Potato Pete Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 In with a second build, this time Airfix's old 1/72 Hurricane I'll be building it as P3522 GZ*V of 32 Squadron, which was photographed at Hawkinge on the 29th July piloted by P\O Rupert Smythe. Always liked the large squadron codes on 32 squadron Hurricanes. Smythe was shot down and wounded on 24th August. He did not return to operational flying and was released from the RAF in 1946. The plane was lost on the 10th Jan 1941 when it crashed at Caldbergh Moor in the Yorkshire Dales, killing the pilot. The decals will come from a Hasegawa Hurricane that became a paint testbed. I'll also be using the exhaust stacks from this kit and possibly the undercarriage too if it fits without too much effort. Progress so far: Airfix exhausts removed and slots cut for the Hasegawa replacements Some basic cockpit detailing And a bit more to the cockpit: control column, rudder bar and footboards. Seat harness from Eduard. Kind of basic but enough to busy up the sparse Airfix original. Cheers Pete 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Liking those seatbelts, good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nice bit of detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Watching with interest, these GB threads have shown how well the old Airfix Hurricane scrubs up with a bit of care and attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Looking like a great start, will be nice to see what you do with this. Cheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Good start Pete and looking forward to this... lovely old kit Watch the wing joint where it joins the fuselage at the front - I messed mine up and had to fill it and it's hard to get a nice transition after that (hard enough at the best of times!). I was also interested in the reference shot's line along the leading edge. I sanded mine off assuming it was flash - rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) A bit more progress. Fuselage closed up and cockpit in place, Generally ok but there is a gap between the fuselage and the back of the cockpit which will need filling I've roughly boxed in the undercarriage bay, just to hide the worst of the gaping gap that Airfix leave you with And now with the wings in place A definite improvement, still a bit bland, but I'll probably leave it at that. A a coat of Halfords finest primer Generally no major fit issues, the usual seam tidying, a bit of a gap along the port wing join but nothing to bad, and a bit of fettling to be done along the rear of the wing/fuselage join. However, having put it together, the narrow, tapered nose really sticks out to my mind. Maybe it looks worse than it is, and when I add the exhausts it will look a bit more boxy. Hope over expectation I fear. Anyway, she's all masked and flllered, so a bit of gentle sanding to tidy things up tomorrow. Cheers Pete Edited August 16, 2015 by Potato Pete 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Great progress Pete, I like the plastic card to cover the gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Very nice work indeed, looks every bit the hurricane to me. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Quick work,love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 And finally some paint on. Hmmmmm. I used Lifecolor's RAF Dark Earth, RAF Dark Green and Sky from the Lifelike series. It's the first time I've used them and they went on very nicely and technically I'm pleased with the result. Only a tiny bit of touching up to be done However colour wise I'm really not too sure. The dark earth is, to my mind, distinctly creamy and the dark green way too red. In artificial light, you could almost mistake the finish for a faded dark earth (represented by the dark green) and mid stone (represented by the dark earth). Maybe in natural light they'll look better. I have other Lifecolor Dark Earth (UA 092/FS 30118) and Dark Greens (UA 091/FS 34079 and UA 006/FS 34127). The Dark Earth is probably a bit too red, so I'd probably stick with what I've used, but the either of the Greens look a better match to RAF dark green to my eye. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Either way, I probably don't have the courage to remask the reapply the green and will put it down to experience. Cheers Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hard to comment on the colours from an iPad Pete but usual rules apply - it's your model and you need to decide if you're happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Done a bit of digging and it seems others have had similar concerns - UA 091 and UA 092 seem to be recommended alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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