dogsbody Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Hello! I am going to attempt to build this kit as one of the early ragwings that arrived in Canada in Spring 1939. Here is a link to some questions I had and the answers I received: I have started by removing a few major components and cleaning/sanding edges. I have thinned down the insides of the wing trailing edges, hoping to avoid the thick edges that Airfix gives you. So far so good. It's been awhile since I last sat at the table and worked on styrene. Man, that can be hard on the back when you're old and out of shape. Anyhoos, here a picture to prove I am working on an actual real kit. A warning to any followers! My progress can be best described as glacial. I hope to do just this one kit in the next year. Chris 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I'll follow along if I may - I'm a great fan of the Hurricane. Hope the winter is not being to unkind to you I spent 3 years in Medicine Hat so know what the winter can be like! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Looking on with interest. It’s a lovely kit but those tolerances can be unforgiving. On all new Airfix kits, I now construct major assemblies eg cockpit detail then paint rather than the other way around. As a picture is worth a thousand words, here is an in progress shot of mine. The fabric area behind the gun port is wrong. It’s metal, so I filled in the recesses and smoothed back Hope this helps. Trevor 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Hamden said: I'll follow along if I may - I'm a great fan of the Hurricane. Hope the winter is not being to unkind to you I spent 3 years in Medicine Hat so know what the winter can be like! Roger It's not been too bad this winter. A few fairly cold spells but nothing too cold. Have to wait and see what February brings us. We were supposed to get about 20cm. of snow last night but it blew through south of us and we only got 1cm. or so. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 I have been slowly working on this as time and inclination allows. I've been removing parts from the sprues and doing clean-up on them. Nothing too much to clean-up, though. Just a bit of work with a sanding stick and the edge of an Xacto blade. I received my Iliad decals from Hannants a week ago. I may see if I can get another sheet so I can have some options for markings. If I get one more sheet, I can do either 311, 313 or 315. Viewable proof of forward movement. Chris 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 9:44 PM, dogsbody said: I received my Iliad decals from Hannants a week ago. I may see if I can get another sheet so I can have some options for markings. If I get one more sheet, I can do either 311, 313 or 315. Chris @dogsbody, you do know that Iliad are a local Canadian company and they'll sell you decals direct from sunny Ottowa? A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 hour ago, azureglo said: @dogsbody, you do know that Iliad are a local Canadian company and they'll sell you decals direct from sunny Ottowa? A I did not know that! Thank you for that information and I will be checking that out ASAP. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Sheet ordered! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Decal sheet arrived today. Thanks Iliad! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Back again. After a week of not being able to get on the forum and another week of suffering from my first cold in over two years, I'm back at the Hurricane again. I have the undercarriage bay assembled and was just about to paint it. As I don't have any Humbrol 56, I was going to use Tamiya XF-16. Alas, my old jar has gone a bit thick. It still stirs up okay but it's too thick for brush usage. Any recommendations on what I could thin it with. The only other paint I have that may provide a substitute are some Citadel Games Workshop metallics. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I usually find X20A thinner does the job HTH's Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) I actually got something done today. I tried painting the roof of the undercarriage bay ( upper wing ) with some just restored Tamiya XF-16. It went on okay and dried fairly quick. I forgot to add some flow inhancer but it turned out not too bad. I then tried restoring a bottle of Citadel Colours Mithril Silver. This seemed to work better than the XF-16. I poured a wee bit into another container and added a couple drops of the inhancer. With this I painted the interior of the bay ( lower wing ). There’s not much difference between the two colours. I then used it to do the lower cockpit walls. I did tell you all at the beginning that I worked at a glacial pace. Chris Edited March 30, 2018 by dogsbody 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Ladies and gentlemen, a colour question, if I may. What would be the proper colour to paint this bit of cockpit? Black? Cockpit grey-green? Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Im not an expert but @Troy Smith is as close to a Hurricane expert if I've ever seen one. However I've always painted that area black as its high up. Sometines i add a leather colored edge to simulate padding. But I've no proof thats correct just seems logical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 +1 for black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickthebrief Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 If I remember rightly, on Troy's most excellent "all the Hurricane questions you've wanted to ask...etc" thread, there's a photo of the unrestored early Hurricane in Finland that shows this area as (interior) green.... Just putting it out there... Either way, enjoy the kit - it's a little beauty. Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 15 hours ago, dogsbody said: What would be the proper colour to paint this bit of cockpit? Black? Cockpit grey-green? good question. internal bits, grey green, externaly visible, outside colour? The reason for the ? is I'm now wondering about desert scheme planes, as Middle Stone usually runs through the cockpit area. Hmm, ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.. © IWM (CH 1934) IWM Non Commercial License looks lighter than the Dark Green... Hmm. I'll have a look at some books later, as I have stuff to do now .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank083 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) Very Nice start My Canadian 🇨🇦friend. 👌 I will follow closely your build progress, I have the Airfix Sea Hurricane in my inventory. Your model will be a good source of experience.😁 Frank Edited April 20, 2018 by Frank083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Frank083 said: Very Nice start My Canadian 🇨🇦friend. 👌 I will follow closely your build progress, I have the Airfix Sea Hurricane in my inventory. Your model will be a good source of experience.😁 Frank Probably from the point of view of " Well, he made a mess of that. Do not do it that way " kind of experience. After all my years of life, I know I'm more of a bad example. Chris Edited April 20, 2018 by dogsbody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) Oopsie! double posting. my mistake! Chris Edited April 20, 2018 by dogsbody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Two views of Canadian-built Mk.XII. Both look to be a fairly light colour. Cockpit grey-green? Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldynewby Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Looking at those last two pics, I would suggest that the builders sprayed the airframe cockpit green/zinc chromate before fitting the canopy then painted the camo pattern when the build was completed. This would leave the coaming area "unfinished" in green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Following as doing one myself.. Info on this thread very useful keep it coming .... Best regards JW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 Howdy, peeps! Another question, this one on paint colour. Airfix ask you to paint the un-armoured rear cockpit panel Humbrol 70 Brick Red. I don't have any and was wondering what might be a close mix, using Tamiya paints? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Should that part really be painted brick red and not interior green? /André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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