X Wing Flyboy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 1:72 Hurricane new tool from Airfix. A fun little build this, one area that needs attention is the is where the upper and lower fuselage fit together on the leading edge if the wing, there seems to be quite a step there. Anyway, painted with Vallejo Air and weathered with oil and pastels, decals fixed with Gunze setter and softer and matt coat of Newton and Winsor. 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Looks nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Nice job on the build and the weathering! I never would have guess it's only 72nd scale; it can be hard to get that look on a smaller kit. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 A neat build, to be sure, although that black strue (?) antenna looks conspicuously out of scale. The finish, though, has little to do with the look of BoB era fighter camo, the wing tip lanterns are overpainted (!) and those apparently de rigeur dark shadings over diverse joints are pure imagination with no parallel in reality. Research and study of photos is the remedy… 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Very nice indeed! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 It's always worth to check those grumpy old men, mumbling about where were metal bits on a fabric wing. Including this forum :-)) Wake up - Airfix! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Coombs Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Nice work there! I fear that Airfix missed a trick by not bringing out a tin-wing Hurricane in short order, and now Arma Hobby has the market. Good for us, not so much for Hornby. Still, the company is going to make a pretty penny from me, what with the new Hunters and Phantoms, plus the Buccaneer later this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Very cool, I'm building this one at the moment, I hope mine comes out as well as yours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Great job on that! Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Always a pleasure to see a great build of this nice little kit. If you want a look at mine https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP11T9Igb8OhsCdECqwk1YFk8VtKd2buSopTwcakZ96Phunzd5YxhOvpMG2MiLDmg?key=VjV1Q3ZMRXhHN0FDQU9aWGdiT2xoVnNSWloyUXFB Edited March 6, 2019 by PattheCat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Great build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 10 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: A neat build, to be sure, although that black strue (?) antenna looks conspicuously out of scale. The finish, though, has little to do with the look of BoB era fighter camo, the wing tip lanterns are overpainted (!) and those apparently de rigeur dark shadings over diverse joints are pure imagination with no parallel in reality. Research and study of photos is the remedy… 😉 Kind regards, Joachim Also the prop tips should be painted yellow. All in all, a good effort. Construction and assembly look great. The canopy masking is quite well done. With a bit more effort on pre- or post-shading and overall colour selection, this could easily be a real winner. I await your next build Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Great looking Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Mine is fresh out of the factory: Yours looks rather weathered in comparison! Lovely stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/6/2019 at 8:57 AM, Spitfire31 said: ...the wing tip lanterns are overpainted (!) Yes, but would it look any more realistic if they were painted red and green? Or silver? In this scale I think that unless you're going to cut out a notch and put a bit of polished clear plastic in there you're better off just leaving them alone so as not to draw attention. At least, that's my excuse! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 hours ago, IanC said: Yes, but would it look any more realistic if they were painted red and green? Or silver? In this scale I think that unless you're going to cut out a notch and put a bit of polished clear plastic in there you're better off just leaving them alone so as not to draw attention. At least, that's my excuse! I’ve done it on my build. It’s the first time that I’ve ever tried it. They came out rather nicely. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This is the other wing tip. Well this is maddening! I can’t post images from Flickr now! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Okay, let's try this. If you scroll down to Post # 50, you can see both lights. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235033052-airfix-hawker-hurricane-mki/&page=2 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Great looking Hurricane! The subtle tonal blending in the camouflage colours, and the mild streaking look very realistic to me. I really like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Okay, let’s see if Flickr will work for me this time. Well, it worked this time. Weird. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Wing Flyboy Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 8:07 PM, dogsbody said: This is the other wing tip. Well this is maddening! I can’t post images from Flickr now! Chris Dude that looks great! Usually dont bother with bother with them even though I know they are there, not huge into mega detail as i mainly build for me, but that really does look proper nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Clear inserts are nice for sure, and I'll certainly try it at some point. For now, being somewhat lazy, I just paint the lights silver and add a droplet of colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 The hardest part was finding some clear sprue that was large enough. I had to got through the stash and look at some of the older kits. I think for this I used sprue from an old Airfix PBY-5 Catalina. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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