Hamiltonian Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) This is a reconstruction (I have no photos) of a Hurricane that was operated by 135 Sqn. RAF when stationed at Minneriya, Ceylon in 1944. The red spinner was a "retrodiction" from the fact that 135 Sqn. were reported to be painting the prop. bosses of their Thunderbolts with flight colours in late 1944 - red for "A" flight, blue for "B" flight. It seems that report is open to dispute, however, and my red spinner is therefore even more open to dispute (read, probably just plain wrong). I have yet to pass through the grieving process involved in repainting black, however. The drop tanks and Vokes filter are resin add-ons, and the canopy is a Squadron vacuform so that I could build the model with the canopy open. Edited June 13, 2021 by Hamiltonian Replaced dead links 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Looks great,....lovely Hurricane Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Welcome to Britmodeller! Great looking Hurricane! Very nicely done! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 That's a smashing looking Hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLurker Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Well if there are no photographs who's to say that the red spinner is wrong? A very nice build indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Nice Hurricane - like it. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Really nice Hurricane there, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Really excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamiltonian Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thank you, everyone, for the very kind words. And for not mentioning that horrible seam in the cowling that I managed to highlight so skillfully with my choice of a low illumination angle for the overhead shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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