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Excited for my first GB of 2025 & getting ready for the off! I've settled upon PZ865 as my subject. The final Hawker Hurricane to roll off the production line, it was retained by Hawker & is perhaps better known as G-AMAU. I'll be modelling the aircraft in 1950 condition. While my initial plan was to model it sporting a competitor number as it would have appeared at one of its air race appearances (probably 76 from the Sept. 1950 Challenge Trophy), I must admit I am rather taken with the simple elegance of Hawker's house colours as shown above, and am currently leaning towards leaving the numbers off.

ARMA HOBBY 1:48 HAWKER HURRICANE IIb TROP Hi all here’s my Arma Hobby Hurricane IIb Tropical. Ive wanted to do a desert scheme Hurricane for a while now and when my wife picked this kit out my stash earlier in the year I was eager to do it sooner rather than later so with other builds out the way this is my 5th kit build of the year so far ( only built 5 kits for the whole of last year!) Kit: Arma hobby (40008) Scale:1:48 Type: Hawker Hurricane IIb Scheme HL795/V 274 squadron EGYPT/LIBIYA November 1942 Aftermarket Extras used: Quinta Studio 3D Decal cockpit set (QD48410), Eduard Brassin fishtail exhausts (648916) Primer: MRP fine surface primer black Paints: MRP, MRP-111,-119,-121,-108,-135,-122,-123,-124/ MR HOBBY SM 201 Thinners: MRP MR.THINNER Slow Dry, Mr COLOR LEVELLING THINNER 400 Varnishes: MRP-048 Gloss and MRP-127 Matt Ammo panel line wash Humbrol weathering powders This was an enjoyable build from start to finish although I did have a small hiccup right near the end of the build I spilt a bottle of MRP paint on my workbench and some unfortunately splashed onto the model so I had to do the necessary corrective work to get the model back to where i was happy with it. one area I have trouble with in modelling is paint chipping I can never make it look right I’ve tried several methods over the years to no avail. I did try on this model but didn’t like the result so sprayed back over with the camo colours. This is my first build of a Arma Hobby kit and I must say the level of detail and the fit of the parts is second to none. Although I did find the the plastic is rather soft so extra care was needed when cutting parts from the sprues and the subsequent clean up. Paints used were from MRP and Mr hobby and I must say absolutely loving MRP paints as they sprayed beautifully. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome Happy Modelling

Morning folk's.although I've been here since 2013 it's not often I find myself here in WIP,I tend to lurk mainly in the GB section's for the most part.This kit for all it's faults has been on my to do list for years as I really have to consider the Hurricane as my favourite aircraft and that summer of 1940 as Churchill put it "our finest hour".I was born only twenty years after the event but with Dad having fought and Mam living through that War it was never far from conversation and as a kid Airfix models and war films were my bread and butter and set me off over the year's being fascinated by the Battle of Britain.So not a quick build for which I'm noted but as a Christmas present from my youngest it's time to make a start on her.

I am about to start a Hurricane so |I thought I would start this thread. The Spitfire thread I started seems to be a melting pot where we all share and learn...first (stupid question)....I hope people find this helpful...doh!

No way is this a complete build, but here goes. I found I had two of this kit and was bored two Christmases ago (t'others were watching a musical - ugh) so stuck it together without any thoughts of painting it. By-the-by I discovered that decals don't adhere too well to bare plastic. Who knew?! 😉 Since then I bought an airbrush and compressor, which I bought to finish this VW Samba Bus, but I prefer military kits so I thought I'd use the 'blank canvas' Hurricane to try camouflage. I'm pretty pleased with the results (using Vallejo Colour Air paints - except for the tip of the spinner which was Revell Aqua Color). Just a couple of masking leaks (underside of starboard rear wing, front of port main wing, front of fuselage, and the spinner). Also some pretty major issues with the finish after removing the parafilm on the canopy. It's like the parafilm become dried out. Shame, the same technique worked well with the Samba Bus windows. This 'Two-Face' underside colour scheme is so weird looking: I really like the straight line of red tip on the spinner, but ugh! the front of the canopy. OMG the canopy! 😬😖🤦‍♂️

I bought this kit at a show because the Arma Hobby Hurricane was the latest kit that everyone was raving about, so I wanted to see for myself. Yes, it's good. But not perfect: for one item that puzzled me is the pair of 250lb bombs supplied in the kit The instructions show them with sway braces and attachment points moulded on: these had neither. I replaced them with a pair from ICM's RAF WWII weapons set. Apart from that and the markings, it's from the box. All markings painted from home-cut masks - apart from those in the cockpit and on the bombs, no decals were harmed in making this model. I did a Mk IIc in India in 1943-1944. This utilised the tropical filter which is supplied in the kit, but not used by the supplied decal options; this is also true of the bombs. It also had an interesting colour scheme according to the reference I found: a variant of Azure Blue underneath, with Dark Earth/Dark Green in a modified pattern above. The Azure is there as many aircraft in this theatre at this time were diverted from their original destination of the Middle East, so carried a desert scheme. There are no white theatre ID bands, not least as many squadrons omitted them because they compromised camouflage on the ground at forward airfields. Thanks for looking.

In the Czech Modelforum it's mentioned that after the 1/48th MiG-21, Spitfire and Bf.109 families, Eduard has as long term project the North American P-51 Mustang in the same scale (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234974169-148-north-american-p-51-mustang-family-long-term-project-by-eduard/). But as another possible project, the Eduard's Boss, M. Sulc, has also mentioned the Hawker Hurricane! Maybe more news at the yearly Eduard's Novemberfest 2015. Wait and see. Source: http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=68170&start=5865 Strange considering Airfix is working on a new tool 1/48th Hawker Hurricane kit (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234972972-airfix-148-hurricane-mk1/). If not a Hurri then another British subject Mr Sulc? Like a Hawker Tempest or a family of Griffon powered (Mk.XIV...) Spitfire by example... V.P.

I'm planning to do an Arma Hurricane, a II in 48th if that is what the reference photo I choose to follow is, or 72nd if the chosen reference photo is a Mk.I, IID, etc. The aim of the project is to challenge myself to do some very rough bits of weathering, as realistically as possible using techniques include chipping, burnishing, different sheens (eg contrast between matte exhaust streaks and burnished paint/engine cowl areas), and other techniques made possible with the Mission Models Paints/ATOM combination. I'm open for any unusual schemes that bring forward unique weathering ideas, eg a desert scheme repainted, dark grey/nightfighter schemes chipping back to show black/original colours etc as well as any field applied areas, and any prominent grime/dust areas on the wings. The photos I've attached below are the 'juciest' I've come across in terms of weathering so far, but I'm sure that there are a number of you far older than me, that are far more knowledgable would have other examples that spring to mind when thinking of some really weathered Hurricanes. I'll start a WIP page soon. All photos are welcome, I am looking forward to this project. ^This is the juciest I've seen so far. If anything can top this, I want to see it 😁

Hi all. I started the first model of this year in December 2023: Hurricane MK I 1/72 scale from Arma Hobby. Overall I thought it was a very good kit, however, and although the cockpit is very detailed, I thought that the assembly of the different pieces was complicated. And even after painting the entire model, once the panel lines were marked, I noticed that the lines on the top were somewhat thicker than those on the bottom. But overall it is a very detailed kit with a very good fit between pieces. The decals, from Techmod, seemed very good to me, well printed and with a good grip on the surface of the model, although somewhat hard and for which I had to use more adapter liquid than I usually do. As extras to the kit I used a reflector sight offered by Quickbost and the figure of an RAF pilot from White Storck Miniatures whose good and very fine detail exceeds the painting skills of this humble modeler. Both extras are highly recommended. I have another Hurricane from Arma Hobby, the MK IIc also in 1/72 scale. I'm sure it won't be long before I open the box... Without further ado, I'd like to thank all the forum members who followed the build of this model. I would like to expressly thank NZThyphoon for his kind help in providing information on the colours I should use for the pilot figure, providing photographs of inestimable importance. Below are photos of the finished model. If you are interested in seeing the build process you can do so at the following link. Andrés.

Vingtor has just released decals for RAF Gloster Gladiators and Hawker Hurricanes during the Norwegian campaign in 1/72 and 1/48. Designed by Nils Mathisrud and based on research by Bengt Stangvik, the decal sheet and instructions covers Gloster Gladiators of 263 Squadron and Hurricanes of 46 Squadron. Available directly from Vingtor and probably also going to be stocked by Hannants. https://vingtor.net

Airfix is to release in 2014 a variant from the new 1/72nd "fabric wings" Hurricane (ref.A02067), a Hawker Hurricane Mk.I "metal covered wings" under ref. A01010. A fabric wings in the illustrations/box arts??? Displayed as ????? Error? Source: http://www.airfix.com/shop/new-for-2014/172-scale-military-aircraft/a01010-hawker-hurricane-mki-172/ But also as stater set (fabric or metal covered wings Hurricane?) Ref. A55111 Source: http://www.airfix.com/shop/new-for-2014/172-scale-military-aircraft/a55111-hawker-hurricane-mki-starter-set-172/ V.P

Hello Everyone, This Iranian Hawker Hurricane in 1/48 scale is the latest addition to our museum's collection. In this post, I am representing Charlie Pritchett's work. He's a good friend of mine and a valuable member of the IIAF Museum. Enjoy! Brief history: Iranian Hurricanes formed the 1st Fighter Regiment and included the Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Ghaleh-Morghi and 2nd fighter-bomber squadron based at Dowshan-Tappeh air bases. Immediately after delivery, training of 28 ex-Hawker Hind pilots selected for the the Hurricane squadrons started by two Instructor pilots provided by the RAF at Ghaleh-Morghi airbase. IIAF had 29 Hurricanes in service at the time. including two 2-seat version. Kit: Arma Hobby Scale: 1/48 scale Extras: Some aftermarket add-ons like the pilots seat and the canons. Link to previous works: F22 | T33 | F86 | F-4D Link to the full album of this model on Instagram

Hot off the bench is my Hawker Hurricane MkIID. This kit started out as a MkIV kit that I wanted to put rockets on. It wasn't to be after some trial and tribulations. I have to thank @Troy Smith and the rest of the gang here for fielding my ignorant Hurricane questions and putting me on a viable path to build this kit. Also I want to thank @gingerbob for swapping radiators with me so I could make this a IID. That out of the way, on to the build. Normally I'm a fan of Hasegawa kits. This one, not so much. The fit of the trop intake was poor and needed some tricky filling and scribing. The kit's upper wing hatches aren't correct for a MkIV or MkIID. With help from Troy, I wing dinged some more appropriate looking hatches. The kit cannon molds weren't aligned well making them offset. Trying to eliminate the seams on the cannon barrels only made them noticeably elliptical. Since I'm not a fan of resin barrels and there's no aftermarket metal ones, I built my own cannon barrels out of brass tube. The rest of the kit is completely OOB and done to my normal simplistic taste. I mixed my own pale blue for the insignias and painted all the markings except the serials. I also mixed my own Dark Earth. The rest of the colors were Mr.Color straight from the bottle. I'm very happy with the colors. Weathering was done with a mix of methods. The chipping was sponge applied testors silver enamel over a gloss coat. I sealed that with another gloss coat and then used oil and enamel washes. I sealed that with a flat coat to give some tooth for the following pastels. After the pastels it got a final flat coat. I used Gunze GX100 and GX114 for lacquer gloss and flat coats respectively. Great stuff when very heavily thinned with Mr.Color Leveling thinner and sprayed at low pressure. I'm very particular about my smooth finishes and I can't recommend the stuff highly enough. For some reasons the photos don't really pick up the weathering well. The plane looks a lot more used in person. Since I build for my viewing pleasure, I won't over do the weathering to look better on the net. Well here it is and I hope you like it. Thanks again to all the people here that helped me with this build. Be well Ron

This started as a MkIV with Rockets but my spares box wouldn't allow it. This is the Hasegawa MkIV kit. Thanks to the fine folks here and especially Troy Smith for their patience and kindness. I know its not easy to weather my indecisive picky ways. Thanks for providing me the information I needed to find a subject I wanted to build. I settled on this MKIID. Hopefully Arma Hobby has a sense of humor with copyrights. Believe me if they made this plane in 48th I'd be building it. Unfortunately I'm stuck wrestling this almost 30 year old Hasegawa kit. I built this one back in 2015. I don't remember it being as fidly as the one I'm working on. In fact, I remember liking the kit. Either my skills have rusted or my standards have been raised. I did a basic cockpit because you can see in the picture above how much is visible when done. The fuselage quarters were kind of fussy to get a good fit. I didn't think I'd be able to get the cockpit in if I glued the front and rears together first. I placed the cockpit in loose and glued the top of the rear halves together. Then wrestled trying to add the front sections. I wound up removing the cockpit and then adding the front halves. This allowed me to glue the pieces together from behind with thin CA. I stretched the fuselage halves open and then dropped in the cockpit. If I were ever dumb enough to build another one, I'd follow my normal inclination to glue the front and rears together and then assemble in conventional fashion. The wings were actually started first. I filled in the IIC upper wing access panels and added the IID access panel. There's plugs for the IIC and IID guns. I used one of each to get the best fit. I just cut off the IIC wing cannons. The plugs fit ok but I made the mistake of gluing them in with liquid cement and now I have to scribe a panel line at a compromised join line. I messed up scribing these twice already. I took a break from that and moved to the fuselage. Test fitting the wing showed some fit issues that required shimming the upper wing curve at the wheel wells to meet the fuselage filet. After that things fit well on the topside. I wish I could say the same for the uderside. Why Oh why Hasegawa did you put a joint through a ribbed fabric area? They could have just as easily moved it a quarter inch forward to the fabrics natural termination point. Ooy! Luckily there's a lot of plastic on the lower wing and its sits high. At least this gives me the material to resculpt the area. This isn't gonna be fun, wish me luck. With all the sculpting and panel rescribing left to do, I'm not ordering paints for this thing yet. I give it a 40% chance of completion. Stay tuned. Ps; if you know what color the wheel wells are on this bird, I'd appreciate that. Silver? Medium Sea Grey? Bye for now Ron

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ArmaHobby/posts/3462056447158021 Considering it'll be most probably a WWII period a/c and in 1/72nd this will be uninteresting to me... My (Polish) wishes - 1/48th plastic kits from: TS-8 Bies, TS-11 Iskra & PZL-130 Orlik. V.P.

Another Arma’s Hurricane took off from my bench. An since they come in all shapes and sizes, today we have a Turkish Mk.II in 72nd scale. Turkey procured a number of Hurricanes during WW2 in several batches and in various circumstances. In March 1943 a flight of ex-RAF Hurricanes Mk.II (b and c versions) was transferred from RAF bases in the Middle East to Turkey. One of this flock was an aircraft bearing serial number HV608 that I present you here. Very few photos depicting those Hurricanes are available today (I know only two), so decisions regarding the equipment and painting scheme of this particular bird were based only on my “educated wish” reinforced by the opinions of the wise men (thank you very much @Troy Smith and @Paul Lucas). some info you may find here. So, without further ado, Arma Hobby’s Hurricane Mk.IIc, 1:72 scale, built mostly OOB (a 3D printed seat with seatbelts, a mirror and exhaust stacks were included in the kit). I used gun barrels from Master, an instrument panel from Yahu and a gunsight from Brengun. Please enjoy and comment at will. Cheers, Marcin

HobbyBoss is to release in late November 2022 a 1/48th Hawker Hurricane Mk.I kit - ref. 81777 Source: http://www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=216 Box art V.P.

Arma Hobby do a selection of extra detail improvement parts that can be downloaded and printed to add to your kit, one of these is a set of parts for the radiator ontheir 1:48 Hurricane kits. 3 of the parts are easy to identify, the full cowling assembly, the radiator matrix assembly and the cooling flap actuator rods, the first two being direct replacements for injection moulded kit parts, and the latter are easily seen in detail photo's of the rear of a hurricane radiator. However, there are two further parts included in the set which I've been unable to identify from the Arma website or any of my Hurricane references, they are the two parts on the right of the image below:- They are sized as if to replace the radiator matrix inside the cowling - can anyone identify what they are and how and when they should be fitted? @Troy Smith @GrzeM @Wojtek Bulhak

Joining you with this kit, For Squadron Leader Archibald McKellar DSO, DFC and Bar. Showing what I've found out about him. With these decals, Transparencies And kit parts. A kit that I've built previously as Pilot Officer Ken McKenzie, who was a member of Jet Age. Sadly that was before my time, so I never met him.

I bought this on a bit of a whim without knowing much about it. Turns out it was a new kit which I was surprised to see. Fit is pretty good, just be careful with the lower fuselage to wing joint. Also the canopy, being 2 pieces was a little tricky to get right, I'm not sure why Airfix did it like this because you cannot post the canopy open. Detail is a bit on the light side, but you can't see much through the closed canopy in any case. I've read that the tail is slightly undersize, but I haven't measured anything. Overall it's a decent model for a good price and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Even though I had plenty of other models in progress, I decided to open yet another box and actually finished! No need to introduce Arma Hooby's Hurricane: it is the best around and a really nice model OOB. It still can benefit from some improvements and I tried to do my best. I chose to depict MW367, coded DR-B and nicknamed "Jessie" from the ADLS (No1697) flight. I had never painted D-day stripes, let alone giving them a hastily applied aspect, and found its weatherbeaten looks very attractive. Finished model: Guns from Masters Scratched improvements using plasticard, aluminium foil, copper / lead wire, Albion Alloys micro tubes, etc. Painted with Mr Hobby Aqueous paints. Touch-up with Vallejo references Washes from True Earth Weathering with felt tip pens, watercolor pencil, True Earth True Dust products, Vallejo acrylics WIP: Improvements / added details are shown with the red arrows During the final assembly, I added the following (no arrows pointing towards these!): - Round rear view mirror made using a punch&die. The mirror supplied by Arma Hobby is a rectangle. - Canopy slide rails on the cockpit sides - Cable outlet drilled and micro tube inserted behing the dorsal antenna - Belly antenna (IFF?) - Trim actuators with their flyweights and cables It took me close to 65h to get to the finish line but I enjoyed this build a lot. I hope I have not made too many blunders as I am not at all versed into WW2 aircrafts. Please let me know.

The Hawker Hurricane saw more widespread service than probably any other RAF type during WW2, making it very difficult to arrange into books like these. Author Neil Robinson took on the immense task of sifting through our photo archive of several hundred Hurricane photos to work out how to split them, and after many months he came up with a plan! This second volume effectively covers UK based Mk Is and Mk IIs from the end of the Battle of Britain to December 1942. This is the period when the Hurricane slowly lost pace with the Spitfire as a day fighter and found itself redeployed into other front-line tasks such as night-fighting and intruder operations. With the armament improved and with the wings capable of carrying bombs or drop tanks, the Mk II became a versatile platform for keeping the fight going until more specific types entered the war such as the Beaufighter for night-fighting, the Typhoon for ground-attack and the Mosquito for intruder operations. As usual, we’ve dug out around 120 very high-quality original photos which show the details and modifications that took place between the various Mks and have commissioned 6 in-depth colour profiles to illustrate them. Hawker Hurricane Part 2 (WPA33) (wingleader.co.uk)

Hello guys! This is my very first post and I hope I'm doing it correctly. Few days ago I completed this project with the intention to release myself of the everyday stress and enjoy the building process of this fabulous scheme I wanted for long in my display. The kit is the Hobbyboss in scale 1/72, which is basic but provides crisped engraved panel lines, a clear cockpit with two options (open/closed) and an quick assembly of few and well moulded pieces. However, it has some drawbacks that many here already know: Extremely basic cockpit interior, no landing lights nor pitot tube, toy-like 20mm cannons, very basic building instructions and no rails for the rear section of the cockpit, which doesn't fit anyway. I used the Max Decals set and it behaved smoothly, but required a very shinny surface and a careful application to avoid tragedies. After some reseach, I decided to follow the thread of the splendid work of our friend Natter and his amazing Arma Hobby kit, mostly as a guide for the colors because there are still some differences in the sources and instructions I have found for this plane in Irish service during The Emergency period. The only modifications were the addition of a spare PE control panel, that is almost invisible now, the cable antenna and the resin wheels from the KORA. However, I should mention that the kit provides a gunsight that really helps to improve the view of the cockpit. I also need to work in improving the quality/lighting of the pictures. Thank you and hope to receive your feedback. Regards from Monterrey, México.

It's probably 3 years since I last made a model so I suppose this is a mini-return to the hobby! The background to this is that my dad was stationed with 233 OCU at RAF Pembrey during his time in the RAF in the 1950s. I had a plan to make models of the aircraft operated by the OCU but that plan expanded a bit to include other aircraft operated from Pembrey. Progress stalled somewhat, then my dad sadly passed away earlier this year and, in an attempt to distract myself, I resumed work on this which I started way back in September last year. 316 Squadron was the last of the Polish squadrons created in Britain during WWII and become operational at Pembrey on 15th February1941 with the Hurricane Mk.I. After a bit of research, P3100 caught my attention. On 26th May 1941 it was being flown by Sgt. Pawel Piotr Gallus. On take-off it seems he was a bit keen retracting the undercarriage resulting in the prop striking the ground and shortening the blades by 4 inches. Sgt. Gallus failed to notice and went on to conduct his planned 90 minute sortie over the sea, only discovering what had happened after landing back at Pembrey! Despite a further hair-raising incident (after transferring to 7 Squadron at Colerne for night-flying training on a training flight he collided with another Hurricane in the pitch dark when the light in a Turbinlite Havoc failed to ignite, both Hurricane pilots bailed out) I'm pleased to say Gallus survived the war (by then a Warrant Officer), got married and lived in Northampton until his death on 19th April 2011. Anyway, this is my model of P3100. It's the lovely new(ish) Airfix 1/48 Mk.I. I'm sure you've seen the ICM figures a million times before but I found a photo of a 316 Squadron Hurricane with a couple of 316 Squadron personnel - one wearing a peaked cap and another with an Irvin flying jacket, so they seemed appropriate! I couldn't find a 1/48 trolley acc so had to scratch build this one. It's not 100% accurate but I'm happy enough with it. And, as a tribute to the man himself, Sgt. Pawel Piotr Gallus, All the best, Mark UPDATE- finished fettling this at last. Added chocks, parachute and dog's ball!