stevej60 Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, noelh said: I have this particular Hurricane on my to do list. In fact both as P5178 sitting forlornly on it's belly in a field and as 93 serving in the Air Corps. I imagine the reason for the silver underside is that very belly landing. Probably repainted after the damage was repaired. You can see a lot of wear on one wing. Incidentally I believe the pilot flying 93 in the photos posted by Tony was actually RAF. Flt Lt Don West who'd been sent over to train the Air Corps pilots on the Hurricane. Interesting note on the pilot Noel so they must have had the strange situation of an RAF pilot training the Irish airmen while a few miles away RAF internee's kicking their heel's in internment,I understand one Canadian simply walked out and returned to the North only to be sent back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 38 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Interesting note on the pilot Noel so they must have had the strange situation of an RAF pilot training the Irish airmen while a few miles away RAF internee's kicking their heel's in internment,I understand one Canadian simply walked out and returned to the North only to be sent back. Actually he was American, famously his Spitfire was recovered a few years ago. It was featured in a BBC documentary with Dan Snow. Yes it must have been odd for West. But he could easily have met some of them for a drink as they were allowed out on parole. They couldn't escape on parole but could by other means and many did no doubt helped by sympathetic locals. The original pilot of the Hurricane did escape but was later killed in action. Also I think by the time West was there all pretence of neutrality had been dropped and only crew who were actually deemed to be on operational duties were interned and that was broadly interpreted. Very strange times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) Morning folk's,glossed a day or so ago so today the main decal's applied. The undersides really look great with the Irish tricolour marking's and those huge number's,the decal's by the way were first class to apply. The one thing I was missing was the correct prop so I have a couple of old Airfix build's that to be honest were not my best so I pinched one for this one. Edited July 12, 2018 by stevej60 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Looking very nice with the decals on ! Guess it will not be long before this one hits the gallery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Morning folk's,she's up onher feet,had a wash into the panels and a dry brush of silver over the wing leading edge's just a few stencil's to add then time for a matt coat. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looking good Steve, I do find that scheme very attractive, both familiar and different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Hi folk's last one before the gallery,just blasted a coat of matt on then those lamp and navigation glazing and the canopy to glue in place. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I’ve always had a soft spot for the Irish Air Corps ever since visiting them in the 80’s. That is looking the business. 👍🏻👍🏻 My only observation is that in some of the photos 93 is shown with the initial unarmorured windscreen which is only something I’d noticed recently despite having stared at the photo for years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Superb as always Steve. Hurricane looks great in those colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Looking forward to seeing this in the gallery ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Morning folk's finished and in the gallery,thank's for the interest and input been a great helpwith the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Very nice model, glad to see this completed, well done ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Giorgio N said: Very nice model, glad to see this completed, well done ! Thank's Giorgio,and goodluck with the rest of the GB I'll be watching and may be back before the end for a sneaky little 1/72 entry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Looking very striking in those IAC markings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Love those Irish markings Well done Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice to see something from the Old Country...🇮🇪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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