Tired Old Puffers at the Last Ditch (3 x 1/72 Arma Hurricanes)

[tonyh]

1 hour ago, limeypilot said:

Or Imperial War Museum!

 

Ian

 

Or the Stratford Ale House in........

 

.Stratford-upon-Avon...

 

Regards

 

Tony

[Procopius]

On 1/10/2019 at 11:08 AM, Uncle Pete said:

With such self-deprecation I would tend to assume you're a transplant from the UK but earlier in the thread you mentioned your midwestern accent.  I've decided you're an honorary Brit whether you like it or not! 

I'M IN.

 

On 1/10/2019 at 11:08 AM, Uncle Pete said:

I was a long-time honorary American, having lived over there from 75-09 in various states. (My personal state was usually confused.)

Whereabouts? 

 

23 hours ago, DaveWilko said:

Many thanks to you young man,not only for bringing this lovely kit to our attention,but also for a superb history lesson to boot.

My great pleasure, and thank you.

 

16 hours ago, CedB said:

Puffed out chest required and well deserved IMHO  

I'm trying! The stomach still seems to protrude beyond, though.

 

2 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

... and you haven't even got the RAF Museum Hendon or London Science Museum on the map!

I went to Hendon (twice! But the first time I was so jet-lagged that I had next to no recollection of it) last time I was there (though I'm not averse to going again, despite the rather dire-sounding reports of its post-revamp state). I didn't realize the Science Museum had a Vimy, but we have a lot of ground to cover.

 

2 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Or Imperial War Museum!

Honestly, I wasn't terribly impressed with it when I saw it again in 2015. It seemed to have come down quite a bit from my prior visit in 2003. Cool to see the Spitting Image puppet, though.

 

55 minutes ago, tonyh said:

 

Or the Stratford Ale House in........

 

.Stratford-upon-Avon...

Fellas. Fellas. Fellas. There's going to be plenty of time for all of this as soon as you find me a good social media manager job in the UK and I can stay all permanent-like.  (I know it sounds like a joke, but I am not joking.) 

 

 

In any case, last night I added the tailplanes to the other two Hurricanes and began the process of applying filler. No photos, it was late, because the posh private school where Mrs P teaches at (and where Winston, and soon Grant, will thus get to attend for free) had a mandatory thing where I had to watch a panel of wealthy twentysomething self-assured young graduates of the school (which runs from 18 months to age 12) explain to us how the Montessori was what enabled them to get where they were, not the fact that their parents are so rich and well-connected that it would be more of a miracle if they didn't succeed. This went on for an hour, after which I felt very strongly that I needed a drink, not least for manfully preventing myself from asking the assembled Bright Young Things if they'd ever faced any real adversity in their lives.

 

Anyway, I don't think the Arma tail assembly has been tried before, certainly not on any WWII kit I've built recently, but if other manufacturers are smart, I think we'll be seeing more of it. It aligns the vertical stabilizers by default, allows for drooped or non-drooped elevators as a matter of course, and the fit is good, or, in the case of the tailplanes to fuselage, superb. 

[Uncle Pete]

15 minutes ago, Procopius said:

the Science Museum

If anybody is going to the London Science Museum, let me know... I live only about two miles away and would love to meet some of the mysterious characters I see on here.  (You just have to be patient with my deafness... Occupational hazard and the reason I'm retired)

[DaveWilko]

A Social Media Manager job you say young man?

 

https://www.indeed.co.uk/Social-Media-Marketing-Manager-jobs

 

There's five pages worth there,whether they fit yours and your families bill though......

Edited January 11, 2019 by DaveWilko

[Troy Smith]

22 minutes ago, Procopius said:

as you find me a good social media manager job in the UK

I posted a social media job link on your feed.....  

 

I saw this, and thought of you.....

https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/job/digital-social-media-officer/

 

 

Quote

 

Are you passionate about the UK’s most treasured landscapes? Do you have a knack for using websites and social media to tell stories that will engage and inspire others? Do you have a strong track record of managing digital and social media platforms?

We are looking for a proactive, creative and practical digital and social media specialist to drive our digital engagement.

You will use our web and social media platforms to raise awareness of the UK’s newest National Park and to inspire those who live, work and visit here to love, value and look after this unique landscape as much as we do.

With a proven track record in digital and social media, you will develop and deliver our digital presence including managing the platforms and the external developers, and sourcing, planning and producing engaging content that will grow our number of followers.

You will have the opportunity to work with a range of diverse teams across the organisation, Members, volunteers and partners as you develop and implement a Park-wide digital engagement plan.

This is a busy, exciting and challenging role that will suit someone who enjoys working independently and as an invaluable part of a lively and busy Communications & Engagement Team.

Sound like something that interests you? Think you can really add value to the role? Meet the person specification? Then please apply!

 

 

Pity it was only a day to go... but I could have genned you up on the landscape,  I used to a be a South Downs ranger, and then studied the ecology when I was at university.

Though they might like being told it's actually a man made landscape...

[rob85]

Well this looks splendid, very fine work!

 

Rob

[Procopius]

40 minutes ago, rob85 said:

Well this looks splendid, very fine work!

Rob!

[CedB]

16 minutes ago, Procopius said:

Rob!

Careful, you might scare him off!

Welcome back Rob, great to see you.

[Bedders]

Just caught up with this build and must say the kit looks great.  Lovely job on the cockpit PC, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one of these.

 

Count me in for an RV at Telford.

 

Justin

[Harley John]

So one minute I'm reading all about mottled paint jobs on Me109's and kapow! Five pages of Hurricanes! Whoopee. I've always liked the Hurricane, more than it's ..... I'll get my coat!

Great introduction to the build, very moving.

Great work on the build so far PC, the detail looks excellent, The kits look very nice,  

I've got the Airfix Hurricane in 1/72 & 1/48 - almost started the 1/48th one today - seems a trifle complex for my level of bodging so opened an Airfix 1/72 Tornado instead 🤔 as my mojo deserted me when I discovered the canopy of my Spitfire Vb in bits and that the carpet monster has stolen one of the Master Hispano cannons that I had fitted to it. 😭

Good luck with the job hunt. And with the grand tour!

[rob85]

8 hours ago, Procopius said:

Rob!

Yes ‘‘tis I  and I have returned.... well I saw your work on Facebook so came to see what was going on! I haven’t actually built anything 

 

8 hours ago, CedB said:

Careful, you might scare him off!

Welcome back Rob, great to see you.

Hi Ced! Cheers, thanks for the welcome hope all is well with you?!

[Wez]

I received notification that the Junior version was in stock at my preferred purveyor of plastic pastimes, thanks to this and Tony O'Toole's threads I've doubled my order, both threads have been great adverts for this product.

[Bedders]

Couldn't resist it any longer - I've just picked one of these up this afternoon. Gotta spend your money on something in dry January...

 

Justin

[Procopius]

Well, it's been a busy weekend, as they generally are here at Hedgehog Manor. Strangely I usually find I have less time and I'm more tired on weekends than on weekdays, a side effect of my delightful children. Between them and my childhood spent with a father who believed strongly that sleeping past seven in the morning was prohibited in one of the lesser known sections of the Hague Conventions, I've really not, I think, had my fair share of lazy weekends. Some day they'll be old enough for summer camp, though, and then boarding school. But I digress.

 

Heavy snowfall across the midwest killed nine people and blanketed the house with snow, so I spent part of the morning extricating things, plus Mrs P likes to clean the house at mid-morning, which I assume is some zen meditation on entropy, as nothing frosts my chaps more than painstakingly turning the ancient sink basin white again with copious amounts of bleach only to turn around and see it filled with dirty dishes. Quite aside from the fact that only an animal puts the dishes in the sink vice next to it, there's always a bow of cereal, uneaten, no matter the time of day or night. It would be cheaper, tidier, and result in the same level of caloric intake for Winston if when he asked for cereal, we just let him pick a box of the stuff to pour into the garbage for a while. Even if the sink weren't in play, though, the children tend to follow behind, undoing as much as they can, which is always more than you'd believe humanly possible. Grant, who has yet to discover that his knees can bend and who runs via a sort of wobbly side-to-side oscillation, a bit like a two-legged version of The Masters in those weird Tripod novels, can effortlessly scale a bookcase to tip over a flowerpot or appear as if by magic atop the kitchen table if cookies have been left out to cool.

 

But all of that faded into insignificance, because Mrs P made...THIS:

 

 

What is this proud beauty, you ask? Well, it's a Sicilian-style pizza, the recipe for which I discovered online while at work this week. Gentle reader, I literally stared angrily at the screen as I ate my lunch of microwaved rice and beans, which tasted like nothing. Eventually I just gave up and threw them out. I waited all week for this, and it was worth it. Oh, was it ever worth it. The only adjustment needed after our first go at this was that we allowed the supermarket meat lady to delude us into thinking pepperoni quality didn't matter, and the ones we got were too thick and didn't curl as much as they ought to have done in the ravening 550 degree Fahrenheit (288 C) heat of our oven. But otherwise...spectacular!

 

Anyway, you don't care about my spectacular dinner, you care about the Hurricanes. Well, there's room enough in my heart for both, but I get where you're coming from. 

 

Winston went down with me early today in the grotto to check out the airplanes (and to keep his mother from murdering him), and he was impressed by the fact that at present, the propeller will spin if you put it in place, his major criterion for judging all model aircraft. I noted, with more than a little relief, that the model so far was sturdy enough to survive a few minutes in his hands:

 

 

After everyone else had retired to bed, I managed to make it down to work on the kits for real. I've just been doing a little filling and sanding -- I'm neurotic about the possibility of a centerline divot on all kits I build, but owing to the way the Arma Hurricane goes together, there aren't too many spots where you need filler. Some shots to show you what I mean:

 

 

 

 

 

All in all pretty good, I think. 

 

There's not much else to show tonight -- I added the gunsight, which is a regular (IE non-clear) styrene piece without any representation of the optical reflector. In this scale, one might almost prefer a piece of clear acetate, if you really wanted to be industrious. I also closed up the cockpits on all three aircraft. That means next is masking, then interior colour, then probably a primer coat, so three days minimum to get to the next really exciting bit.

 

Oh, and I did test one other thing with the Hurris:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stew Dapple]

4 minutes ago, Procopius said:

he was impressed by the fact that at present, the propeller will spin

 

Clearly a discerning type, that was always my defnition of a 'successful' model  

 

7 minutes ago, Procopius said:

I added the gunsight, which is a regular (IE non-clear) styrene piece without any representation of the optical reflector. In this scale, one might almost prefer a piece of clear acetate, if you really wanted to be industrious.

 

I spent a small fortune on that Waldron Punch and Die set and dammit, I am going to use it!

 

Hurri's are looking nice mate, very nice indeed - as was that pizza  

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[pinky coffeeboat]

I like the final test you did, hopefully accompanied by suitable sounds?

 

Jeff

[06/24]

Same here, flight tests are obligatory!

[CedB]

Pizza, mmmm  

Winston certainly has the right interest PC and soon you'll be able to teach him 'Gently, gently'…

 

Nice Hurris, especially 'the final test' - I like the detail of the gun ports on the kit. Better build my Airfix and SMER kits before the Arma's arrive methinks.

[stevehnz]

These are looking good PC,  I'll get my first one this week with luck, there will be more to come.

Steve.

Edited January 14, 2019 by stevehnz

[06/24]

I was inspired to do a pre-dawn flight test before setting off to work.

 

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

[Seahawk]

Skilful and knowledgeable build of an excellent kit: what more could one want?  Oh, yes: pizza recipe!!!  Thanks for both.

Edited January 14, 2019 by Seahawk

[stevehnz]

4 hours ago, Procopius said:

 

What is this proud beauty, you ask? Well, it's a Sicilian-style pizza, the recipe for which I discovered online while at work this week. 

What a freaking awesome recipe, Chez Hnz has it on the menu very soon. Thanks , PC.

Steve.

[Christer A]

6 hours ago, Procopius said:

Still needs more DAKKA!

I guess you've just started a new BM trend in having pictures of the kit in question banking to the left...

 

 

Very tasty looking pizza too!

[Courageous]

6 hours ago, Procopius said:

Oh, and I did test one other thing with the Hurris:

 

5 minutes ago, Christer A said:

Still needs more DAKKA!

I don't think it happened very often to get a Hurri on the the tail of a '109' but 'DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA' away boys.

 

Stuart

[Procopius]

13 hours ago, pinky coffeeboat said:

I like the final test you did, hopefully accompanied by suitable sounds?

Of course, I could foley the entire Battle of Britain movie from memory if I had to.

 

13 hours ago, Stew Dapple said:

I spent a small fortune on that Waldron Punch and Die set and dammit, I am going to use it!

I wasn't even thinking of that, Stew, that's genius! 

 

11 hours ago, CedB said:

Winston certainly has the right interest PC and soon you'll be able to teach him 'Gently, gently'…

Indeed, last night we built a small Lego kit together in lieu of a bedtime story, at least until he got too excited and we had to down tools. 

 

11 hours ago, 06/24 said:

I was inspired to do a pre-dawn flight test before setting off to work.

Best time for a paradrop, old man!

 

7 hours ago, Christer A said:

Still needs more DAKKA!

I suppose Arma could do the Hurricane IIb next. (But I'm really hoping for the Mustang III.)

 

7 hours ago, Courageous said:

I don't think it happened very often to get a Hurri on the the tail of a '109' but 'DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA' away boys.

Well, I began the WIP with two instances of that happening, but the Hurricane was vastly more maneuverable than the 109 and if a 109 started behind a Hurricane and the pilot was foolish enough to try and follow the Hurricane into a turn, the RAF fighter would turn so far inside the 109 that he'd be behind it before they'd completed two circuits. Tom Neil famously shot down four in a single dogfight when they tried to stay and mix it up with him. The Germans lost over 600 of the things in the Battle of Britain, for a time the losses exceeded production; the Hurricane got a few licks in.