PattheCat Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Hello fellow modellers. Here is my 2nd build. It's the Airfix 1/72 Hurricane Mk I in Belgian colors. This one is a gift for my father who is no modeller but still for a good part responsible for me coming back to the hobby. Thanks Dad, I love you. It’s an OOB build as per instructions except for the later type exhausts (as all Belgian Hurricanes had been retrofitted with these before may 1940). No weathering as my father prefers everything to be neat and tidy (a bad excuse for my laziness, isn’t it?). I used Eduard superfabric seatbelts (RAF early set). Not as realistic as the metal ones but far easier to place. A very nice kit. I just had problems aligning the upper and lower wing parts and placing the landing gear required to be quite careful. I’m not completely happy with the result as I insisted to fit the canopy in an open position, so I made a crack in it and I was heavy handed with the glue so that it affected the clear part and the paint under it. But my main goal was achieved, as it simply was a thinner and more even paint coat than on the P-40. It was airbrushed with my H&S Evolution Silverline (0.2 needle) and my “usual suspects” Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Primer: Stynylrez grey Camo: Gunze H73 (dark green), H72 (dark earth); underside: Tamiya XF16 (flat aluminium) Cockpit: Tamiya XF71 Clear coat: Gunze H20 (flat clear) As said, all mishaps and mistakes are mine. Still I hope you'll enjoy it. Fire at will! Edited August 4, 2020 by PattheCat Pictures transferred from Google Photos to Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 A clean and flawless model! Very nice. And a rare subject: you don't see the Belgian air force here in this forum very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Im sure it looks good ... sadly all i can see a blank white squares ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 No photographs for me either (I'm using Firefox on Android). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 No pics for me either. I'm on my old PC using God knows what, as I can never remember. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 My apologies for the pictures not showing. Don't know what's happening. These are shared on my Google account. Please have a try opening this link: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP11T9Igb8OhsCdECqwk1YFk8VtKd2buSopTwcakZ96Phunzd5YxhOvpMG2MiLDmg?key=VjV1Q3ZMRXhHN0FDQU9aWGdiT2xoVnNSWloyUXFB 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Ok now i can see them there ... Your hurricane looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Really nice Hurricane and with an interesting scheme! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 No photos for me either but good in the later link & very much worth the effort to go look at them, that is a lovely job on the Hurricane, I'm keen to do a Belgian one myself sometime. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Nicely done, PattheCat. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks a lot everybody. As Airfix was so kind as to provide markings for a machine that served my country, I just could do nothing else than raise the flag. That said, the count of my Airfix kits now goes above the Tamiya ones, so I guess it says a lot about how much I like them, whatever the decals in the box. Sorry again for the viewing problems. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Great looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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