Dunny Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hi All, Here's my attempt at Airfix' MkI Hurricane, modelled as V6799 of 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn, RAF Kenley, October 1940, This aircraft was flown by P/O (later W/C) Ken McKenzie - on 7th October 1940 he was chasing a damaged Bf109 over the South Coast. Having expended his ammunition he used his wingtip to remove the port tailplane, causing the Bf109 to crash. In doing so the Hurricane's wingtip was also removed, causing McKenzie to force land near Folkestone. He rejoined his unit in quick order and went on to claim at least seven more victories before the end of the battle. Here's a couple of photos of the aircraft: After the forced landing: This was a quick build so no WIP. I used a Montex mask set for all the national insignia, and I am quite pleased with the outcome. I noted from the above photo that the aircraft appeared to have no underwing roundels, so completed the scheme accordingly. The aircraft was only on squadron strength for a very short time, so I kept overall weathering to a minimum. Photos were taken prior to rigging wiith Uschi fine line. Anyway, on to the photos: And a final shot with Dickie Cork's Sea Hurricane: I'm glad to finally have a BoB Hurricane in the collection, and will add to the Defiant I built earlier in the year. I suppose I'd better complete a Spitfire to complete the tryptich... Thanks for looking, Roger 34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 That's a lovely model Roger, great work and great background too. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: That's a lovely model Roger, great work and great background too. All the best Chris Thanks for the kind words Chris - the background certainly attests to their commitment to the cause. Incredible bravery... Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 A handsome Hurricane, very nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Wulfman said: A handsome Hurricane, very nice work ! Wulfman Thanks Wulfman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Excellent! These Montex masks seems to be very useful. One can see the difference on the wings a little bit at the last photograph on both models very nice Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Andy Dyck said: Excellent! These Montex masks seems to be very useful. One can see the difference on the wings a little bit at the last photograph on both models very nice Andy Thanks Andy - they take more time but there is a visible improvement, Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Love it, that's superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 7 hours ago, RMCS said: Lovley 6 hours ago, F-32 said: Love it, that's superb Thanks for the kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Really really nice Hurricane. Are you tempted to do it again with the broken wingtip?😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Jeff G said: Really really nice Hurricane. Are you tempted to do it again with the broken wingtip?😄 Thanks for the kind words Jeff - sadly there's no photos and I would not wish to speculate Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Dunny said: sadly there's no photos PS On 10/08/2020 at 02:27, Dunny said: After the forced landing: this is a model, which was on here, note the bent prop blade, Rotol blades are a compressed wood composite and snap off and shatter like so Neat model... your work surface does not do it justice though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: Neat model... your work surface does not do it justice though.... Thanks for the kind words Troy - maybe I do need to raise my game in terms of presentation! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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