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Dear Fellow BM Members. After my last USAAF build I fancied something a little different. I've always had a soft spot for the Hurricane. I felt that it's never really been given it's true glory, seemingly being outshone by its more glamorous stable mate The Spitfire. I wanted to do this and the latest 1:48 scale Airfix kit caught my eye. I saw a few examples done here on BM so I was inspired to have a go myself. Thanks to Dunny for principally inspiring me to do this one with his recent excellent build for this aircraft The kit is very good I must say. I enjoyed putting it together very much. Apologies that I didn't do a WIP thread for this build but I think others have covered their builds more admirably . A 'Viceless' kit? Very much so. This build has allowed me to explore a few modelling ' firsts' for me anyway... 1. Using Micro Sol and Micro Set 2. RAF Desert scheme colours 3. Pre shading panel lines with black Primer 4. Making a Desert Diorama There are a couple of ' mistakes ' . I hope they are not too noticeable. I just wanted to enjoy the build rather than fret over historically accurate details.. so OOB and using minimal masking with the airbrush . I didn't use grey Primer but just the rather excellent AK Real Colour RAF Desert Paint set. I sprayed very close to the model and totally freehand. I did this as I wanted to try and get a feathered effect between the camouflage colours. Panel lines picked out in black Tamiya panel lIne wash. The strange spaghetti pattern I did with Sharpie pens.. I present for your appreciation and delectation my Hurricane Mk1 of 274 Squadron RAF Somewhere in the Egyptian North African Desert in 1941. My paternal grandfather was a RASC driver , a Desert Rat in the 8th Army. I guess he may have seen Hurricanes exactly like this .. I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it! The Diorama base is a piece of red cedar plyboard (about 80 years old ) PVA glue applied , then real kiln dried sand, real gravel and some Lichen added to represent Desert scrub . I found this lichen near the beach at Southwold a few months ago and I dried out. It took less than an hour to make up! As promised some shots taken in natural light.... Regrds, Andy

First of the New Year and first of this series. The series is advertised as 'Pocket-Money' priced, which indeed the kits are @ £1.99, but may not be the best possible introduction to the hobby if they are intended to be that. Built this one OOB but it needed quite a bit of work to fit the lower wing part to the fuselage and the port upper wing part was damaged and needed filling at the wing root. A little more decal solution needed on the codes on the fuselage sides. Enjoyable and a worthwhile build at the price. Spit B by jonbru0903, on Flickr Spit A by jonbru0903, on Flickr Spit F by jonbru0903, on Flickr Spit D by jonbru0903, on Flickr Happy New Year to you all.