying Fulmars from HMS Greve at Dekheila near Alexandria for Canal Zone Defence. Gardner's long experience as a fighter pilot was now much in demand. In May 1943 he was appointed as CO of 736 Squadron, flying Seafires from Yeovilton at the School of Air Combat, teaching the latest air combat techniques to experienced naval fighter pilots. In September, 736 moved to HMS Vulture St Merryn, Cornwall, to become the Fighter Combat School element of the School of Naval Air Warfare. Gardner remained Chief Fighter Instructor for the School of Naval Warfare until he left the Navy in March 1946. He died at the age of 84. This is my tribute to these brave men and others who fought for our freedom

Okay then I might as well join in (seems like everyone else is!). My intention is to build the new Airfix 1/48 Hurricane in the markings of the aircraft flown by Flight Sergeant Tony Pickering of 501 Sqn when he was shot down on September 11th 1940. The aircraft he was flying was P5200 and was coded "SD W". I have chosen to model Tony's aircraft for a couple of reasons. As the topic heading says he was born quite close to where I live and completed his initial flying training at Ansty at No.9 Elementary And Reserve Flying Training School, I have spent the past 28 years working at Ansty for Rolls-Royce so that's another connection. But the most important connection for me is the fact that I have met him and had a very good chat about his service life. I was introduced to Tony by a good friend of mine from work (thanks Roger) who is ex RAF and knows Tony throught the Rugby branch of the RAFA of which they are both members. Roger introduced me to Tony to help my son who was doing his A-Levels at the time and researching the Battle Of Britain for his history A-level and what better way to learn than by talking to an actual veteran. Tony was very generous with his time and gave my son all the time and help he needed to complete his project and we could not thank him enough. Throughout all of our conversation the humility of this man shone through, he always said that he was no different from anyone else and certainly no braver, on that point I beg to differ with him. Tony and his fellow pilots were very brave, to take to the skies day after day against seemingly impossible odds takes a special kind of bravery, I wonder how many of us with our comfortable lives could do what they did? I am very happy to say that Tony is one of the very few who are still with us, which in my mind makes modelling his aircraft even more important. As of yet I do not have the kit (it's in the post somewhere) so no photos as of yet, sorry. Airfix very kindly provide a 501 Sqn option in the kit markings so that takes care of the Sqn code letters, so all I will need to find is a suitable letter W and some codes for the serial number. Wish me luck, and thanks for looking. Craig.

I think it's time to jump in here with this ... the Airfix Hurricane 1, current tool, from the 'Gift Set' It's going to be out of the box, with no after market products. OK, at the moment, I plan to use the kit transfers decals, but I have a set of decals in the post, and will see if any of these are appropriate for this kit/GB. The plastic ... The fuselage seems pretty normal with the ventral strake (tail-wheel fairing?) The wing is, however, fabric (rag-wing?) .. That suprised me, but there are images of original (I belive) aircraft hanging in the Science Museum. Wish me luck with this one

Hello Britmodellers, here is my attempt to take part in the GB. Its the old Hurricane from Airfix in 1/48 scale. Some days ago, i was looking at my stash and was looking for something that fits the theme. My rule : nothing that must be purchased. After having various 109s and 110s in my hand, i digged out this kit. Its still a nice kit, the raised panels are petite and the fabric looks very nice. The canopy is one piece but looks good, both types of propellers are in the box as well. So it went on the bench, this weekend. Some years ago, i got a Techmod decal sheet for this one, because i didn t like the decals in the box. Most of the depicted aircrafts are covered here, we will see. Fellow modeller Greg is doing this too and i was warned about the fit of the wing / fuselage, a test fit didn t showed a big problem, may my molding is fresher. The idea to glue the upper parts of the wings to the fuselage half was after the test it the way to go. Here is the result from yesterdays modelling session.

My second entry in the group build will be this fairly well known rag-wing survivor: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940. © IWM (CH 1434)IWM Non Commercial Licence As Stew has pointed out, transfers are available from AML. I have a resin gun bay set for the rag wing to try out too.