neillydone Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Hello everybody In full knowledge that there are plenty of these Arma 1:72 Hurricanes milling about I wanted to add my own humble contribution. Its from the Mk. 1 Expert Set in the kit scheme of Josef Frantisek of 303 Squadron. I finished it last week and am posting now because we are at the 80th Anniversary of the formal establishment of 303 Squadron and completely co-incidentally, as I was applying the last touches, the Historic Aircraft Collection were kind enough to also reveal the public certification flight of a 1:1 scale edition ;-) from Duxford. In terms of the kit, I found the cockpit very well detailed but a very tight fit - much fettling was required to get the wing installed. The wing root was very good but due to user error the leading edge wing to fuselage join needed a little filler. Nonetheless, I was pleased with the end result with much thanks to Bruno from the Dakota club here in Flanders for helping out with a spare u/c strut to replace the one consumed by the Carpet Monster (in addition to the PE rear view mirror after I had spent a good thirty minutes making the glass out of kitchen foil). Oh, and I hand made the navigation lights from clear sprue only to discover I could have used those on provided by Arma all along! Oh well. It was painted with a mix of Vallejo, Tamiya and Lifecolour paints, with Ammo of MiG weathering powders and pencils and W&N oil paints. Overall very enjoyable but I'd probably do the junior set as the trade-off of PE versus visibility for the cockpit is not necessarily valuable for my purpose (i.e. to go on my shelf at the office). On reflection I think the panel line wash on the upper surfaces of the wings is a bit Over The Top (vertical surfaces are more muted) and also the chipping on the gun panels but I'm quite happy how the interior and exhausts worked out in the end... As usual, errors and omissions are my own but as a long time lurker here on BM I would like to say how very grateful I am to all those who have posted their Arma Hurricane builds & experiences already (e.g. @Procopius, @CedB, amongst others) and those with seemingly boundless Hurricane knowledge, especially @Troy Smith all of which I found very helpful indeed! 38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Nice work - I also ended up doing the landing lights with clear sprue but only after failing to get the kit lights to insert correctly. This is a nice kit but it's tricky in places and wouldn't recommend it to a beginner - your resulting model came out great. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 You are perhaps a little self critical. Often as not I won't spot the flaws until it's pointed out to me. But we are all guilty of that. Actually a few photos in natural light might enhance the model because to my eye there's little enough wrong with your Hurricane other than the artificial light. Nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 That looks great, absolutely great. I'm going to have to get one of these, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 A beautiful looking Hurricane. Well done 👏👏👏👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 A very convincing Hurricane, with dubdued weathering that looks just right in that scale. Also a very considerate touch to name some of the cognoscenti, whose wisom help us less informed enthusiasts make better models. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Excellent job on the Hurricane, first class! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Awesome! I seem unable to finish any Hurricane builds... I have a 1/48 one that sent terribly and now I've got a 1/72 Airfix one with a cracked canopy I'm waiting for Airfix spares to get back to me about.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Great work - really does the kit justice! The slightly worn finish is spot-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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