stoohoo Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hi All, Just completed this kit and managed to get a few piccies so thought I would post them up. The kit is the Revell Hurricane Mk. IIC. Its one of their nicer efforts, lovely recessed surface detail, good fit (apart from the tropical air filter!) and even the transparencies (which seem to be a bit hit and miss on their small scale kits) were good. There was a desert or south east asia option in the box, I went with desert as I do like the mid stone/dark earth/azure blue scheme. The only additions were a tag to the top of the radio mast, aerial wire from fishing mono and replaced the thick leading edge lights with some heat moulded from PETG sheet, they look a bit a bit better that whats in the box but not great. Paints used were gunze for the mid stone and Xtracrylics for the rest. Finished with an oil wash and Xtracrylics matt varnish. Anyway on with the pics and thanks for looking, Stu 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Agree with your canopy comments. It's what puts me off their Sea Hurricane. However, you've got round that issue on this one. Nice job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 You can't beat a nice Hurricane. Lovely paint job and subtle weathering. I must tackle some of the ones in my stash one day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nice work, indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Love a desert hurricane! You have done a cracking job. Was it just xtracrylic called azure blue for the undersides? Or is it another name.... sorry never used them but I like the colour you have there Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Very nice, really like the desert camo scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 That is a superb Hurricane! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_the_drummer Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Very very nicely done - great paintwork, and the weathering looks very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Very nice build. Like that paint scheme - you did it justice. What colors did you use? Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Always good to see another hurricane build. Lovely scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) Thanks all for taking the time to leave such nice comments Darby - the canopy in this one is pretty decent though the sliding part doesn't quite meet the rails when opened... I made their ME262 a few years back and its a really nicely detailed kit but the canopy was really poor, similar case with their P47 though not as bad. Still really rewarding kits for the money though. If you do build the Sea Hurri there is an absolutely superb build article here if you haven't already seen it, cant get the link thingy to work but if you cut and paste into your address bar - http://www.ratomodeling.com/finished/fleet_defender/ Rob, Michael, the paints used were Xtracrylics azure blue and dark earth and Gunze aqueous mid stone. They all spray really well though the Xtracrylics tend to take a few thin coats to build up coverage. Cheers again, Stu Edit - What do you know, the link thingy did work! Edited April 18, 2015 by stoohoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Beautifully built and finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Looks like you've got a theme brewing here Stu with this and the Matilda? Great job with the bleached paint work and great use of your car's bonnet! Tim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Great little Hurricane, you made a beauty out of it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Thanks again guys Tim - ha ha you are right, glad to have a black car now it gives a good contrast on the photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hard to believe it's 1/72, stunning finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Great result! I din`t realize that desert colours combination can be so appealing. Really love that underside. And a beginner question: how did you achieve that paint chipping effect on the wings? Did you actually scratch the paint to reveal some underneath primer or was it metal colour applied after the main paintjob? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Thanks again Roger, Woody and Fin Fin - thanks, the paint chipping on the wings is just Games Workshop Mithril Silver and a piece of scotchbrite dabbed in the paint and then dabbed on tissue until almost dry then onto the plane, it went on a bit heavy to be honest. I think I prefer the effect that hairspray or chipping fluid gives but completely forgot to do anything about this before putting the main colours on...doh. Cheers, Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Great looking Hurri, I agree that the desert scheme looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks again Roger, Woody and Fin Fin - thanks, the paint chipping on the wings is just Games Workshop Mithril Silver and a piece of scotchbrite dabbed in the paint and then dabbed on tissue until almost dry then onto the plane, it went on a bit heavy to be honest. I think I prefer the effect that hairspray or chipping fluid gives but completely forgot to do anything about this before putting the main colours on...doh. Cheers, Stu Thank you! I think I`ll try that method on one of my future builds. Looks pretty convincing and would skip the requirement for an underpaint layer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Great build and the camo looks really smart. I built the same kit doing the SEAC version of my next door neighbors grandfather. I agree the Revell kit builds up to a very nice finish. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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