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Hi everyone

 

Here are 3 of Hawkers finest. The whole point these first two fairly quick builds was to give black basing a try. I was origanally going to build just the one and then happened to be in my LHS  one Friday afternoon and the new Airfix kit just happened to come home with me!

 

So here it is the Airfix kit which many of you will know with a Quickboost rear view mirror added. How did they miss that off?!! This aircraft was operational in the Med during Operation Pedestal in August 1942. All paints are from Vallejo. My first real try of these to and very nice they were, although not as tough as my usual Tamiya and Gunze paints. Decals are from Model Alliance. The anti glare shields are from a Hasegawa kit.

 

 

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This is the Hasegawa MkIIc with MDC Sea Hurricane conversion, guns deleted and rocket rails added. This aircraft flew from an escort carrier in the Irish Sea training future Firefly pilots to fire rockets. Cant remember which one now. The reason it has no canopy is because i bought a Pavla vac form so that it could be displayed open only this didn't fit and i haven't ordered a different one yet. And yes i know the code letters should most likely be yellow but I couldn't be bothered to mask and paint them. The rocket rails are from a Tamiya Beaufighter kit.

 

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And finally another Airfix Hurricane in Western Desert colours with Xtradecals. Completed about a year ago.

 

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Ans all three together.

 

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Thanks for looking.

 

Questions and comments welcome.

 

James

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Very very nice indeed,.....love them all! 

 

The Sea Hurricane Mk.I`s also had a cushion on the armour plating behind the pilots head to prevent injury during a catapult launch,.... which is aso missing from the kit as well as the rear catapult spools,..... these are quite easy to scratch build but it is a shame that you have to! The Mk.II`s didn`t have the cusion as catapult spools were not fitted.

 

Cheers

         Tony 

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6 hours ago, tonyot said:

Very very nice indeed,.....love them all! 

 

The Sea Hurricane Mk.I`s also had a cushion on the armour plating behind the pilots head to prevent injury during a catapult launch,.... which is aso missing from the kit as well as the rear catapult spools,..... these are quite easy to scratch build but it is a shame that you have to! The Mk.II`s didn`t have the cusion as catapult spools were not fitted.

 

Cheers

         Tony 

 

Thanks Tony

 

Thats interesting information. While I very much like the end result of this new Airfix kit in my opinion it's slightly over engineered and they have made a couple of real school boy errors in missing of the rear view mirror, oil collecting ring and the two points that you make.

 

Thanks again

 

James

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1 hour ago, franky boy said:

 

Thanks Tony

 

Thats interesting information. While I very much like the end result of this new Airfix kit in my opinion it's slightly over engineered and they have made a couple of real school boy errors in missing of the rear view mirror, oil collecting ring and the two points that you make.

 

Thanks again

 

James

I agree James,...... I did mention this to Airfix before the Sea Hurricane was released,.... but there were not enough funds to add an extra sprue with these parts, but they are quite easy to scratch build,..... apart from the rear view mirror where I struggled,.... mostly as it is so small. 

If it helps here is a pic showing the pilots head rest;

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Cheers,

           Tony

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45 minutes ago, tonyot said:

I agree James,...... I did mention this to Airfix before the Sea Hurricane was released,.... but there were not enough funds to add an extra sprue with these parts, but they are quite easy to scratch build,..... apart from the rear view mirror where I struggled,.... mostly as it is so small. 

If it helps here is a pic showing the pilots head rest;

Image may contain: 1 person, sky and outdoor

 

Cheers,

           Tony

Thanks Tony that's a really good shot. I guess everyone has their limits on finances.

 

Id definitely recommend the Quickboost mirrors. A bit fiddly but I think worth it.

 

Thanks

 

James

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3 hours ago, franky boy said:

Thanks Tony that's a really good shot. I guess everyone has their limits on finances.

 

Id definitely recommend the Quickboost mirrors. A bit fiddly but I think worth it.

 

Thanks

 

James

Hiya James,.....I recently bought some once I`d realised they were available,......very good aren`t they.

 

All the best

               Tony

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On 15/11/2017 at 6:11 PM, tonyot said:

...The Sea Hurricane Mk.I`s also had a cushion on the armour plating behind the pilots head to prevent injury during a catapult launch,.... which is aso missing from the kit as well as the rear catapult spools,..... these are quite easy to scratch build but it is a shame that you have to! The Mk.II`s didn`t have the cusion as catapult spools were not fitted.

 

Cheers Tony 

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That's an interesting detail about the MkII's not having catapult spools @tonyot . I hadn't picked up on that.

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On 15/11/2017 at 2:47 PM, franky boy said:

Hi everyone, Here are 3 of Hawkers finest.....

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Thanks for looking.

Questions and comments welcome.

James

 

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

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Nice - but how did the black-basing go for you? I first saw this on the Doogs Models site and tried it on my Spit and have it going on an RS Do17 and Valom Fokker T.V. Somehow difficult to stop oneself applying paint until it there is no effect at all!

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23 hours ago, GrahamB said:

Nice - but how did the black-basing go for you? I first saw this on the Doogs Models site and tried it on my Spit and have it going on an RS Do17 and Valom Fokker T.V. Somehow difficult to stop oneself applying paint until it there is no effect at all!

Hi Graham

 

I know what you mean, i saw this on Doogs too. This was actually the second time that i'd tried it not the first, I forgot I'd tried it about 3 years ago on a kit that sits to this day on the shelf of doom. I found it best to use quite well thinned paints and then do lots of squiggles and random passes on small areas at a time. And it's deffinately worth remembering that old adage that if you think it needs one more pass then dont. An exercise in patience. Next time I'll probably mix up a lighter shade too to get more of a contrast. It's definatly a technique worth persivearing with but i don't think that i would use it on something that has say been left out in the North African sun for to long.

 

37 minutes ago, PlaStix said:

3 great looking builds! Very well done. :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Kind regards,

Stix

Thanks Stix. Nice of you to say so.

 

James

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