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Hello! Here is my Revell/Momogram 1/32 Hurricane Mk.IIc. I have wanted a Hurricane in 1/32 for a long time but never came across one for a "good price". Eventually I saw this kit on an auction site and despite the vendor stating that a "few" parts had been glued together I thought I would bid a low price on it and see what happened..... What arrived on my workbench was as described, plus all the flying surfaces had been removed. Badly. After some bad language................. and a cup of tea I thought "Nothing ventured-nothing gained." So I played the cards I'd been dealt and set to work! This kit can easily be built OOB, but it screams for some more detail to be added! To this end, I re-scribed the airframe (not too well, but never mind!), modified the cannon barrels and the exhaust stubs. I purchased the Grey Matter resin cockpit which for me, was a real faff to put together as my right hand was not too well at the time. (its on the mend now!) It was very frustrating, but all of my red faced huffing and puffing gave way to a half decent office! With the cockpit out of the way, I made repairs to the moving surfaces and it was necessary to modify them slightly in order to get a good fit to the airframe. This is not museum quality work here, just good enough to please my own eye! Building was much easier after all that! Soon came the painting and I used Mr. Hobby RAF Dark Earth/RAF Middle Stone for the upper surface with my own mix of Tamiya Azure Blue on the lower surface. The kit decals despite their age, did appear to be usable but I did not want to risk it so I bought an aftermarket sheet made by Techmod. The scheme I chose was that of Hurricane BP588 from 33 Sqn. RAF, based in Libya during November 1942. It was the mount of Squadron Leader S.C Norris. Once all the markings were sealed, it was the fun bit-weathering! I used my own panel line wash and let it dry. Next step was to add some paint chipping with some Prismacolour pencils, first time I used this product, I need more practice but I like the results I ended up with. Last step was to spray my own mix of dust over the entire model to bring a uniform finish to the airframe. The display base was my usual home-made fare. And there we have it, a 1/32 Hurricane built on a budget! Hope you like this one!
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I'll be building the aircraft of PIt Off Leonard Walter Stevens and Plt Off Arthur Victor Clowes.- 14 replies
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My second entry in the BoB GB. Old tool Airfix Hurricane 1. I have the new tooling but thought i'd do the oldie first to see how it stands up to all the new versions of the kit that are being modeled. I have a falcon vac canopy, and some AM decals for this one, other than that it will be oot the box! I am toying with the idea of modeling it on a clear plastic rod with the prop spinning and the wheels going up.... but i'll see how it goes. Markings are from Aces of the Empire sheet with one option of an unknown Polish pilot, which appeals to me as mostly folk model the aces aircraft. Anyway, heres some pics of the box n' bits!!- 120 replies
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Hi folk,s this one was a stalled build which sat half built when I switched to 1/48 for the BoB GB and I discovered the beautiful Eduard 109,s.I picked it up at the Northern show as an Airfix club boxing which is their standard MK2 with an extra sprue containing the cannon armament and a lovely set of decal's from 3D.So standard OOB build with no corrections to panel lines(sorry to the purists) and my usual home mixed colours.Many thanks for looking.
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I have been procrastinating for months now and have spent more time writing on the forum than doing any modelling and work and family have taken up much of the spare time. It has been easier to veg in front of the computer than the work bench. I vacillated between the many kits. Enough said. I have now received the Aires resin cockpit. I started on the kit cockpit. While the model detail is good, the cockpit seems unfinished compared to the Hasegawa kit. I will be posting photos regularly and look forward to comments, help and criticism
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I present my Airfix rag wing Mk 1 Hawker Hurricane i-205 (ex L1751) as it appeared during trials in Britain for the Royal Yugoslav Air Force in 1938. The Yugoslav government purchased 12 Mk 1 Hurri's for the RYAF in that year and ordered another 12, with a license to build more at the Rogozarski and Zmaj factories. The build was pretty straightforward, and done OOB with the exception of Tamiya tape harness, decals (and resin 5 spoke wheels) from Kora, and a little "scratch work" / modifying by me. This was the first time I have used slide decals, and I found them to be okay once they started to move off the backing paper. The wheels that are supplied with the kit are the 4 spoke variety, though I understand that the early Hurricanes had 5 spoke. The Kora decal set provides a resin pair of 5 spoke wheels, though these have only a small hole to mount to the undercarriage, (the Airfix wheels use a slot) and the Kora wheels looked small, thin and lacked the weighted bulge. So I used a dremel tool to grind the face side of the hub out of the Airfix hub, and glued in the 5 spoke resin hub. Navigation lights were made by gluing and sanding clear sprue that first had a small hole drilled in the back, filled with clear red or green paint. The underside formation (?) light was not fitted when I attached the wing and fuselage. Oops !!! So I made a cone shaped one and fitted it at the end of the build. I used a hair from one of my Corgis (dog) for the antenna, however it is a poor effort and shall be replaced with stretched sprue. Also not happy with my effort to replicate the gun port tape. The paint colour mixed okay, but it needs to be done with decal,tape or foil, to lessen the holes definition. Will fix sometime. Thanks for looking. Feel free to offer advice, hints, criticism, etc...
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Since I finished my brace of Spitfires I thought I'd have a go at an idea I've had kicking around for a while, combining a rag wing Hurricane and a Messerschmit bf109 with an old stand I had lying around. This was supposed to be done a while back to clear out time for a Battle of Britain build but when do we ever stick to any schedule we plan? Both kits are the new tools from Airfix, the 109 is the starter kit edition. Both are good builds, very easy and go together quickly, though how the top and bottom of the wings on the Hurricane have wound up different sizes is beyond me. This was done as a first experiment with weathering more than anything so the finish on both is a bit scrappier than I would normally aim for and I wasn't sure if I was going to put them up here but I'm generally pleased with the result so thought I may as well. Hurri first This was finished first and so is my first attempt at weathering. This was in no way because it represents a fighter operating away from home for some time so I could get away with being a little heavy handed. Also, the port red gun decal went missing mysteriously overnight after application so had to paint a red patch which is a bit scrappy. The 109 Again, not the best finish but not what I was aiming for with this one. And the finished article Had fun with these and looking forward to working on these skills in the future. Thanks for looking.
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Hi, Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain there will be a mass flypast of 40 aircraft beginning at midday today. From the website: On 15th September 2015, the 75th anniversary of victory in Battle of Britain, an estimated 40 Spitfires and Hurricanes and Blenheims from across the UK, USA and Europe will come to Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, to take part in an historic flypast over the South of England. The event brings together in one place more Battle of Britain aircraft than at any time since World War Two. Present day aircraft owners, operators, pilots and engineers will congregate to create an event aimed to show those few remaining veterans who fought 75 years ago, and everyone that they stand for and on behalf of, that we, the modern generation, care about the sacrifices they made, that we will not forget them, and ultimately to thank them. http://www.battleofbritainday.co.uk/#!routes/c1px Thanks, Sean
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Hi everyone Hot on the heals of my Spitfire and Albion is my next build the Airfix Hurricane. Again this will be incorporated into a diorama of a BofB Hurricane under going a some maintenance. I've opened the maintenance hatch on the starboard side of the cockpit, the access panel to the Radio Type 1133 on the port side of the air frame, I'll also open the gun bays and lastly I want to show this Hurricane undergoing a wheel change so I'll scratch build a Dunlop 2.5 tonne jack. Well that's, that! Cheers Iain -
Hi, i will be entering my build of the Airfix 1/48 Ready For Battle gift set. i have had my eye on getting this kit for some time, and when i found out about this group build i thought it enough justification to build this kit/set (i was going to build the Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk IXc, which will just have to wait). annoyingly i will have to hand paint it as my airbrush is broken at the moment, but will try my best. (image courtesy of airfix)- 38 replies
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Hi all, I haven't posted in ages but I just got news from PCM that they have no plan to reissue their later version Hurricane kit; PCM 32012 - Hawker Hurricane MK.I Battle of Britain version w/metal wings I occasionally see these on US eBay for 100+ $ - seems to be more of the earlier "rag wing" version popping up once in awhile. Sigh... Anyone know of any other manufacturers out there with a 1:32 Hurricane in their pipeline? Given it's importance and critical role played in the Battle of Britain, and many other campaigns, I feel this aircraft has not been well represented by the industry. The Airfix and Tamiya 1:48 efforts may be the best ones out there today? Opinions, comments welcome! Cheers Eric PS - like many others, I'm still waiting to see if the 1:32 HK Models Lancaster ever does see the light of day...
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Now that my Phantom in the STGB is done, I am going to enter with this one: Can't wait to get started! -
1/24 Airfix Hurricane on easy terms - done!
Matt_L posted a topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Hello, After a pause, here's my big Hurricane finished, and you can see the WIP here. I got this at a very cheap price from a well-known shopping catalogue and even paid it off over three months. Value for Money modelling. It's my first 1/24th build, and despite the age of the kit it's good. I did some work to reduce the over-sized spinner, and would like to have done better with the canopy framing and would recommend fairing in the landing lights before painting, but it's very much a Hurricane and the scale gives the model 'presence'. Thanks to all who commented and advised, welcome your thoughts on the end product. Since these were taken I've added the aerial wires and the gun-sight. Camera struggled to focus on the finished cockpit, so here's one from the WIP... Hope you enjoy it, I certainly did, just need somewhere to house it now. Take care, Matt- 20 replies
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Like the Spitfire, the Hurricane had one too, but I struggle to get information how it was entering the cockpit. The oxygen bottle was behind the seat as can be seen on the Finnish Hurricane undergoing restoration. This is the only picture I could find showing the tube dangling down the seat. How does it get there from behind the seat? on the port or starboard side? It looks the valve on the bottle is on the starboard side, but the tube ends up on the port side of the seat... It would be great if anyone could shed some light onto this. Many thanks, Peter
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Here are some photographs of the completed MKI Hurricane by Airfix in 1/72nd Scale. First of all I need to thank Mitch K for sending me a spare canopy after mine met with disaster through my own stupidity, so once again thank you kindly. I know the Brown colour is incorrect but I liked how it looked when it had dried so I left it instead of re-painting, I did have a couple of issues during the build (other than me being stupid) but I am happy enough with the end result. Painted using a mix of Tamiya and Revell Acrylics and Varnished with Windsor and Newton Matt on the top side of the aircraft. I hope you like it and if you have any suggestions for improvements theyll be greatfully received. Oh and I tried out a different paint chip/wear method out just behind the gun access panels on each of the wings to see which method looked the best just incase you wonder why they look different. Bit of a WIP can be found on my blog here if that kind of thing floats you boat: http://kitsandbits.tumblr.com/tagged/kitsandbits-Airfix%20Hurricane%20MK1/chrono Here's the photos and once again thanks Mitch!!
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My second entry in the group build will be this fairly well known rag-wing survivor: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940. © IWM (CH 1434)IWM Non Commercial Licence As Stew has pointed out, transfers are available from AML. I have a resin gun bay set for the rag wing to try out too. -
Hello and thanks for your interest in this topic. This is my 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane IIc, a kit that I bought at a swap-meet of IMPS Austria a couple of years ago. Apart from the plastic sprues, it also contained a small etch fret by Eduard for the interior details, paint masks and a vacu canopy from Squadron. After many years of languishing in my stash (with the box already bleached and crumpled) I came across a Xtradecal Sheet "D-Day Anniversary Pt.1 (X72194)" that contains markings for a Hurricane with D-Day stripes - that's what I had been waiting for. Of course, this build is horribly late for that mentioned anniversary. By summer 1944, the Hurricane was already outdated and withdrawn from frontline service. However, a number of aircraft, still retaining their armament, served with 1697 Air Letter Despatch Service. They carried mail in the underwing pods from forward airfields in France to England. Some info about 1697 flight can be found here: thttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peop...a2943001.shtml This Revell kit dates back to the 1990s and is among the best-fitting model kits I've ever laid my hands on. You won't need any filler! The Eduard masks had not aged well, they had lost all their adhesive force and would literally 'fly away' when you spray them with the airbrush. The Squadron vacu was obviously not designed for this particular kit, being too wide. I did use Eduard's photo etch pieces for the cockpit interior, though. A new vacu from Rob Taurus was purchased. The model was sprayed with acrylic colors from Gunze/Mr.Hobby. D-Day stripes are all airbrushed, too. Photographed by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Thank you.- 22 replies
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I think it's time to jump in here with this ... the Airfix Hurricane 1, current tool, from the 'Gift Set' It's going to be out of the box, with no after market products. OK, at the moment, I plan to use the kit transfers decals, but I have a set of decals in the post, and will see if any of these are appropriate for this kit/GB. The plastic ... The fuselage seems pretty normal with the ventral strake (tail-wheel fairing?) The wing is, however, fabric (rag-wing?) .. That suprised me, but there are images of original (I belive) aircraft hanging in the Science Museum. Wish me luck with this one
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Good morning to all, I want to participate in this group with a 87 Squadron RAF Hurricane Mk.I, piloted by ace Ian R. Gleed. The plane shows the personal mark of Gleed, a cat named Figaro that appears in the Disney film Pinocchio, and that was his personal emblem on all planes in which he flew to his disappearance The kit is the Mk.I 1/48 Hasegawa Nightfighter, although I build day fighter. Like almost all models of this brand the level of detail is very high and the quality of finish is remarkable. I put the ceremonial pictures of the box and some content here. I will use some aftermarket as Eduard's RAF seatbelts WWII and a paint mask of the same brand that has not yet arrived. I hope to do a good job because both the event and the site deserve. Thank you very much to all and welcome.- 13 replies
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Hi all,third and final 1/48 scale entry is the Airfix new tool Hurricane which in the box looks to be a stunner,she will be finished in the colour,s of 303(Polish) Sqn RAF flown by Fl.Off.Witold Urbanowicz (see link)This build is dedicated to the pilots from the Commonwealth and other countries that took part in the Battle of Britain especially those Poles and Czechs who would never return home and enjoy the Freedom they fought so hard to secure for the rest of us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Urbanowicz
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Can anyone help with info on Tom's Hurricane. His log book shows that he flew V7313 mostly during late 1940. Thanks
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Here is another of my older builds. The very nice new tool Mk 1 Hurricane from Airfix. Went together like a dream and has lots of nice detail. Built OOTB part brush painted part rattle can. Hope you like!
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Being rather intrigued by the night/white underside painting of early-war RAF types, I was wondering what types were so painted. So far I have both the Hurricane & Spitfire, but am curious about whether other types, such as the Gladiator, Blenheim, Wellington, and Battle were similarly marked. Thanks.
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I finally finished my 1/48 Hurricane Mk I trop, as flown by Flying Officer V. C. "Woody" Woodward (Canada's second highest scoring ace) in Egypt 1940. No, I couldn't use the excellent Airfix, Italeri or Hasegawa kits - I had to beat my head against the @*&%$# Ark kit from Russia. (this explains the lack of "in progress" pictures, it wasn't till near the end that I thought it would be presentable!) On with the show (sorry there's so many photo's) Woody Woodward, in 1940, Egypt Thanks for looking, and comment and critiques always welcome, Colin- 19 replies
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