tonyot Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Hiya Folks, I`ve wanted to build a model of a Greek Hurricane for a long time so as I had an Airfix special set which included a Hurricane Mk.IIb with Soviet markings I thought that I`d give it a go. This kit is the recent`ish' Airfix Hurricane Mk.IIc kit with an additional 12 gun Mk.IIb wing in the box but it still has the tiny tailplane, box like forward fuselage, shape issues and short propeller! The spares box was raided for a set of larger tailplanes and the propeller came from a very old Matchbox Hurricane while the forward fuselage was sanded like mad to reduce the box like look and the windscreen was also sanded and polished back again to improve the shape. Despite all of this the wing still looks too thin and I`m not happy with the shape of the model in general but here it is anyway,...come on Airfix, please replace this duffer of a kit with a new one!; Cheers Tony 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My favorite WW2 aircraft, the Hurricane - Another lovely model of the subject, Tony. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Very nice build - like the Hurri in this color. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Very nice return for all of that effort. Did the base kit's Russian markings include the sigma, or did you knock that up yourself? (Sorry - can't recall if the Cyrillic alphabet also uses sigma) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Opa! That looks excellent, Tony! Regarding the 'Sigma', and I don't know how Tony conjured it up, but Cyrillic doesn't have it - the 'S' in Cyrillic is represented by a 'C'. As a side note, the Cyrillic alphabet is based on the Greek alphabet. 'P', for example, represents an 'R' in both scripts. Regards, Jason Edited September 21, 2015 by Learstang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Thanks everybody, Glad you like it,.......the Sigma came from Sky Decals Hurricane sheet which includes a couple of Greek options. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I know it get's a lot of Stick but I love this kit and that,s a great example of it Tony,funny but these kit,s a selling for well over a tenner from the pre-owned dealer,s and don,t stick around to long so release a new one or re-release this one Airfix! Anyway back to the build,another great scheme you've dug out Tony,keep 'em coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancbuilder219 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Very nice. The Greek markings really look the part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpiggy Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 How unusual ... Caused a session of research which I thank you for. That's what makes this hobby so diverse. Thank you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve190 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Very nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 STUNNING.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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