RAGATIGER Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi Fellows ARC I was just checking the Evilbay and found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-72-AZ-HAWKER-HUR...=item5d2c3cdf48 an AZ Model Hurricane MkIV that include the decals for a Hurricane in Argentina AF decals in 1/72 scale a complete surprize to me Best modeling Armando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Well I'm also surprised. But often AZ models have some what if markings in the boxes. (He-112 with british markings...) So I'm not sure, is these plane real? Be careful modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jumbo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Shamelessly cribbed from Google... Only one example of Hurricane Mk.IV, serial KW908, arrived in 1947 as a present from the British Government to the Argentines. The airplane was packed in 27 boxes and arrived to Buenos Aires on August '47 aboard the ship SS Durango. On July 7 of that year the aircraft was on public display in an exhibition mounted in one of the main squares of Buenos Aires, with other airplanes like a Lancaster and Fiat G55. In autumn of that year was sent to a flight school of the Argentinian Air Force located in Cordoba, where was painted the national insignia and repainted their camouflage colours; it is known that remained there until the early '60s. An interesting subject me-thinks! GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 An Argentine Hurricane!? That's a new one on me. What's next, a Soviet Hurricane - oh yeah, right, the Soviets used hundreds. Still, the Hurricane got around, didn't it. Did any appear in American markings (like during Operation Torch, for example)? Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 An Argentine Hurricane!? That's a new one on me. What's next, a Soviet Hurricane - oh yeah, right, the Soviets used hundreds. Still, the Hurricane got around, didn't it. Did any appear in American markings (like during Operation Torch, for example)?Regards, Jason I know some Sea Hurricanes used American markings in Torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jumbo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Have a look here... linky Good bit of history on Hurri operators... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmat Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 One photo of a Hurricane with a sharkmouth with BP654 on the tail showed up on E-Bay and Steven Modeldad Eisenman produced another photo of the same aircraft with fuselage stars and bars. Look for Hyperscale Jan. 11. 2011. But both photos have been deleted. Unit identified as 346th FS, 350th FG. The original poster was Richard Connell. It was a two seat hack and Steve was of the opinion that it was repainted in OD/NG. Best wishes, Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 An Argentine Hurricane!? That's a new one on me. What's next, a Soviet Hurricane - oh yeah, right, the Soviets used hundreds. nearly 3000 were sent to the VVS! Still, the Hurricane got around, didn't it. Did any appear in American markings (like during Operation Torch, for example)?Regards, Jason ooh, crikey Jason.... Yes. Unit hacks in Italy for the 350th Fighter group... with a shark mouth....I see gmat has been faster, but I have pics hahahahaha see here http://homepage.mac.com/vizcarraguitars/Hu...es/large-8.html two seater conversions too.... looks to be done in black and white as well! I think this one retains RAF markings. There is a pic of the Argentine Hurricane in one of the Polish monographs IIRC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thank you gentlemen for the responses! Troy, I knew you'd know about the Soviet Hurricanes (I thought it was about 2,000 - 3,000's quite a few). I've got to do one someday, either "White 60" with the wolf on the tail, or one with the Soviet armament of UBS and ShVAK guns, and RS-82 rockets. Or maybe that artillery-spotter/courier version with the rear gunner. That USAAF black and white two-seater looks like a good off-beat subject, but I wonder what happened to the tail (looks like a shark took a bite out of it!). Best Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4h1phantom Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Re the argentine Hurricane, I found this link with a couple of pics from the polish monograph: http://kalkin.foros.ws/t11995/hawker-hurricane-argentino/ It came with a Spitfire too, but sadly, neither survived The roundels and flag on the upper surfaces were hurriedly painted for an exhibition. It seems they didn't have time to paint the lower wing roundels! The AZ kit shows the markings correctly. HTH, Jorge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Sory, sorry, sorry, sorry, An argentinian Hurricane is right. Found all information in "Aeroplane Icons Hurricane" ISBN 978-1-907426-19-3 Kelsey Publishing 2011 I can recommend this paperback brochure (130 pages). modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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