Grey Beema Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 20.11.1941 Lt P N Charlton flying Hawker Hurricane I (Trop.) W9327 OL*W of the Royal Navy Desert Fighter Flight intercepted and destroyed three Ju87s. Later in the same flight Charlton was hot down by a 'friendly' Tomahawk, later awarded DFC by RAF. This is my representation of Charlton Hurricane. I must thank and both @Beard and @tonyot for their help with the general appearance of this aircraft. Kit is the Airfix 1/48 Hurricane MkI(Trop.) boxing, paint is Xtracrylics, decals came from the kit or from Xtradecal generic set, the Squadron codes were sprayed using templates I made. I hope you like these rather cruel photographs.. On the shelf with Sea Hurricanes and a Martlet MkII Thanks for looking in.. 45 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Very nicely sand blasted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Very nice indeed,...... you`ve done a cracking job on this one mate and it fits in well with the rest of the collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 That looks very smart but what on earth did I do to help? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, Beard said: That looks very smart but what on earth did I do to help? Because you built SLt Fells Hurricane, which led me to look into Charlton’s Hurricane.. Cheers Mate.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Stunning Hurricane, love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Beautiful build and finish, and interesting choice of markings. Love the weathering ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Lovely, unusual scheme for a Hurri - love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Very nice👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 it's a great bit of research, but I suspect you have used the Rotol spinner backplate added onto the DH spinner in error.. I think the instructions are not that clear, and i have seen DH blades stuck onto the Rotol spinner as well..... they are not 'keyed' to prevent this happening. Always enjoy the back stories on your builds. cheers T 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: it's a great bit of research, but I suspect you have used the Rotol spinner backplate added onto the DH spinner in error.. I think the instructions are not that clear, and i have seen DH blades stuck onto the Rotol spinner as well..... they are not 'keyed' to prevent this happening. Thanks for your kind comment Troy. That explains it. I had to do a bit of fettling to get the back plate to fit at all, which is unusual for that kit. You would think having built three in the past I would have spotted it. Though I did look to see if there was another back plate in the box and didn’t see it. You will see that I took note of you previous comments about the step and handhold. If you look really closely I did add the handle to the bottom of the step.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Cracking Hurricane. Looks good in a Desert Scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 19 hours ago, Grey Beema said: Because you built SLt Fells Hurricane, which led me to look into Charlton’s Hurricane.. Cheers Mate.. Well, my one wasn't anywhere near as nice as yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Nice Sea Hurricane. An under appreciated subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 At Least, I found your post !! My turn to thank you Grey !! I think about V7816 OL-V or Z4560 OL-A Great job on your Hurricane and thank again for sharing a pic !! Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Hello Grey, It's pretty hard to find informations about RNDFF... I just see 3 pics so far and only one bear the Sqdn codes OL.... So I consider not to use it... Any advices ?? I finally choose OL A Z4245 Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 12 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Hello Grey, It's pretty hard to find informations about RNDFF... I just see 3 pics so far and only one bear the Sqdn codes OL.... So I consider not to use it... Any advices ?? I finally choose OL A Z4245 Sincerely. CC CC I got good advice and guidance from @tonyot for this aircraft specifically and I took general Hurricane advice from @Troy Smith. I am currently working on a Skua flown by Cdr JM Bruen using a lot of input from @iang and a BoB Hurricane flown by SLt DM Jeram using input from @JackG both are a little bit ‘What if’ as photos of either aircraft don’t seen to exist, indeed for the Hurricane although I know the Squadron code and letter I do not have a serial. Ask the questions you want to ask and use the collective brain of the forum, someone in the forum will give you info and send you on the right track.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire 123 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 That is a beautiful hurricane, top class weathering and details. 👏👏 Riley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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