Ed Russell Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 This Hurricane I was built for a club display with the theme Red. Yeah I know it looks more orange than red! There’s a thread here on the colour. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234972519-hurricane-mki-p2992-of-527-radar-calibration-sqn-red/ I was hoping a picture might surface but no sign so far so the definitive reference is James Goulding’s profile. There is a reasonable speculation in that thread that the colour may have been a dayglo shade. This is the old Airfix 1980-odd Hurricane I which seems to be well regarded for its shape and better than the Hase one. The main problems are no detail at all in the wheel wells or cockpit. This was fixed by ‘cloning’ both from the resin parts of the Sword fabric wing Hurricane kit. While I was at it I reproduced the radiator scoop front and instrument panel (which I used)and the exhausts (which I didn’t). Apart from these items it is out-of-the-box. The decals are from the spares box (mainly ex-Hurricane roundels etc) and the code and serial were Alps-printed. Assuming Goulding had some information not available to us, the colour wasn’t red as it looks different to the roundels but not too far off as the fin flash has a white outline around the red. I used a mix of approximately equal parts of Model Master White, Dayglo Orange and RLM23. It is a reasonable match for Dayglo Fire Orange and somewhere near the hue of the profile illustration It would be reasonable to think that after all this effort (1) Airfix will release a new metal wing Mk I and (2) a colour picture of P2992 will turn up......... x 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Lovely job,It still is a nice kit despite it,s age and that,s a very different scheme too,love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wow! Now that's bright! Lovely job with the old kit! Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Very inconsiderate of the artist to paint the gloss sheen like that, could be any bloomin' shade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Cracking job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Great model! I think the ol' Airfix Hurricane is a great little kit, first one I did on return to the hobby; the cat unfortunately killed it... The fit is pretty good I found. Love this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Really cool, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Very nice model of an interesting subject... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Great model! I think the ol' Airfix Hurricane is a great little kit, first one I did on return to the hobby; the cat unfortunately killed it... The fit is pretty good I found. Love this one Aha!!! converted to a Hurricat eh ?. Either that or it was shot down by a Moggerschmitt .......................... Like the red Hurri Ed(eh),nice to see 'em used for other roles. Edited March 3, 2015 by Miggers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Wonderful build Ed, and thanks for doing your part in getting us a 1/72 metal winged Hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Great to see this Tango'd Hurricane, agree, this old Airfix kit has good proportions, nicely built too Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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