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    Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc 1/48 Arma Hobby

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted · Edited by GrzeM

    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:

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    Two shields: 804 NAS tiger and 835 "Nicki's":

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    804 NAS Sea Hurricanes Mk IIc with tiger heads and pilots (Allen Burgham first from the right)

     

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    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!

     

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    Read more here:

    https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2024/03/22/40009-a-cat-not-a-horse-last-minute-discovery/

     

    G.

     

     

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    P-51 B/C Mustang Expert Set, Arma Hobby, No. 70038, 1:72

    in P-51 Mustang STGB 5

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Troy Smith said:

    one thing that would help, the cockpit decals are very thorough,  but all separate, would not 1 or 2 decals for the starboard cockpit wall have been easier....

    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!

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    Barnham's "white dots" Malta Spitfire

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted · Edited by GrzeM

    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.

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    New Eduard 1/72 kit - IT'S THE P-51D

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    On 1/4/2024 at 2:40 PM, MarkoZG said:

    One thing that puzzles me is the angle of fin fillet. On Hasegawa P-51D it is molded slightly offset as it should be, to compensate engine torque, but on Arma's P-51B/C it is completely 

    inline with fuselage axis. From the photos I found I couldn't confirm which is correct, but wouldn't be surprised if Arma missed it. Since I don't have any 1/48th scale kits, can someone 

    confirm how it is represented on Eduard's 1/48ts scale P-51D?

    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:

     

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    KP 1/72 LVG C.VI 'German Service" - quality of decals?

    in Aircraft WWI

    Posted

    On 9/26/2023 at 2:49 PM, Torbjorn said:

    Of the KP I have, the LVG stood out as being much finer than the rest of the lot (Roland D.II, Salmson, Triplane, Dolphin), not sure why.

    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.

    6 Squadron Hurricane Mk IId - from the Arma Hobby 1/48 MkIIc Trop

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Fritag said:

    Ta. This one you mean?  

     

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    The armourer then uses it as a hand hold to remove the gun fairing.

    Yes! Exactly this one!

     

    14 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

    And as Arma are reading this may help sway them into doing a IID/IV wing and parts ;)    @Wojtek Bulhak  @GrzeM  

    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.

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    6 Squadron Hurricane Mk IId - from the Arma Hobby 1/48 MkIIc Trop

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    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):

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    BTW, each nacelle had a small removable panel on the side, the film you posted earlier clearly shows its purpose.

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    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

     

     

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