Here I am. Rock you like a hurricane (are you ready, baby?) The Airfix Hurricane 1/24

[CedB]

Very nice Johnny, can't wait to see more of your magic  

[giemme]

Oooh, going for the dirty look - me likes it

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth]

Nice work on the gun bays Johnny.

I knew that you would do something with them.

 

Simon.

[bbudde]

Yep, very nice. For me a bit less dirty as usual, but it's  alwys a matter of personal taste. Great modelling as ever.

Cheers

[The Spadgent]

On 8/8/2019 at 12:33 AM, CedB said:

Very nice Johnny, can't wait to see more of your magic  

Thanks Mr B! 🤗 (every time I say that it’s Baldric talking to Edmund. 🤣)  

On 8/8/2019 at 7:02 AM, giemme said:

Oooh, going for the dirty look - me likes it

 

Ciao

Dirty but not too dirty. 😉 Thanks G

On 8/8/2019 at 11:11 AM, Spookytooth said:

Nice work on the gun bays Johnny.

I knew that you would do something with them.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon. 😇

On 8/8/2019 at 1:31 PM, bbudde said:

Yep, very nice. For me a bit less dirty as usual, but it's  alwys a matter of personal taste. Great modelling as ever.

Cheers

Thanks. I’ll try and keep the dirt low. ... Ish. 🥰

[The Spadgent]

Lots of wet festival action and work has kept me away from my beloved Hurri and BM to be fair.

That’s me and my eldest on the waltzers in the dark. 🤪

 

I dipped into BM last night to see how everyone was doing. I still need catch up with lots of you but Ced made me want to get back to the bench. This morning saw some progress. 

The first bay started to go together well.

the wires were going in place and the dirt was knocked back. 

Just the bullets to colour and put the front wall on.

tadaaa! A quick dry fit.

Lovely. 😍 ...... Wait!!! I seem to have some bits left on a stick. 🙀 I forgot to put the bullet exit chutes on. ( I think that’s what they are. ) here goes then.

 

Much better. 😉

Now for the other one.

to be fair once everything is ready the assembly for these comes together pretty quickly. 🥰

After a tidy I remembered that I was retro fitting some wires to the back of the IP.

I bent these into place with some tweezers. 

good enough for a passing glance. 😀

Next up are these bits.

I’m out this afternoon but looking forward to a Sunday morning bench experience. 

 

Thanks for popping in and as always, Happy modeling chums. 🕺

 

Johnny

[Spookytooth]

Very nice gun bays there Johnny.

And looks like you had a great time away too.

 

Simon.

[CedB]

Seconded! Welcome back Johnny  

[Brandy]

Those gun bays are the dog's b's, very nice! Looking forward to the gear bays....

 

Ian

[f111guru]

Excellent work on the guns Johnny. Reminds me of working on some nasty filthy SUU-23 gun pods and weapons bay guns for the F-111D and F.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

[giemme]

Impressive gun bays, John And welcome back!

 

Ciao

[Johnny Tip]

2 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Thanks Mr B! 🤗 (every time I say that it’s Baldric talking to Edmund. 🤣) 

😂👍🏼 My thought exactly! 

Anyway, one of his descendants is a Sopwith Camel ("wree-oo-wree-oo!") 

 

Looks splendid. And your gun bays too🤭

[The Spadgent]

On 8/17/2019 at 4:08 PM, Spookytooth said:

Very nice gun bays there Johnny.

And looks like you had a great time away too.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon. 😀

On 8/17/2019 at 5:45 PM, CedB said:

Seconded! Welcome back Johnny  

Thanks Ced.

On 8/17/2019 at 5:55 PM, limeypilot said:

Those gun bays are the dog's b's, very nice! Looking forward to the gear bays....

 

Ian

Thank you sir. Hopefully they will be a little less complicated. 

On 8/17/2019 at 5:59 PM, f111guru said:

Excellent work on the guns Johnny. Reminds me of working on some nasty filthy SUU-23 gun pods and weapons bay guns for the F-111D and F.

 

Ron VanDerwarker

Thanks. I’ll take that as a compliment. 😇

On 8/17/2019 at 6:31 PM, giemme said:

Impressive gun bays, John And welcome back!

 

Ciao

Thanks G. 🤗

On 8/17/2019 at 6:49 PM, Johnny Tip said:

😂👍🏼 My thought exactly! 

Anyway, one of his descendants is a Sopwith Camel ("wree-oo-wree-oo!") 

 

Looks splendid. And your gun bays too🤭

Thanks. I must make a Sopwith Camel one day. 🤩

[The Spadgent]

Evening everyone. More plastic glued and thoughts pondered. 🤪 

I’m trying to get here.

Lots of clean up and some straps added to the tank.

Tidied up.

Then all popped together with the newly cleaned walls and pipes.

The central pipe will be added after painting along with other bits and bobs.😇 The lower section needs some attention but overall it looks like a good fit.

Next up is the air intake. Here are the bits.

Some sanding might be required.🙀

Gerry suggests that there is a circular section in the middle that looks like this.

so it has to be added right. 🤪

Apparently simply curl some plasticard around a dowel and plunge into boiling water. Hmmmmm let’s see. 🤔

Not quite. So I cut and glued.

Alas. 😪

The rigidity wasn’t there so I figured this pen.

needed some Dexter action.

darn it. Too thick. 😤😤😤

a quick rummage through the bits box found these.

perfect. Five minutes and a mini Dexter later. 

tidy up and we have.

perfect! 😇

I did the same again and added the middle section.

A quick dry fit before bed.

The fit looks awful but it’s just my bad taping, it’s actually pretty good. And the other side. 

all good. Primer next. I’ll need to spray that black before I glue.

Well that’s all for now. Thanks for tagging along and as always.

 

Happy modeling.

 

Johnny. 🌪

[bbudde]

Uhh, John. Something fabulous is going to get started here. Nice and cheers!!

[giemme]

Impressive additive surgery there, John!

 

Ciao

[CedB]

Nice work Johnny - looking good!  

[AdrianMF]

Just had a big catch up. Wow! Loved the gun bays in particular*. Your painting and weathering really makes the detail pop without being OTT.

 

if you want a thin circle you can always wind two or three layers of 10x20 thou strip round a paint brush handle somewhere along the taper to get the right diameter. Anchor it to the brush with a tiny drop of superglue then stick the layers together with a dash of liquid cement. When it’s dry you can pop it off and sand lightly to get a ring. There is a tiny 10 thou lip that sands off quickly.

 

Regards,

Adrian

 

* cockpit and engine aren’t too shabby either!

[one of the few]

If you are making a MkI Hurricane, then delete the circular oil cooler in the middle of the radiator. That was only introduced on the MkII Hurricane. The oil cooler was rectangular on the MkI.

[Brandy]

Nice work, but.... looking at the pic it seems that the inner circle is not sitting proud of the radiator but is a hole in it, with a separate circular radiator sitting level with, or just behind, the main radiator. .....

 

Ian

[The Spadgent]

On 8/20/2019 at 1:29 AM, bbudde said:

Uhh, John. Something fabulous is going to get started here. Nice and cheers!!

Thanks. 🐒

On 8/20/2019 at 9:17 AM, giemme said:

Impressive additive surgery there, John!

 

Ciao

Thank you but see the last post. 🙈

On 8/20/2019 at 9:26 AM, CedB said:

Nice work Johnny - looking good!  

Thank you.

On 8/20/2019 at 10:18 AM, AdrianMF said:

Just had a big catch up. Wow! Loved the gun bays in particular*. Your painting and weathering really makes the detail pop without being OTT.

 

if you want a thin circle you can always wind two or three layers of 10x20 thou strip round a paint brush handle somewhere along the taper to get the right diameter. Anchor it to the brush with a tiny drop of superglue then stick the layers together with a dash of liquid cement. When it’s dry you can pop it off and sand lightly to get a ring. There is a tiny 10 thou lip that sands off quickly.

 

Regards,

Adrian

 

* cockpit and engine aren’t too shabby either!

Thanks. I’ll give that a try next time. Hmmmm thinner. 🤔

On 8/20/2019 at 8:12 PM, one of the few said:

If you are making a MkI Hurricane, then delete the circular oil cooler in the middle of the radiator. That was only introduced on the MkII Hurricane. The oil cooler was rectangular on the MkI.

Oh little this one?

as @CedB would say. “Rats”🙄

3 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Nice work, but.... looking at the pic it seems that the inner circle is not sitting proud of the radiator but is a hole in it, with a separate circular radiator sitting level with, or just behind, the main radiator. .....

 

Ian

I think you’re right. It is a bit of both but it looks like it’s coming off any how. 🤭

 

Thank for the kind kind words you lot. 🤗

 

[Johnny Tip]

On ‎20‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 21:12, one of the few said:

If you are making a MkI Hurricane, then delete the circular oil cooler in the middle of the radiator. That was only introduced on the MkII Hurricane. The oil cooler was rectangular on the MkI.

THANK YOU for that. I thought I was losing it... "what? how come I never noticed that? Thought I know at least something about Hurricanes!"

 

Too bad about the work you already put into the cooler Johnny, but the gear well looks as promising as the rest of the kite!

[corsaircorp]

Hello Spad !

great to see you back at the Hurri !!

Great job and painting !!

Your standards are elevating kit after kit !!

Congratulations !! 

Sincerely.

CC

[VT Red Sox Fan]

Finally nearing the end of unpacking boxes for the family from this summer’s move & thoroughly enjoyed this build—you gave me inspiration to start up again soon—& like many I will be leveraging your ideas😎—WELL DONE!

[The Spadgent]

11 hours ago, Johnny Tip said:

THANK YOU for that. I thought I was losing it... "what? how come I never noticed that? Thought I know at least something about Hurricanes!"

 

Too bad about the work you already put into the cooler Johnny, but the gear well looks as promising as the rest of the kite!

Never mind. All fixed now. 🤪

7 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Spad !

great to see you back at the Hurri !!

Great job and painting !!

Your standards are elevating kit after kit !!

Congratulations !! 

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks. CC I’m going to have to catch up on your builds 🤗.

3 hours ago, VT Red Sox Fan said:

Finally nearing the end of unpacking boxes for the family from this summer’s move & thoroughly enjoyed this build—you gave me inspiration to start up again soon—& like many I will be leveraging your ideas😎—WELL DONE!

Glad the move is going well and to be an inspiration. 😇