Stosh65 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Slightly late entry due to forgetting I didn't have anything in the stash and waiting for the employer to dole out the monthly pennies. However a quick trip the big H website last week led to the arrival of this bundle of joy this afternoon. I had one of these on the ceiling when I was a kid, always loved it. I had a flight game for the PS3 last year where you could fly one of these in the battle of Britain. One shot tended to be enough. I toyed with the idea of doing a MkV, simply for novelty value but This won out. So, the sprues. That pic hasn't turned out well. There is detail on the styrene. Looks quite nice actually. Really looking forward to this one. Is this resin I see before me? That'll be a first, never worked with it before. Any thing obvious I should be aware of? Finally, as in the title, this'll be a North African Desert Air Force crate. Always wanted to do one of these. This thread is pretty much a place marker until I finish my Tucano for the Made in GB group build but I'm hoping for a good push on that this weekend as I'm off on Monday. See you all soon. Edited April 28, 2016 by Stosh65 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Didn't know there was a iid in greygreen in this kit, might have to get this, will be watching the build with interest, not build anyone the az/legato hurricanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 another IID, very neat. Please have a look here, in particular note the youtube link in the first link http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234996745-airfix-flying-tin-opener-and-it-aint-for-baked-beans/#entry2252550 the 164 Sq plane is here http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Hurricane/Hawker-Hurricane/pages/Hurricane-MkIId-RAF-164Sqn-FJM-KX413-and-FJG-KX561-Middle-Wallop-June-1943-IWM-NegCH16223.html FJ-G/KX561 in the background, Note the unusual reversal of the uppersurface colours, and would make for a different scheme to the JV-Z option. I don't know if these are actually Mk IV rather than IId though, plane in from FJ-H/KX413 looks to have an armoured radiator. 184 sq also flew IId's, hard to make out what's what, but a few photos here http://www.184squadron.com/photoarchive.html plus the ORB, which IIRC have serial numbers. cheers T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Didn't know there was a iid in greygreen in this kit, might have to get this, will be watching the build with interest, not build anyone the az/legato hurricanes There's decals for a grey/green scheme based at middle wallop and a russian bird in greys. I could pop a picture when I retrieve the box from the stash? Thanks for the links Troy, the video of the cannon is great. Those rounds are huge! As said in the other thread, its amazing to see how low they got. I may well flip the colours, I'm not a stickler for accuracy by any measure but we'll see how I feel when we get to that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 There's decals for a grey/green scheme based at middle wallop and a russian bird in greys. I could pop a picture when I retrieve the box from the stash? Thanks for the links Troy, the video of the cannon is great. Those rounds are huge! As said in the other thread, its amazing to see how low they got. I may well flip the colours, I'm not a stickler for accuracy by any measure but we'll see how I feel when we get to that stage. the Soviet one is most likely in RAF day fighter scheme, I only know of photos of two Soviet IId's, both should be in the links, KX171 at the NII VVS (Soviet test centre) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234963507-all-the-hurricane-questions-you-want-to-ask-here/?p=1767486 and the crashed one with 21 on the tail, which looks to have had the nose panels replaced. http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1500.0 cheers T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Its the one with 21 on the tail that's in the box for this kit. The box hadn't actually been tidied away (shocking) so got a quick pic of the three schemes you can do OOB. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I really want to build a iid, my LHS had the airfix 1/72 club kit on sale the other day... I may need to pop back there! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 It's the connoisseur's hurri. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Neato, I don't think I've ever seen one of these built before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 So long as the insurance replaces my stolen laptop you shall soon(ish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 And we're off! With the Tucano safely into the gallery of the Made In Britain GB and a shiny new laptop courtesy of my insurers following that unfortunate burglary incident I can catch up on the (admittedly not huge) progress on this. The cockpit is the obvious starting point. Sadly, I managed to shatter the lovely resin seat so had to put in a seat from an old Hawker Typhoon kit which needed cut down to fit. Started work on the paint for the pit and fitted the gear wells and upper parts to the wings last night. Dry fitted the fuselage but didn't take a picture, its sits in nicely. Finished off painting the 'pit and inside the fuselage. Main build hopefully to get done over the weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Dry fitted the fuselage but didn't take a picture, its sits in nicely. That's unusual for an AZ kit of this vintage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Blind luck most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 So got the main build done on this today. Fuselage buttoned up well enough, there's a little work to do but it doesn't really show in the pictures. Joined the whole thing to the wings and added the tailplanes. A very nice fit when viewed from above. However, from any angle the underside is going to require a good amount of sanding, filling and adjustment. You can see from the wheel bay as well that there's a fair bit of flash to deal with as well. That's after a preliminary clean. Still, thus far I've enjoyed something a little more challenging. Next update when she's looking a little more respectable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 So a couple of nights filling, sanding and shaping has led us onto the finish of the main build. Undercarriage I always prefer to add after painting, its just less fiddly. The air filter and the guns are on so its begining to look more like it should. Just needs primed and then I can make a start to painting. However, the weather's been rubbish and I'm only allowed to spray outdoors so no idea when I'll get that done. The instructions are vague on the positioning of everything and there's no such thing as location pins so the cannon maybe in slightly the wrong place. Whilst this is an older kit the fit has been surprisingly good for the most part, especially around the wing roots but it has its moments. The rear of the lower wing to fuselage join was horrendous as you can see. Still enjoying the challenge though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Seems to be coming along quite nicely! How did the spinner go together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Gappy. It's probably slightly off straight but not so you notice with the naked eye. Once primed and painted it'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Wow, slow progress is the order of the day. Finally picked up the paints I needed last night so the first coat of azure blue is on the underside. New brushes I stole from the wife after an abortive painting hobby a couple of years back. There giving a lovely finish thus far but you can't really see the colour as yet. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Been working away on the paint this week but updates are proving hard to squeeze in as my wife is working away on her masters in education so needs the laptop all the time and my tablet won't let me post pictures. However, she's enjoying a well deserved long lie at the mo so here goes. Underside painting completed. I love the colour of the azure blue, its just beautiful. Its Humbrol enamel and I'm aware there's some debate over shades, not interested. The topsides have had a couple of coats. The stone will need at least one more and the brown some touching up which I hope to get dome today. We're off to Copenhagen for a few days on Monday and I've got a pre-season game for the football team on Sunday so probably be next weekend for my next update. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Ah, I remember when my wife got her Masters in Education -- we were just married and she ended up going to school 400 miles away for it, and since we only had enough money for one apartment, she lived in one in St. Paul and I had to live with my in-laws for a year. Between that and having to take the bus to visit her...never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 We've been lucky in that it's all funded but it is part time distance learning so it been three years thus far. But she's got a couple of assignments due end of next month so it's busy right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Finished off painting the camo in the last couple of days. I know its not perfect but its good enough for me. I'm going to finish off my Jag for the starter set GB before going any further with this so I'll go a bit quiet again. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 So the Jag is done and back to pushing on with this. Glossed and got the decals on. They were good, went on nicely and they've generally settled well. Slight problem with the code letters on one side but that's mostly down to me putting them in the wrong place and then having to move them when they were half settled. Started the undercarriage last night. Like the rest of the kit the fit is not the best but the detail is pretty good. Stencils were provided on the decal sheet but nowhere is it listed where to put them in the instructions or paint guide. So using my mk1 Hurri as a rough guide I've pretty much improvised them. I'm happy with what I've used. Another gloss coat needed to seal everything and then its weathering time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 and then having to move them when they were half settled. None but the brave deserve the fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Thats looking pretty nice. I did a later 6 sqn one a year or so back, a favourite colour scheme of mine, you've caught it nicely. Don't worry about the Humbrol Azure, its spot on. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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