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Hurricane and Swordfish - Airfix 1/72 - FINISHED


Vadim

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Hello everyone,

 

After my last 7-months build in 1/32 scale I decided to do something really easy... And I think this Airfix Club kit should be a good stress relief :)

 

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I will build a Sea Hurricane first, straight out of the box and closed canopy. The kit provides two sets of wings thus different Hurry versions can be built. The instruction explains only a carrier based version (Sea Hurricane), so a section of both fuselage halves requires cut off to fit an arresting hook mechanism:

 

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The interior is very basic but should not be a problem as I don't plan to leave it opened:

 

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Everything fits really well though some putty will be needed around arresting hook and for those nasty deepenings behind the wing...

 

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The build goes really well. All the parts fit nicely and easy. It is just pure pleasure so far! :)

 

It looks no filler or sanding is required as wing root connection is nearly perfect:

 

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I love my kids' toys :) I always borrow some foam bricks or prisms to keep my models or its parts in place when necessary:

 

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Another short update:

 

It seems that even for stress relief I need some filler and sanding... I always try to do something new and this time it was Vallejo acrylic putty. I have to admit it's quite handy especially on this scale. Easily removed all the excess with wet cloth and it looks great! (it's not an advert  :fraidnot: )

 

Now:

- all the seams are sanded,

- all the gaps are filled and sanded,

- cockpit and wheel wells are masked,

- panel lines are re-scribed where necessary.

Ready for the first coat of primer :)

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Merry Christmas to everyone!

 

Here are some pictures of the progress I made over the last week.

All the problematic areas were treated with putty and sanded. A primer was applied:

 

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Then I made a pre-shading with black along the panel lines and then some random spots with grey:

 

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In the mean time - propeller was painted:

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Also, I started to mask a canopy:

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Finally, I applied first coat of Revell 59 Sky: 

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Hi All

Here are some photos of sausaging :)))

 

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This is all the masking when removed:

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Now Hurricane is ready for decals.

Also I found some good reading about hurri (while reviewing old stock magazines):

 

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Hi all 

Today a three additional oil coloures have arrived (blue, yellow, and earth) and finally I can start a weathering...

 

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Random oil drops...

 

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are blended with a slightly moistured (white spirit) brush:

 

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A good colour variation is expected :)

 

It's still a new technique for me but I like this artistic process. It delivers an element of unpredictability and randomnicity in a final colour appearance.

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@Val, @The Spadgent, @Squibby Thank you for your kind words. 

Here are some pictures of "unrealistically" hard weathered Hurricanes :) 

These are not pictures of a Sea Hurricane I build. However these give an idea of a way weathering could happen and of those most weathering prone areas...

 

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  • 5 weeks later...

Well... As this is a 'stress relief build' - I consider this one is done!

It was a good weathering exercise again... And apart from some minor defects (like clean tyres and awful spinner) I think the result is quite good :) (excuse my overconfidence):

 

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Now I got a small collection of 1/72 Red Noses:

 

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Now, before I get to some 1/48 in my stack, I have to finish the second one from the Sparks of Liberation box - Fairey Swordfish:

 

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For those who are interested here are all the sprues:

 

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This promise to be another interesting build as I never did biplane and rigging before...

 

 

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