tonyot Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hiya Folks, Another quick update,..... I`ve added the first coat of Dark Earth. Unfortunately I`ve used up the last bottle of my favoured Aeromaster/Polly Scale acrylic stash so opted for Pactra,.....which is a bit too thick and not providing good enough coverage for my liking Wish me luck with the following coats!! Cheers Tony 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Acrylic first coats always look naff - it will smarten up with the next few coats. Your camo lines look very neat - Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Don't worry, Pactras are OK. Just dilute it with vodka (seriously!) and paint many layers with very thin paint. 4th-5th layer will look almost perfect. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 19 minutes ago, GrzeM said: Don't worry, Pactras are OK. Just dilute it with vodka (seriously!) and paint many layers with very thin paint. 4th-5th layer will look almost perfect. I`ll give that a try,....... trust a Pole to come up with that fix,...brilliant!!! I usually sand in between coats and try using vallejo acrylic thinner,...... but Vodka makes sense,... although it might not be as good as the stuff that you are used to. Cheers Tony 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 29 minutes ago, Kitchen Modeller said: Acrylic first coats always look naff - it will smarten up with the next few coats. Your camo lines look very neat - Looking good! Thanks,.....yeah I know the first coat always looks naff, ....... glad you like the lines, I used a very fine brush and filled in with a thicker one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 2nd coat on yet? Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Max Headroom said: 2nd coat on yet? Trevor Yes,...... it as a disaster and has been sanded off mate! I couldn`t find any Vodka to thin my Pactra Dark Earth,...... I`m searching for a suitable replacement at the moment! I did find a bottle of part used Polly Scale but that was thick too and went on like putty! Cheers Tony 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Sorry to hear of your mishap with the paint Tony, I hope you get it back on track soon. PS. Vodka isn't generally for sale in model shops. Mores the pity. 😊 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 27/12/2018 at 19:22, Beard said: I'm about to order one of these but seeing it built makes me think I should buy more than one - especially as you're going to be buying them all - but what to do with the banana box half-full of Airfix ones? Send them to me, always need more Hurricanes. 😁 Rio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hiya Folks,...... after a sanding session, I watered down the Polly Scale paint and I`m in the middle of filling in the Dark Earth areas,..... which still need to be tidied up yet; Cheers Tony 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Great work Tony so far they look like cracking kits. One day maybe for me, but work on the house has started in earnest again so modelling time now very restricted (I am thinking of all of those brownie points I am banking for when the work is done !!!). Keep up the good work. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looks really nice. Watching yours and @Procopius‘s builds of this wonderful looking kit is really testing my resolve to limit further expansion of my stash! AW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicni komisar Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Tony!! is happy to watch your work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hiya Folks, A bit more progress,..... (using Village.photos after my Flickr account was stopped for being too large!) after sanding most of the camo off and trying again with ever thinner paint,.....here it is with the decals applied, for 73 Sqn in the Western Desert, from the Xtradecal sheet; And here it is with the second model; Cheers, Tony 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 That looks splendid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Looking very nice indeed. You should be on commission from Arma for the amount of models they’ll sell thanks to this thread! I’m intruiged by the light coloured ring at the front of the nose. Is that supposed to be a replacement cowling part? Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 That looks absolutely splendid, sir. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Cheers Fella`s,..... glad you like it and I wish that I was on commission lol!!! I did this aircraft previously in 1/32nd scale using the PCM kit; And here it is with a photo of the real thing,...... I hand painted the 73 Sqn flash onto this large model; The silver forward ring was either a replacement part,..... or more likely part of the early `spaghetti' style scheme found on Hurricane`s circa 1941,...... with silver areas added to the nose and wing leading edges with `squiggles' added,....... the colours of the squiggles are said to range from green & brown to blue and violet,......I couldn`t see definite signs of these so only lightly represented what I could see using green. I`m also not sure whether they were on the wing leading edges (some versions of the photo show some sort of trace,...others show nothing!),...... so as the side of nose wasn`t painted the same way, I assumed that the `spaghetti' scheme was being removed,.....phew! Some were seen with just the silver paint without squiggles too. Cheers Tony Edited January 20, 2019 by tonyot 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hiya Folks, Almost finished the first one,...... the second one has had its Dk. Earth Uppers applied; And the second one has now had the first coat of Dark Green brushed on; Cheers Tony 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hiya Folks, Well I`m calling the first one finished,... and here it is wearing its 73 Sqn desert markings,.....compared with a Hasegawa kit (boxed by H Hobby), wearing 303 Sqn markings; And some more; I`ll stick an RFI in later, Thanks for all of your encouragement and if you bought one yourself, then I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Cheers Tony 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy1988 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Lovely bit of progress and a great finish! That kit looks rather exceptional, indeed... -Gregory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Looking great Tony! Ive just started mine and I’m having really enjoying it. Thanks for sharing, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 That looks rather tasty Tony, congratulations. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Excellent job on the Hurricane(s), Tony! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Nice. Received my Junior edition last Friday. Didn't feel the need for the etch as what plastic detail there is is good enough for me. Lots of flash on the main sprue though...but very very little on the actual parts,. Moulds must be wearing down already due to demand maybe?? Not sure when I will start it but not any time soon. I need the inspiration to do a Hurricane first and plenty of it here but as I said not planning to build just yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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