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15 hours ago, king of men said:

I'd certainly be up for a Battle. The MPM one just didn't cut it for me; overengineered and the fit was pretty bad. 

 

And woefully inaccurate.

 

An Arma Battle to the standard of their Hurricane would be amazing. 

 

A Hawk 75 would be interesting, although the AZ kit ticked that box for me

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1 hour ago, Dave Fleming said:

 

And woefully inaccurate.

 

An Arma Battle to the standard of their Hurricane would be amazing. 

 

A Hawk 75 would be interesting, although the AZ kit ticked that box for me

Hi Dave,

 

Your mileage may vary but IMHO AZ Hawk 75A fuselage is hopelessly too narrow. Certainly no room for a Twin Waasp inside and rear fuselage remembering more like a flat fish than one of the Curtiss's masterpieces...

 

Cheers,

 

AaCee

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7 hours ago, Dave Fleming said:

 

And woefully inaccurate.

 

An Arma Battle to the standard of their Hurricane would be amazing. 

 

A Hawk 75 would be interesting, although the AZ kit ticked that box for me

Detail inaccuracy is not a big point for me, but unbuildability certainly is. That MPM kit was just a mess as far as that goes. 

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There are concave and convex rivets on the model -  just cut off the convex ones, paste upside down in place of the concave and voila. Over 3000 pcs. as they write in the blog 😀.  

Sorry for the off top.

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1 hour ago, Wojtek2 said:

There are concave and convex rivets on the model -  just cut off the convex ones, paste upside down in place of the concave and voila. Over 3000 pcs. 

Humanity has long invented putty & sandpaper for modeller's!

 

But this easy way 😁....maybe best way use 3d printing for high-precision filling out concave rivets

and cutting laser

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for convex rivets?

😁😁😁

B.R.

Serge

 

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On 10/11/2019 at 1:34 PM, Wojtek2 said:

Wow! A beautiful-looking kit!

 

Only a couple of things make me to wonder a bit:

- Is the wing tip shape really so "Spitfireish"? I'm away from my references and my picture search didn't give me certainty. What do John Thompson say?

- Rear fuselage fabric covering is really petite. I wish to see it painted before saying more about it but in contrast tail ribbing seems to be on a bit heavy side.

 

Welcome and certainly filling a big gap in models of the VVS.

 

Cheers,

 

AaCee

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Thanks for the vote of confidence; no, the wing tip shape looks good to me. I'm hopeful that Arma will start next week shipping the kits that were pre-ordered a month ago, and then anyone who bought one (or more!) can have eyes on the actual product.

 

John

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On 10/12/2019 at 10:54 PM, John Thompson said:

Thanks for the vote of confidence; no, the wing tip shape looks good to me. I'm hopeful that Arma will start next week shipping the kits that were pre-ordered a month ago, and then anyone who bought one (or more!) can have eyes on the actual product.

 

John

Hi John

 

You are welcome!

 

As one advertisement said: "Ask one, who owns one" I remembered your labour-intensive Jak-1 project and thought you have better knowledge than my "mental image" of the Yakovlev's shapes ;) 

 

And yes, I'm eagerly waiting delivery of the two with a single model price offer kits!

 

Cheers,

 

AaCee

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IT'S A HURRICANE IIC! http://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2019/10/31/hurricane-mk-iic-1-72-scale-kit-announcement/?utm_source=implebot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hurricane2c&utm_term=hurricane2c-zapowiedz&utm_content=en

 

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From the previous project of the Mk. I version  I took the shape of the fuselage (rear part), as well as wings and tailplane. However, all the rest is an entirely new project. While maintaining a similar division of kit parts as in the Mk. I, I have improved the new model in many aspects. Let’s see a list of project changes quickly:

 

  • New propeller design, one-piece, easier assembly, with a simplified method of attachment to the fuselage. I kept “kinetic realism” in the form of a spinning propeller, of course.
  • A new connector section of the upper surface of the wings, imitating the pilot’s cabin floor.
  • Main landing gear bays enriched with rivets. In the review of the model Mk.I in KFS-Miniatures , the unnecessary use of the photoetched plate was rightly pointed out here since the same effect can be achieved in plastic.
  • Improved assembly of the undercarriage legs, now they can be glued after painting (in fact, it was possible before, but it required some extra effort)
  • A more extended engine cover, new fish-tail exhausts, a new carburettor inlet, a new (longer) tropical filter cover as well as two variants of cannon barrels are the requirements of the new version.
  • The new division into parts in the radiator housing. The radiator itself is here two-piece. Thanks to that we have more details and less risk of sinkholes
  • Redesigned cockpit interior. I hope that thanks to the changing division of parts, the assembly of the whole will be more comfortable.

 

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On 10/7/2019 at 4:48 PM, Graham Boak said:

The world wasn't exactly desperately short of Hurricanes either, but by choosing a version not currently well made Arma managed to sell rather well (or so I believe).  

What's the old saying?  Build a better mousetrap (or Hurricane) and the world will beat its way to your door.  Well done, Arma: well deserved success.

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33 minutes ago, Seahawk said:

Great news!  Trusting Arma will now really embarrass Airfix by showing how they could and should have done it.  Despite a stack of Revell IIcs and Sea Hurricane IIcs, I won't be able to resist a few of these.

To be fair to Airfix, the other Hurricane Mk.II kits on the market (I’m looking at you Revell, Hasegawa, Academy, Matchbox) are not without their own problems. I guess the best option up to now, if you want accuracy, has been the AZModels/Legato kit but this new Arma kit should be the best available by a country mile.

 

it actually wouldn’t shock me if one of the Airfix new tool announcements for 2020 was a Hurricane IIb/c/d/IV.

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22 minutes ago, VMA131Marine said:

To be fair to Airfix, the other Hurricane Mk.II kits on the market (I’m looking at you Revell, Hasegawa, Academy, Matchbox) are not without their own problems. I guess the best option up to now, if you want accuracy, has been the AZModels/Legato kit but this new Arma kit should be the best available by a country mile.

 

it actually wouldn’t shock me if one of the Airfix new tool announcements for 2020 was a Hurricane IIb/c/d/IV.

You are too kind.  yes, there are flaws with the others, as you say, but they are all old or ageing kits.  To launch a new tooling that offered no advantage over said old and ageing kits (other than a nice transfer sheet) was an insult to the customer.  But let's rejoice in what's to come rather than lamenting the mistakes of the past.

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51 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:

I hope that the text is in error.  There should not be a longer engine cowling, but a longer section between the canopy and the engine cowling.

Yes, it is just over-simplified in text. I will correct it later today. Thank you for pointing.

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This rather took me by surprise but great news.  I was mightily impressed by the Mk1 and no doubt this kit will be as good or better.  I hope one of the options will be Karel Kuttlewasher's all black aircraft from 1 Squadron.  I've been wanting to build his aircraft for some time. 

 

P.S.  Superb artwork.

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1 minute ago, Meatbox8 said:

This rather took me by surprise but great news.  I was mightily impressed by the Mk1 and no doubt this kit will be as good or better.  I hope one of the options will be Karel Kuttlewasher's all black aircraft from 1 Squadron.  I've been wanting to build his aircraft for some time. 

 

P.S.  Superb artwork.

Colour schemes are published with profiles in Arma Hobby store.

 

70035 Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc Expert Set

  • Hurricane Mk IIc, BE500/LK-A, 87 Squadron RAF, Spring 1942. Pilot: S/Ldr Denis Smallwood.

  • Hurricane Mk IIc, BE500/LK-A, 87 Squadron RAF, Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942. Pilot: S/Ldr Denis Smallwood.

  • Hurricane Mk IIc, Z3899/JX-W, 1 Sqaudron RAF, November 1941.

  • Hurricane Mk IIc trop, HV560/FT-Z, 43 Squadron RAF, Maison Blanche, Algieria, December, 1942. Pilot: S/Ldr Michael "Micky" Roo

70036 Hurricane Mk IIc Model Kit

  • Hurricane Mk IIc, LF331/WC-G, “Target For Tonight", 309 Squadron PAF, Peterhead, Summer-Autumn 1944
  • Hurricane Mk IIc, Z3092/QO-T, 3 Squadron RAF, Hunsdon 1941-42

70037 Hurricane Mk IIc trop Model Kit!

  • Hurricane Mk IIc trop, HL885/AX-Z, 1 Squadron SAAF, Lt. Stewart “Bomb” Finney, LG142,  Egypt, September1942.
  • Hurricane Mk IIc trop, LD726/Y, 113 Squadron RAF, pilot: F/O Graham Skallam, Burma 1944.

 

 

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Having seen the Mk1 in the box I really fancy owning one of these. 

 

I hope someone can answer this question (and excuse me for being such an utter Hurrinoob): but if I'd wanted to build LF363 in BBMF service in the 1980s - would a standard MkIIc as in the Arma kit suffice?

 

Thanks, Jay

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