Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc 1/48 Arma Hobby

[GrzeM]

On 5/7/2023 at 1:09 PM, Troy Smith said:

I have contacted Arma Hobby directly on a detail on this, namely the grey codes.

 

I think this is unlikely.

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Unless there happens to be some documentation on why the codes were a non standard colour,. and there maybe a Polish source and I'd be happy to be corrected,  I would suggest it's a case like the Tempest image above, a variation of Sky.

 

Hope of interest.

 

 

Thanks to Troy's remark, we sat at our desks with several books and revised this - interesting indeed - question.

 

The result I've described on our Armahobbynews.pl/en/ Blog (with pictures).

 

https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/05/16/hurricane-mk-iic-no-309sq-code-letters-colour-conundrum/

 

Thank you, Troy!

 

[Tbolt]

Instructions available for viewing.

 

https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/05/23/hurricane-mk-iic-in-1-48-scale-model-kit-instructions/?utm_source=facebook &utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=H2C-48&utm_term=40004-instrukcja&utm_content=en

 

[Seboo]

First pictures:

 

[Scooby]

Wow, that looks Eduard like.

[keithjs]

3 hours ago, Scooby said:

Wow, that looks Eduard like.

 

Yes indeed, but, I hope its an optical illusion but whats with the 2 parallel lines down the rear fuselage and the fabric sagging on the painted wings photo? 

[Bigos]

3 hours ago, keithjs said:

 

Yes indeed, but, I hope its an optical illusion but whats with the 2 parallel lines down the rear fuselage.

This is not an illusion

 

 

 

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Edited June 5 by Bigos

[keithjs]

1 hour ago, Bigos said:

This is not an illusion

 

 

 

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Well, you know, I've never noticed those before. Thanks for that. Just wondering if they vary from airframe to airframe as they certainly aren't on this IIc.

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[Bigos]

 

 

On some it is clearly visible, on others less so, but this is due to the construction and the method of attaching the fabric to the fuselage.

 

[hopkp]

On 6/4/2023 at 12:30 PM, Seboo said:

First pictures:

 

Just wondering if I'm the only one these links don't work for?

[gunzo]

2 hours ago, hopkp said:

Just wondering if I'm the only one these links don't work for?

They work for me but maybe you need to be signed up to Twitter?

[hopkp]

4 hours ago, gunzo said:

They work for me but maybe you need to be signed up to Twitter?

Thanks, that might explain it, I'm not a Twitter user/participant. When I click on the links in the earlier post they just disappear!

[k5054nz]

19 hours ago, Bigos said:

Those kit pictures only serve to reinforce my desire that I can model the above example (as restored and resident in NZ) from this or a future boxing 🤞

[Tomas Enerdal]

I’m not a twitter participant either, so the link doesn’t work. But if I click on the set of pictures itself, it opens up. (At least on my phone) Go figure…

Everything points towards something VERY special, now it’s just to wait, sigh!

Edited June 6 by Tomas Enerdal
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[Homebee]

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ArmaHobby/posts/pfbid0Vbr8fwRCgSuHbuR9NN91bnJM95qj5DMbX2kZDPY8BXCyZffHC586zMShjaTnYLDUl

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We have already assembled the first 1/48 scale Hurricane Mk IIc kit using the test sprues. It looks great! It caused a lot of enthusiasm at the Babaryba 2023 Warsaw Scale Model Festival, where modellers could see it live at our stand.

We invite you to the photo gallery on our Armahobbynews Blog: https://tiny.pl/cx1d3 Remember, these are test, “raw” injections, the final sprues will have a clearly higher quality.

 

 

 

 

 

V.P.

[Max Headroom]

Be still my beating heart 

 

Trevor

[Tbolt]

Looking fantastic. They've got the Dzus fasteners correct - flush on the metal panels and raised on the fabric ones, Nice.

[Tomas Enerdal]

This kit just gets more magnificent the more we see.

But it will also in some ways be a challenge. The detail is so sharp and somehow accentuated it almost jumps off the surface and slaps you in the face. I cannot but compare it with the Hasegawa/Classic Airframes fabric wing Mk I I'm just building.

If these two models would both be painted in, for example, Temperate Land Scheme and weathered with the same methods the end result will be quite different. This will indeed be fascinating!

Please note that this in no way a criticism, on the contrary. But I feel that I in a way have to re-define and re-learn how to paint airplane models.. 

Edited June 8 by Tomas Enerdal

[Type 40]

Looks terrific!  I really hope they follow-up with a Mk.IIb and IId... I'll be getting at least one of each.  👍

[Tomas Enerdal]

When asked about it on FB, ARMA points out that they have one sprue for the IIc vings, one for the Mk II fuselage and one for the common Mk II parts (including bombs, bomb racks and Vokes filter, not used in this release (but planned to be used by me).

ARMA has planned for possible future releases of other marks.

[GrzeM]

46 minutes ago, Tomas Enerdal said:

When asked about it on FB, ARMA points out that they have one sprue for the IIc vings, one for the Mk II fuselage and one for the common Mk II parts (including bombs, bomb racks and Vokes filter, not used in this release (but planned to be used by me).

ARMA has planned for possible future releases of other marks.

To be precise, the bombs and tanks are on the second sprue generic for all Mk.II:




...and the third sprue is for all Hurricane marks, including Mk.I:

You can see all the sprues here:
https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/04/06/hurricane-mk-ii-c-1-48-scale-renders-of-the-sprues/

 

Best,

Grzegorz

Edited June 8 by GrzeM

[Tomas Enerdal]

I kind of have an urge to try to explain why I'm so impressed and fascinated by this kit, which I have not yet received. A feeling that has been strengthened very much while looking att the pics of the built-up test kit on Wednesday evening.

Modern kit manufacturers have an individual "style" or "fingerprint" if you like. Most are often very accurate, the fit is good, due to CAD-terchnology.

Eduard with sharp detail, fine recessed panel lines and extremely fine, recessed rivets everywhere. Airfix with their slightly wider, deeper and not as sharp panel lines, some rivets in some places, sometimes also raised. Hasegawa with their subtle and very sharp, recessed details. Even old Monogram kits had their style; fine raised panel lines and inspired cockpit and wheel well interiors with lots of relief details that could look marvelous if painted properly.

But each of these "styles" are in a way somewhat stereotype; all panel lines are approx. of the same width, every rivet of the same uniform size, etc. The end result can feel uniform in way, too uniform perhaps?

 

Now this Hurricane is something else! I can see raised and recessed rivets, they vary in size, shape and spacing. The panel lines are more uniform in width and depth, perhaps, but extremely sharp, narrow and deep at the same time. As mentioned above, the dzus fasteners look different depending if they're on fabric or aluminium. Somehow ARMA has put "life" and variation in the surface of the kit in a way I haven't seen before.

Any kit of a Hurricane is a challenge, the mix of metal plate and fabric calls for a variation in the surface itself. I'm looking at the built up test model in a kind of wonder, somehow ARMA seems to have got it just right.

 

This sharpness of surface detail will make the paint stage a challenge, however. Routine use of pre-shading and washes may turn the end result into an exaggerated caricature if one is not careful.

 

Sorry for these quasi-philosophical ramblings, just had to get it out

 

 

[Tomas Enerdal]

Grzegorz, sorry for mixing it up a little. Didn't check the facts properly.

But you have prepared for a lot of/any possible version in the future, best of luck! 

[alt-92]

On 10/11/2022 at 3:43 AM, Thomas V. said:

Arma is nowhere near finesse of surface detail of Eduard,

As Barney from HIMYM would say:

[Seboo]

Latest newsletter from Arma:

 

The first Hurricane Mk IIc model in 1/48 scale was assembled from test shots. It caused a lot of enthusiasm at the Babaryba 2023 Warsaw Festival, where modellers could see it live at our stand.

We're on the final stretch to ship pre-ordered models. Two sprues are already in production, and the other two are undergoing minor final adjustments. Everything except the plastic parts is ready: decals, instructions, masks and boxes. 3D prints for pre-orders are waiting on the shelves. Orders will start shipping next week. The promotional pre-sale offer, in packages with free 3D prints, will end on Sunday, June 18. The first models will already reach the recipients when we close the promotion.

Thank you very much for your Hurricane pre-orders. We are preparing another box, in a tropical version, which we are planning to release during the Summer holidays.

Last weekend, Arma Hobby officially presented itself at the modelling show for the first time. We took part in the Babaryba Warsaw Modeling Festival. We showed the first assembled Hurricane Mk IIc model in 1/48 scale and a large 3D print of the next project in 1/72 scale - the P-51D Mustang. Thank you very much for the warm welcome and endless conversations with modellers. It was a great experience. We must meet there next year as well.

Best regards
Wojtek Bulhak
Arma Hobby

P.S. See photos of the Hurricane model on our blog.

https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2023/06/07/hurricane-mk-iic-1-48-assembled-test-model/?utm_source=implebot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=H2C-48&utm_id=H2C-48&utm_term=40004-review-lastcall&utm_content=en?hash=15a5f7fbd24627007b46fb2c30d4406d

PPS. Or even better – see a review with a comprehensive commentary on iModeler.

https://imodeler.com/2023/06/arma-hobby-1-48-hawker-hurricane-mk-iic-kit-preview-and-what-to-expect/?utm_source=arma-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=H2C-48&utm_id=H2C-48&utm_term=40004-review

 

 

 

[AstroCanary]

Really excited about this!