leyreynolds Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Any date for the original release of this kit please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Scalemates has it dated as 197* which is much too late according to my memory. I have checked with my list of models and have the release date as 1958. I no longer remember where that came from - the instructions, engraved on the model? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1958 seems a little early: I have it as 1960 but cannot confirm. I suspect there is an advert in an old RAF Flying Review which may give us a better date (or at least a "not after" one) but they are well-buried and not easy to consult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Another reference to 1958/59 as the release date. http://www.modelingmadness.com/others/features/bakerhurricanes/bakerhurricanes.htm Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I have a recollection of seeing it advertised in Aeromodeller before I was sent away to prison boarding school in 1959 - I'd go for 1957 or '58. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks to you all. In my quest to build every 1/72nd scale Hurricane kit available, I've just moved the Keilkraft offering to the top of the pile. The only one missing now is from Aoshima - a IID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 I've now had a chance to examine the Keilkraft kit more closely - the internals are non-existent and external detailing is a bit sparse. However with the exception of the radiator, the kit components match the Mushroom drawings quite well - not bad for a 1950's product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) I'll bet it has the narrow top to the nose, common to all early Hurricane kits. However the only fault I can actually remember is that the retractable undercarriage means that it looks very odd if assembled undercarriage down, because the real Hurricane undercarriage is more complex than a simple hinge. Edited February 23, 2018 by Graham Boak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yes on both counts. I remember the kit from about 1960/61 in a shop here in Sydney. At the time it was out of my price range being more expensive than Airfix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD1944 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I was still in the Scouts when it came out, so late '50s looks about right. They did a Camel too. Apart from the U/C and radiator, the windscreen had too much rake, the exhausts were rather Florentine, and - worst - the wing was in the wrong place. The fuselage profile was pretty much spot on and the length perfect for a Mk. II - but from the nose to the wing L/E was perfect Mk. I. Hence the result looks odd however much you fettle all the small details - but remember, its only competitor was Airfix's original Mk. IV (RP) .... BD 30/5/18 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Any pictures of this kit? /André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Andre B said: Any pictures of this kit? /André Found this - Edited May 31, 2018 by MilneBay 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 There should also be two plates that fit over the pins on the undercarriage to hold it in place whilst it rotates, or is memory playing tricks? The nose does look short - strangely I never noticed that in those days. Nor on the Revell Hurricane which came shortly later - although whether that was too short for the Mk.IIs offered or too long for the Mk.Is offered, I don't recall! If we are looking for improvements, the prop blades are too thin - as was the case with almost all kits in those days. As I recall, the fabric effect on the rear fuselage was pretty good, or at least better than most that came later and overdid it. And how many spokes have the wheels? I don't really believe that ignorance was bliss when it came to modelling then (or now), but it certainly made life a lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I had one or two of these. The undercart was made to retract. And the rear part of the fuselage was rather fat I thought. Decals were for 'Last of the Many'.b Keil Kraft also did a Sopwuth Camel in a yellowy plastic. I had a couple of these too. Sold them all for a nice little bit of cash over 20 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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