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It's hard to imagine just how heartbroken the Woods-Scawen family must have been on the night of 2nd September 1940. Having already been informed that their eldest son Patrick was missing in action the previous day, they had now been notified that his younger brother, Tony, had been killed in action. War can be unbelievably cruel. Patrick flew with No. 85 Squadron and had been with them since 1938, fighting in France a part of the BEF and shooting down six enemy aircraft, though he was himself forced to take to his parachute but rejoined his unit afterwards. Patrick's eyesight was apparently notoriously poor, earning him the nickname "Wombat". One of his squadron mates described him as "as brave as a lion and as blind as a bat." His actions in the Battle Of France earned him a DFC, with which he was Gazetted on 25th June. Patrick and No. 85 Squadron were heavily committed in the Battle Of Britain and he claimed another four destroyed before his death. On 1st September, whilst flying Hurricane P3150, No. 85 Squadron sent eleven Hurricanes to intercept a raid heading for airfields south of London. Five of the eleven Hurricanes were shot down during the dogfight, with two pilots uninjured, one being injured and one later dying of his injuries. Patrick's Hurricane did not return. His aircraft was found the next day, unmanned, so they knew he must have managed to bale out. He was posted as Missing In Action and it was hoped that he might be found alive, wounded or unconscious. Charles Anthony "Tony" Woods-Scawen had joined the RAF several months after his elder brother and was posted to No. 43 Squadron. He saw action over Dunkirk, scoring his first confirmed kill on 7th June, this being a Bf 109E, though was himself shot down and took to his parachute, walking through enemy held territory and evacuating from Cherbourg. He was awarded the DFC for his efforts to get back to the fight. He claimed another seven destroyed during the BoB, though he was shot down again on 16th August, being slightly injured. Tony did not know his brother was missing when he took off from Tangmere, flying Hurricane V7420, to intercept a raid near Maidstone. During the melee, Tony's Hurricane was hit and caught fire. He apparently tried to get the burning aircraft on the ground but ended up having to bale out, too low for his parachute to deploy. He was killed instantly. Tony's funeral was three days later and it wasn't until the next day, 6th September, that Patrick's body was found in an overgrown garden in Kenley. Tragically, he had also baled out too low for his parachute to open. I first became aware of the story of the Woods-Scawen brothers whilst reading Alfred Price's The Hardest Day. It was difficult not to be moved by the tale and I resolved then that I would one day build models of both Hurricanes as a small tribute. Much like many of the aircraft I decide to build, little information is readily to hand at the time and it was only recently that an online search revealed some new information. A post on Facebook by a group called Cammfollowers revealed that P3150 was coded VY@Z and also had a small representation of a painting by Barry Weekley that depicted the brothers' Hurricanes, with V7420 shown as FT@B. Another website, aviationsafety.net, has V7420 as FT@D. I'm not sure what to go with as yet, but it shouldn't be too difficult to modify a B to a D or vice-versa. Whilst I usually like to have a photo to work from, sometimes a "best educated guess" is the best one can hope for. So far, I have the following written down as a guide: P3150/VY@Z. Built by Gloster as part of the first batch of 500, this batch being completed in April 1940. B scheme, with BS 381C No. 1 Sky Blue undersides (this colour has been noted on remains of a No. 85 Sqn Hurricane from this period) painted over the original night/white. Bright roundel & fin flash colours for the upper wing and fuselage, with dull colours for the undersides. Fuselage roundel modified from type A to A1 by adding a yellow ring. Exhaust shields fitted. V7420/FT@B or D. Built by Hawker with batch deliveries from 02/07/40. Sky undersides and dull roundel/flash colours throughout. B scheme. If anyone sees any errors or can add to what I have, I'd be eternally grateful. I'll go with the Rotol prop with these, but it would be easy enough to swap over to a DH unit if need be. I'll be using another two Arma 1/72 Mk Is for this build, as I feel that they are by far the best representation of the Hurricane in this scale and are nicely detailed and good value. Some of you may have noticed that I have already started an Arma Hurricane in another entry for this groupbuild, but hopefully you won't get bored of Hurricanes just yet! Here's the boxes: I'm using the Junior boxing this time, so I;ll have to obtain some paint masks from elsewhere. The sprues look like this: The keen-eyed amongst you may have noticed that the wheel well parts (top left in the bottom pic) have suffered some damage in transit, being somewhat bent out of shape. The other kit was fine. The paints needed for the two kits. All Colourcoats except for an ancient tin of Humbrol No. 78 for the interior Grey Green. I ended up with over ten tins of it in an eBay lot several years ago and I think they'll last me a while yet! As I already had made a start on another Arma Hurricane, I thought I'd dive right in and try to get them at a similar stage so that I could get a mini production line going. I removed most of the parts from the sprues, started to clean up the bits I would need first and got spraying as soon as possible. The extra bits are from the other Hurricane in a separate entry. I got the wheel well assemblies together and primed them. You might just be able to make out the one that was bent, but I think it won't show once the wings are joined. Incidentally, I found that the parts go together much better if you use the following sequence: Attach the rear of the gear bay assembly (part 20) to the upper wing first and allow the glue to set. Remove the locating tabs on the front of the gear bay assembly (part 21- they're too big and won't fit anyway) and fit the small cylinder (part 22). Then attach to the upper wing/rear gear bay assembly. For some reason, doing it this way means that the two bracing strut (?) parts (23 and 24) fit much better than if you follow the instructions. I managed to get a bit more done after these photos were taken, so the gear bays are now painted aluminium (Humbrol Metalcote) and will be coated with Klear tomorrow, as I think it looks more like aluminium paint that way. Thanks for looking and cheers, Mark.