emily Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Hello! New here, hi! I've had this kit sitting around for a while. With my partner Beggsy also doing a build - this weekend seemed like a great opportunity to try and build it. The plan is to build this kit as RAAF Hurricane A60-1/V7476, the one and only Australian based/operated Hurricane. Edited May 25, 2019 by emily typo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 And the start photo! 2.30pm - I had ground school at the gliding club this morning. I'm building this in the aluminium finish that was the final livery of A60-1 when it lived at the RAAF base in Point Cook. Only a stones throw from here! And shortly after starting... it was lunch time. Tuna/Olive/Egg baguette from the french bakery @Beggsy mentioned. And this is where I am up to now. I'm very sorry I forgot to take pictures of the copious amounts of chocolate that has been consumed. Some research in the background, trying to plan out paint. Little tiny scratch built tropical filter. Painting and masking underway. @Beggsy noted how detailed the fuselage is, yet the wings have little - so I have etched some panel lines (with some help...). Dinner time... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 And the start photo! 2.30pm - I had ground school at the gliding club this morning. I'm building this in the aluminium finish that was the final livery of A60-1 when it lived at the RAAF base in Point Cook. Only a stones throw from here! And shortly after starting... it was lunch time. Tuna/Olive/Egg baguette from the french bakery @Beggsy mentioned. And this is where I am up to now. I'm very sorry I forgot to take pictures of the copious amounts of chocolate that has been consumed. Some research in the background, trying to plan out paint. Little tiny scratch built tropical filter. Painting and masking underway. @Beggsy noted how detailed the fuselage is, yet the wings have little - so I have etched some panel lines (with some help...). Dinner time... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Looking good so far - the photos of the food are killing me. I only had a bit of toast for breakfast - awaiting the arrival of my better half as she will be knocking up a pasta salad I believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 That is some food town you live in. Looking forward to seeing this in the local scheme too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Good progress Emily,it's a great little kit this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Thanks 😄 Tasty dinner, chicken & chipotle mayo rolls (edit: that's @Beggsy's on the right...) Then it was back into it... Fitted, sanded and shaped the tropical air filter This was followed by painting, but it definitely didn't go to plan. It has been anything but a great little kit . The airbrush played up, leading to some repairs that then caused paint peeling. In the end I took all but the empennage paint off and painted it again! That's it for today, time to get some sleep before I pickup the second 12hr late tomorrow. Edited May 25, 2019 by emily 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Great work so far. Looking forward to day 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Day 2... Started late, Sunday 7.24pm. I started masking for a few minutes before remembering to take this picture. Dinner, and more masking. Rainbow trout with stir fry veg & noodles. The budgies enjoyed pellets and seed. \ And after masking, the canvas section was sprayed a subtle different aluminium dope colour. Then the rest of the details, decals, canopy, exhaust, leading edge antennta... And that's it - done! Quarter past midnight - time to sleep! Happy blitz building! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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