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Evening all, just finished this one. Revell's Hawker Hurricane IIc modified to represent one of the IId's supplied to Stalin as a sweetner after Churchill told him he couldn't have any Typhoons. I used the AML decal for Hurricane in Soviet service part 1 as the set came with the cannon required to make the flying tin opener! The Revell kit is not to bad for its age but the panel lines are a bit vague in places and the cockpit doesn't resemble the real aircraft. I removed the 20mm cannons and the bulges on the upper surface and filed the spent case ports on the under side and positioned the cannons over the bomb rack mounting holes. Finished with Tamiya acrylics with a basic oil wash on the panel lines. As always all comments welcome.

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A quick size comparison against its replacement.

The decal set came with 2 pairs of 40mm cannon so I can build a second Hurricane, I was think about Johnny Reds Hurricane with cannon and rockets as featured in the Battle comics.

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On 10/7/2019 at 9:06 AM, neil5208 said:

The decal set came with 2 pairs of 40mm cannon so I can build a second Hurricane, I was think about Johnny Reds Hurricane with cannon and rockets as featured in the Battle comics.

Nice work on this - great seeing a hurricane in these colors - I’m working on a decal sheet for Johnny reds hurricane if you’re interested..?

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27 minutes ago, Kitchen Modeller said:

Nice work on this - great seeing a hurricane in these colors - I’m working on a decal sheet for Johnny reds hurricane if you’re interested..?

Interested?... Is the pope catholic, do bears defecate in the woods... Yes, I would be interested.

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Cool ,while we are on the subject of Hurricanes sent to Uncle Joe ,i read somewhere that Stalin chucked hundreds of Hurricanes down mine shafts after 

the war ,to stop the Russian people knowing about all the aid Russia got from the allies .

Sounds a bit far fetched ,there are plenty of photo of allied stuff in Soviet use.

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2 hours ago, Reini78 said:

Nice one! 👍

How did the AML decals perform?

Started a Soviet Spitfire recently and planning to use AML decals.

They were pretty good, they carrier film around the serial no"s was oversized but they went on easily

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