PlaStix Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 This vignette was my project for the Britmodeller, 2020, Battle of Britain Group Build. The Hurricane, equipment and figures are from the Airfix 1/48, 'Ready for Battle' Gift Set. On the Hurricane, the only things I added extra were the motor - to run the prop, the aerial wire and the pilot figure - which is, I think, from the Airfix Seafire kit. For the scene I also used the welding gas trolley from Revell. I thoroughly enjoyed the build even though the kit has to be carefully assembled due to some tight tolerances. This Gift Set was a birthday present from a colleague at work a few years ago - so I would like to say a big thank you for the very thoughtful gift. Kit: Airfix 1/48 'Ready For Battle' Gift Set Paints: Humbrol, Revell, Citadel, Railmatch and Vallejo acrylics all applied by paint brush Extras: Miniature motor and plasticard (for supporting the motor) plus a hair for the aerial wire. The base uses a Wilkos picture frame and some MDF plus Guagemaster grass mat and Army Painter flower tufts. The WIP can be found HERE The Hurricane RFI photos can be found HERE The first set of photos show the Hurricane with the prop spinning and they were taken with it on my Spitfire display base which has a sky photo backdrop: A few closer views without the prop working: A few photos against a white background as I think you can see the spinning prop effect better: A few showing it in its own display frame: More photos of the Hurricane itself can be found HERE Finally a big thank you must go to the fantastic hosts of the GB and to everyone who took the time to comment or offer advice in my WIP thread. Kind regards, Stix EDIT - I edited some of the photos into B&W for my Hurricane RFI thread but forgot to post them here - so: 34 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Lovely work on a sorely underappreciated kit! Can I ask what grassmat you used? ATB TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Hi TT and thank you. I agree, it is a nice set. The grass mat I used was part of a Gaugemaster Meadow mat - the 6mm version. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks Stix 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 No problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Excellent work Stix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 13/10/2020 at 19:34, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Excellent work Stix. Thank you very much Dennis. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 I have added some B&W photos of the vignette to the end of post #1 above. I'd done them for my Hurricane RFI thread a while back, but forgot to post them here. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxhandybread Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 This is just amazing. Blink and you'd think it was a photo. Superb work!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Juliet Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Superb work - I wonder if there is a colour photo of Hawkinge on the interweb somewhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On a par with your usual excellent standards Stix. Nice work. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Fantastic job, I have a part built Airfix Hurricane, if it comes out half as good I will be really pleased. A question out of curiosity. I often see RAF aircraft where the painters seem to have misjudged the size of the national and registration markings. I’ve see it in actual archive pictures so know it is not a model error. Such as where the roundel is too big for the fuselage so gets sliced off at the bottom or wraps round underneath. Or, in this case where some of the registration letters are so large they overlap onto the roundel. What is the story behind this - is it deliberate or human error? Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Lovely work, Stix. Most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Excellent scene.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 17:17, foxhandybread said: This is just amazing. Blink and you'd think it was a photo. Superb work!! Thank you very much. That's very kind of you to say! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Congratulations nice work 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 18:07, Alpha Juliet said: Superb work - I wonder if there is a colour photo of Hawkinge on the interweb somewhere! Hi Alpha Juliet and thank you very much. I have seen some colour photos - some claim to be original, some look as if they have been coloured later. Interesting all the same. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 30/10/2020 at 08:31, Bullbasket said: On a par with your usual excellent standards Stix. Nice work. John. Hi John and thank you very much. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevSmar Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Looks lovely! Well done. I liked the photos you did of your model with the backgrounds. It certainly added to your models presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 30/10/2020 at 09:31, nheather said: Fantastic job, I have a part built Airfix Hurricane, if it comes out half as good I will be really pleased. Thank you very much Nigel for your kind comments. On 30/10/2020 at 09:31, nheather said: A question out of curiosity. I often see RAF aircraft where the painters seem to have misjudged the size of the national and registration markings. I’ve see it in actual archive pictures so know it is a model error. Such as where the roundel is too big for the fuselage so gets sliced off at the bottom or wraps round underneath. Or, in this case where some of the registration letters are so large they overlap onto the roundel. What is the story behind this - is it deliberate or human error? Cheers, Nigel I am sorry for the very slow reply - I have lost track of some of my stuff over the past few months! I'm not an expert at all in this kind of thing but @Troy Smith may be the person who can help with your question. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 That's superb. Very evocative. Hats off to you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 The Yellow overlaps the fuselage when it has been added to a red/white/blue roundel: in May 1940 when these were added in service. You will see some aircraft with a thin yellow ring dating from this time. It's easier than totally repainting the roundel. The large fuselage letters are due to someone using the standard size code letters (48in?) without any allowance for the fuselage size. However, this will also happen if the code letters were applied before May 1940, so there was no Yellow border to overlap onto. I don't think that there are any cases of code letters overlapping onto the blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 30/10/2020 at 09:31, nheather said: A question out of curiosity. I often see RAF aircraft where the painters seem to have misjudged the size of the national and registration markings. I’ve see it in actual archive pictures so know it is a model error. Such as where the roundel is too big for the fuselage so gets sliced off at the bottom or wraps round underneath. Or, in this case where some of the registration letters are so large they overlap onto the roundel. What is the story behind this - is it deliberate or human error? As Graham says, from when a yellow ring added to the (R/W/B) roundel, as well as fin stripes in May 1940, usually by adding a yellow ring to the existing 35 inch A type (R/W/B) roundel, it was usually done by adding a thinner ring, as the ring width was 7 inch, but you do see full 7 inch rings. (you also see different widths in the same Sq ...) The alternative was a full roundel repaint, though if this was done you wouldn't notice.... Again, this monograph, is still an excellent primer on the when, where and why of these details, but it is confusing. https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Camouflage-Markings/Hawker-Hurricane They do greatly help dating photos though. The code letters is even more complex, it is the greatly unappreciated area of complexity, in the specfic case of 32 Sq, the plane @PlaStix has modelled was photographed in early July 1940 IIRC, by a Fox film unit still photographer, who were making a training film. By this stage 32 were using 40 or 48 inch high codes, but in June 1940 there were using around 30 inch, as there are photos of one downed in France. Other units in the Battle of France have smaller codes, so I presume the need for better identification required bigger codes. There is also no 'running order' , in the case of 32 sq, port is the side usually seen GZoX, but many profiles, and even a warbird, show starboard as XoGZ, but the only photo of a big code 32 Sq show GZoX, as does the small code one in France, and a Mk.II in early 1941. BUT, this varies between sq, as does size, and there was no "font" In short, with RAF codes in this era, work from a photo, of which there is a shortage..... it also explains many many poor and plain wrong profiles.... hence the sig line..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Very very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hi Stix, Very nice vignette, one of my favorite planes, fantastically finished and very well accompanied by the base and its accessories, Cheers and TC Francis.👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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