BigMouthStrikesAgain

Superb work, great finish on the paintwork

Onto the tailwheel; This is just worng; too long, too thick and it sits at the wrong angle. I modified it by thinning the strut, inserting brass rod to give it strength and drilling a hole in the fuselage at the correct angle to help it sit correctly. I also modified the fairing behind the wheel as this was also at the wrong angle; The front engine covers are on and have fitted quite well; Wings are on and she's making rapid progress (for me)

I think the correct position is actually where the two square 'knobs' are, just behind where I've positioned the IP, therefore they just need to be removed and the IP placed there instead. Given that the cockpit is now closed up and the wings are on, it's not going to be moved from where it Is..! Doh..! I've also slipped up on not using the front of the engine for the prop mount, but I have a cunning plan in place for that - more later..! As far as I'm aware, the front u/c appears to sit ok, but that tailwheel is something else. Not hard to correct though but thanks for pointing it out. As I said above, the fuselage is together and the wings are on. Fit is ok, although it still needs a fair amount of clean up. I wish I'd fitted the upper wings to the fuselage and then glued the lower wing in place. Not sure why I didn't as it's something I do normally do - again, DOH..! It's not too bad though, could've been worse. Many thanks again to Troy for the excellent links, very helpful. I'm after some clear camouflage patterns I can trace in my cutter software. I need a drawing that doesn't show panel lines etc, only the demarcation between the two camo colours - any suggestions..? I was hoping to cut out my own camo masks rather than using blue-tak, purely to save a little time and to get the scheme spot on.

Great work, looking forward to starting mine very soon

Hmm, well after painting the cockpit and gluing it all together I found that it sort of goes where the kit instructions says it goes. It still looks a bit too far back but when comparing it to a recent Hasegawa it looks ok so that's where it'll stay. Apologies for the poor pics, but the iPhone doesn't lend itself to this sort of thing Moving onto the exhausts, I want to use Quickboost replacements but without having to install the engine. This meant having to block in the area behind the exhausts both to give them something to mount onto, and hide the fact that nothing is there..! After closing up the fuselage I came up with a compromise - carving out the engine block parts and gluing them behind the opening; I've ordered a replacement Quickboost prop so will wait to see how this compares to Troy's pic above and start to hone in the front end of the nose. It did strike me as being a bit too wide but didn't think too much of it until pointed out Thanks to Troy for all the help, appreciated

Moving onto other areas and as Troy mentioned, there is an extra rim moulded onto the outside edge of each tyre. This is quite easily removed though; The undercarriage bay has some strange gaps in where the insert mates (or doesn't) to the lower fuselage half. This should be easy enough to fill/sand, but it does beg the question of why is this so poor on what is a fairly expensive kit. I am enjoying this build though - honest

Yes, and my conclusion was that it goes where I've put it - if it goes in front of the lumps it touches the stick and there'd be gap between the back of the panel and the windscreen, which doesn't make sense to me. I will of course do more test fitting before committing to glue

Thanks for the advice Troy, will keep all this in mind for later. For now though, a bit of an update. Cockpit ready for paint, the pics say it all.... I'm not overly convinced about the placement of the instrument panel - it appears to be in the correct place but those two square lumps of plastic in front of the panel don't look like they should be there. Anyway, onto painting next....

Amazing work, that windscreen is just beautiful

Fantastic build - very nearly completed one of these myself so know how much work you've had to put into just building the basic kit, never mind the cut away etc.

Great work so far - good luck with that resin/plastic join..! The detail looks superb, can't wait to see more.

Nice, very nice

Great build and coming on very quickly. Look forward to seeing more of this beauty

Love this build, keep up the excellent work. Not the best kit out there but I'm sure it'll be worth the extra effort involved.

First group build on here and thought I'd tackle the Italeri 1:48 Hurricane Mk.1. The kit has had some bad press but it looks buildable and has some nice details so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Starting with the box contents; Some of the parts have a little flash and I found the LHS fuselage to be snapped at the front where the engine access panel mount is. This isn't such a big deal though and I'm sure I'll face a lot worse on my journey through this The RHS fuselage has some sink marks where the cockpit mounting pins are located on the inside of the part. This won't be too bad to correct as it's a fairly flat area and doesn't have any raised detail around it which could be sanded away..! The three sink marks can be seen here; two in front of the cockpit area, one at the rear. Mr. Surfacer to the rescue I think. More soon, just need to finish a big chopper first

Fabulous builds of a stunning kit. Nice work sir

Great work, been looking for someone to tackle one of these correction kits

WOW

Lovely, I so love these kits - perfectly engineered

Excellent work on both kits - something for me to aim for

Great build, loving the detail you've put into this - impressed.com

Will be following this one, great work

Looking good, will be following this one

Great scheme and superb finish

Great work, following this one with interest