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  1. What more we can say about the white Sea Hurricane "Nicki"? Nothing? Yes we can! Thanks to our invaluable @Troy Smith we were able - in the literally LAST MINUTE - make one important correction to the 40009 kit 1/48 Sea Hurricane Mk IIc! What? The squadron marking on the cockpit side, just below the canopy. Sure, we all know (and all kit producers, including us - Arma Hobby - in 1/72 kit) that it is white or yellow horse on the red shield. Really? Troy told us, that it is not a horse. And the shield is not red. What??? It is! Troy knows it from Ian Burgham, who is son of Lt. Allen Burgham"Nicki's" pilot! And he told it to us just in time we were able to stop decal printing and correct it! It delayed kit release for some time, but - for good reason! Initially we were not able to belive it (as EVERYBODY knows it was a horse!) - but there are photos! Nicki from 835 NAS: Two shields: 804 NAS tiger and 835 "Nicki's": 804 NAS Sea Hurricanes Mk IIc with tiger heads and pilots (Allen Burgham first from the right) And why it happened? Simple - in June 1943 most pilots of 804 NAS were sent to train on Hellcats, but one group, with their tiger marked Se Hurricanes, went to 835 NAS (composite squadron Swordfish/Sea Hurricane armed) and retained tigers on their planes! @Troy Smith many, many thanks!!! The decal is corrected! Also great thanks to Mr. Ian Burgham! Read more here: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2024/03/22/40009-a-cat-not-a-horse-last-minute-discovery/ G.
  2. Very well done! Only one correction is possible - in 1939 Germans used simple crosses, all white.
  3. It's endless discussion - if we make one bigger, some prefer to cut it into smaller pieces anyway. To be honest, to cut bigger decal into pieces is easy. On the other hand, it is more difficult to design big decal to fit the complex area. So no solution is perfect here. But still you did it good!
  4. I think the difference could be the "bulb" on the exhaust collector ring @Alex Gordon mentioned.
  5. To quote Sting: "I'll be watching you!" Good luck with this build! G.
  6. Great job! Your model looks perfect! Good to hear you liked our kit.
  7. Being retired librarian (well, not really retired and not really librarian, I only worked at National Library of Poland as a press officer for about 15 years in my previous life) I know that the signature is the key of all search in libraries, museums and other similar institutions. So I took the IWM signature of this photo (thanks @gingerbob) - it is IWM GM 1004 - and searched for similar numbers. And - as usually - found something. The previous number, GM 1003 photo is the same plane, from slightly different angle. Voila: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205206562 I know it does not increase our knowledge too much, but it is cool. BTW, in both these photos, quite strange is lack of the shadow of the other wing.
  8. OK, so what about these photos? Is it a shadow on the wing or a camouflage? Or is it a different plane? One of these photos look very much like the first one scanned by @Ed Russell https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205015962 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205134582 Extremely interesting topic. I would like to talk also about camouflages of the Narvik ships. Best! G.
  9. This Popeye marking is in the Armahobby 1/72 kit. https://www.armahobby.com/70022-hurricane-mk-i-navy-colours-model-kit.html
  10. There is also cool Italian scheme. What is interesting in this kit - huge 3D prited detail set, very high quality. Details here: https://techmod.pl/ansaldo-a1-balilla-41111-p-449.html?language=en
  11. Great project! I'll be watching. Good luck!
  12. The so called fin fillet (or 'dorsal fin', as written on the original plane drawings) on real P-51B/C is parallel to the plane center line, but 7/16 inch off. Tops of all dorsal fin fillet ribs are all 7/16 inch off the plane center line. This is caused by the fact that thee main fin (not the fin fillet, but the fin, the vertical stabiliser) itself is not paralel to the plane center line - of course to compensate the engine torque. We represented it in the P-51B/C kit according to the orignal P-51C drawings. See below:
  13. Super cool! 1/72 Great War planes are my favourite!
  14. Cool, but why "Åšlepak"? "Åšlepak" means "blind" and indeed there was a version of the PWS 26 popular trainer with the rear cockpit covered for instrumental flight training, but it was not the name of the plane, but only a sub-version.
  15. This depends on the base kit/masters they use to make their moulds. LVG is made based on the excellent resin kit of Polish Ardpol, I made a review long time ago for the Internet Modeler, but it disappeared in the internet void, you can see other similar Ardpol kit review here: https://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/flaviation/Ardpol-1-72-Halberstadt-C-V.php The LVG was even better, honestly, the finest resin kit I've ever seen (I mean the original Ardpol kit). Best! G.
  16. A bit more info about this kit is here: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/10/12/sea-hurricane-mk-iic-1-72-inbox-review/ Cheers!
  17. Yes! Exactly this one! Sure we are reading! The IID and IV are contemplated and disscussed at our HQ pretty seriously, but the IIB has priority. Then... who knows? The wishlist is long, includes Sea IIC, IID, IV, but also other variants. Best! G.
  18. What a great project! We (Arma crew) will be watching it with great interest. About the shape of the cannon nacelles - after examination of available photos we decided a bit less-chubby, more streamlined shape, especially in front area. Look at this photo (still from the film): BTW, each nacelle had a small removable panel on the side, the film you posted earlier clearly shows its purpose. This is our Armahobbynews Blog tutorial for the 1/72 conversion: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/01/26/hurricane-mk-iid-3d-printed-parts-and-conversion-how-to-do-it/ And two parts of the #Armastory - you may find it useful. https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/05/19/flying-tin-can-opener-part-i-origins/ https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/07/07/flying-tin-can-opener-part-ii-in-action-over-africa/ Good luck with your project! Grzegorz
  19. Cool project. I love the fowlers. They give a lot of life to the model. Also Whirlwind had them:
  20. Very good build! Congratulations! It is important that the Iskra is relatively old kit, was the first Arma Hobby plastic kit ever, and the only one with moulds made in China. All later Arma kits are in 100% made in Poland (moulds and production) and have much better quality. Still, Iskra is cool little kit of cool aeroplane. Cheers from Arma HQ!
  21. It is important that the Iskra is relatively old kit, was the first Arma Hobby plastic kit ever, and the only one with moulds made in China. All later Arma kits are in 100% made in Poland (moulds and production) and have better quality. The biggest problem was transcontinental communication with Chinese mould producer. Maybe if we went to China and sat together with Chinese engineers over the milling machine, the quality would be better, but it was impossible then. Still, this Iskra is cool little kit of cool aeroplane and you're doing good work with it! Congratulations! Best Regards from Arma Hobby headquarters!
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