TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Good afternoon Yesterday I starded the Hasegawa Hurricane Mk 1 that I will represent in the markings of the aircraft flown by Henry Lafont one of the few free french pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lafont My sources The box art The prues I will use the detailling set of Kuivalainen for the , I will replace the exhausts by Quickboost ones .. I started by the cockpit The seat with the belts and the instrument panel Today I placed the seat and the instrument panel And closed the fuselage Patrice Edited August 30, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Bonsoir Patrice, another build moving fast from the start! You are a brave man, tackling the Hasegawa kit, with its atrocious representation of the fabric structure on the fuselage! How are you going to improve it? Or are you just going to forget it ever existed? The Hurri is still a gorgeous plane and the kit is otherwise real nice! So I expect a great result at the end of it! Have fun JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Good morning Jr I will try to sand a little the representation of the fabric structure on the fuselage . the Hasegawa kit is the only Hurricane Mk 1 with metal wing so far .. I will try to obtain a good result .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Good evening Today I placed the engine Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I have this kit and planned to improve the rear fuselage by a coat or two of Tippex and then a light sanding. The kit also has an incorrect representation of the wheel wells, though as it's on the underside it can be ignored as no-one ever looks there.. the Hasegawa kit is the only Hurricane Mk 1 with metal wing so far .. Unfortunately, it's closer to a Mk.II in terms of length and has the B wing. If you fill the two outer ejection slots it'll be fine. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) I have this kit and planned to improve the rear fuselage by a coat or two of Tippex and then a light sanding. The kit also has an incorrect representation of the wheel wells, though as it's on the underside it can be ignored as no-one ever looks there.. Unfortunately, it's closer to a Mk.II in terms of length and has the B wing. If you fill the two outer ejection slots it'll be fine. John. Hood afternoon John Interesting way of improving the rear fuselage .. I must admit that I don't botter too much about the wheel wells .. I will fill the outer ejections slots and the acces panels corresponding ... If only Airfix had produced a metal winged Hurricane Mk 1 in 1/72 ...... Patrice Edited September 2, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Good morning A quick update yesterday night I placed the wings on the fuselage Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Salut Patrice, I am envious of people like you who can build so fast and so well. So far so good!!! Have fun with the rest of the build! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Salut Patrice, I am envious of people like you who can build so fast and so well. So far so good!!! Have fun with the rest of the build! JR Hello Jr Thank you I am doing my best .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Good evening This Week end I started painting the underside in Sky Humbrol 23 Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Good evening This Week end I started painting the uppersurfaces But I will have to do some more work .. Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Looking good Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I have this kit and planned to improve the rear fuselage by a coat or two of Tippex and then a light sanding. The kit also has an incorrect representation of the wheel wells, though as it's on the underside it can be ignored as no-one ever looks there.. Unfortunately, it's closer to a Mk.II in terms of length and has the B wing. If you fill the two outer ejection slots it'll be fine. John. Funny enough, I am building this issue of the hasegawa hurricane for this GB, and found that a general sanding of the fabric areas brings everything together. I too heard various -and flatly contradictory- things about the length of this issue of the mk1 hurricane. Apparently, hasegawa released later mk1 kits with a shorter nose to make a more accurate mk1. However, I measured both the nose of this kit, which worked out almost exactly the right length (51 scale inches, as opposed to 50.5 inches for the real thing) and then the length from the windscreen to the panel line immediately behind the exhausts. It is this area which is different between the mk1 and mk2; 41 inches vs 45. I worked it out the a fraction over 41 scale inches, or 14.5 mm in plastic. In short, I think this issue of the hasegawa hurricane is about right. In any instance, the 4inch difference between a mk1 and mk2 works out at exactly 1.4mm in plastic, and if you can see the differernce without a ruler then you're a better man than me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) Looking good Patrice Good morning CedB Thank you but I am not really satisfied with my painting job in fact after after having made an error in the camouflage scheme on sunday I had to repaint my Hurricane on monday ...I will try to improve it when I will do the weathering .. Patrice Edited September 9, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Funny enough, I am building this issue of the hasegawa hurricane for this GB, and found that a general sanding of the fabric areas brings everything together. I too heard various -and flatly contradictory- things about the length of this issue of the mk1 hurricane. Apparently, hasegawa released later mk1 kits with a shorter nose to make a more accurate mk1. However, I measured both the nose of this kit, which worked out almost exactly the right length (51 scale inches, as opposed to 50.5 inches for the real thing) and then the length from the windscreen to the panel line immediately behind the exhausts. It is this area which is different between the mk1 and mk2; 41 inches vs 45. I worked it out the a fraction over 41 scale inches, or 14.5 mm in plastic. In short, I think this issue of the hasegawa hurricane is about right. In any instance, the 4inch difference between a mk1 and mk2 works out at exactly 1.4mm in plastic, and if you can see the differernce without a ruler then you're a better man than me! Good morning PaulR I must admit that I don't bother too much about the measures problems of the Hasegawa model Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 As far as measurements are concerned, unless it is absolutely glaring, I do not think it is worth rectifying. It is always hard to make it look nice (OK, correction: I am nowhere near good enough to make this type of correction look seamless!). As we say where I come from: the best is the enemy of the good... for what it's worth. So Patrice, I am all behind you! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 Good evening At last after nearly 2weeks since the last update I managed to work on this one and today I placed the canopy (I finally decided to use the canopy of the kit and leave it closed ..) and started decalling .. Pics tommorow Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Good evening Today I placed the decals (Aeromaster for the letters and Modeldecal for the numbers ) .. Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 That's looking good Patrice Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Good morning Stew Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Great painting job Patrice! She looks superb with decals on! I have never built a Hurricane in my life, but I imagine that painting the canopy with all the framing, must have been fun! Great show! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Good afternoon Jean Thank you .. Bulding a Hurricane is not different from building a Spit if I can do it anybody can do it .. Well painting the canopy without any mask as I do requires a lot of calm , patience and good brushes . Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Looking good, Patrice. I especially like the shading of the camouflage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Great build coming together Patrice,looks a beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Good afternoon my friends Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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