Gleed's Hurricane

[487 Squadron]

OoB, but I've replaced the kit prop with the rotol blades and backplate from an Airfix 1/24 Spitfire Vb and a slightly reshaped the 1a DH spinner to get a more accurately sized prop for the hurricane. I've left this one 'clean' - probably not quite accurate, but I like the way it looks.

Edited August 15, 2010 by 487 Squadron

[T-Tango]

Lovely job, nice paint finish, a bit of weathering would really bring it to life.

[daz greenwood]

Very nice you can never see enough Hurricane's.

And I like Gleed's markings.

[Nick Belbin]

Agreed – very nice finish. Maybe a stupid question but does it have seatbelts?

Nick

[487 Squadron]

Not yet - I'm still trying to work out what the bits moulded onto the seat are (and if I need to remove them), and how the seatbelts attach behind the seat. Also, does anyone know if the seat had some sort of cushion?

[T-Tango]

Also, does anyone know if the seat had some sort of cushion?

I could be wrong, but I think they sat on their parachutes.

[atdb27]

does anyone know if the seat had some sort of cushion?

The RAF ones did.

In MDF 2 on the Hurricane a pic shows a ribbed fore and aft pattern in dk brown leather one fitted to a Mk1.

It also quotes and shows a pic that Canadian a/c didn't have a cushion!

Adrian

[Tin_Bitz]

Hey

Nice build! I'm building the same aircraft in 1/48. My instructions are all wrong though and am trying to find the correct colour for the red spinner. What paint did you use for it may I ask for this? Does anyone else know by any chance? I've mostly been using the Tamiya Acrylics but if I have to use another paint I'd be more than happy to get the right colour.

Cheers

[487 Squadron]

Hi there - I couldn't actually find anything definitive so made the bold assumption that the red spinner would have been a colour similar to the roundel red, so used a mix of Tamiya Matt Red (XF-7?) and Tamiya Red Brown (XF-64?) - about 5:1 - to match the decals.

[Tin_Bitz]

Hi

Thanks for the information, going to sit down and try the two colours out and hope to get a similar result with it. I tried mixing a load of different reds/browns earlier but didn't get the desired results...

Cheers