Hurricane in foreign service

[ruth]

Hallo

 

I am working with Hasegawa kits and the Huricane Mk. I in 1/48.

I want to build 2 of this aircarft: One Luftwaffe and one Russian.

Does anyone have original photos of these 3 aircraft?

Many thanks in forward!

 

Happy modelling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[brewerjerry]

Hi

    This link may help 

 

 

    but i think the hurricane in the profile might have been supposed to have been drawn as a MkII as tha black underwing and tail band is post nov 40 colours as mentioned in the link 

    cheers

       jerry

Edited November 7, 2021 by brewerjerry

[Graham Boak]

For Russian use of the Hurricane consult the Soviet War Planes website  http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/board/index.php   However I don't think the Russians got any Mk.Is, only Mk.IIs.  I strongly suspect that an APxxx serialled Hurricane would have the later tailwheel, regardless of Mark.  Both examples were indeed Mk.IIB.  

 

There's something odd about the German example.  There would be no white spinner nor band unless these were painted on by the Germans which is unlikely, but if so why has the grey paint used to overpaint the RAF markings strayed onto this band?  The Germans would also overpaint the underside Yellow.  

[brewerjerry]

Hi

    link to photo of actual hurricane 

 

 

and link to useful photo page of captured hurricanes germany & italy & japan 

 

https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/captured-hawker-hurricane-fighters/

 

       cheers 

          jerry 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2021 by brewerjerry

[brewerjerry]

Hi

    photo of a Mk I DF+SC in this thread 

  worth a trawl thro for others maybe ? 

       cheers

         jerry 

 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/hawker-hurricane.42739/

Edited November 7, 2021 by brewerjerry

[ruth]

56 minutes ago, brewerjerry said:

Hi

    link to photo of actual hurricane 

and link to useful photo page of captured hurricanes germany & italy & japan 

https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/captured-hawker-hurricane-fighters/

 

     

Oh, it really helps!

Great thanks for this photo!

Happy modelling

[Ed Russell]

That Hurricane is a hotch-potch of colours but doesn't look much like the profile. The spinner and tail band look more like Sky. The fuselage balkenkreuz is painted on a  soft edged darker rectangle. The undersurfaces may be divided black and white? It's not impossible that this is the same aircraft as the colour picture in the link above - note the unusual vertical swatches on the fuselage about where the canopy slides back to.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/5584732068/

There's a good monograph waiting to be written on captured Hurricanes!

 

[Graham Boak]

Looking at the photo, that one's a Mk.II also., which would make the date 1941.  Hence the Sky band and spinner,, later tailwheel, and later Rotol spinner and prop.  Underside is definitely not Night/White, but probably Sky or perhaps Sky with a Night port wing.

[brewerjerry]

26 minutes ago, Ed Russell said:

...........

There's a good monograph waiting to be written on captured Hurricanes .....

 

Hi

     there is one already 

       cheers

          jerry 

 

https://www.scalemates.com/books/hurricane-in-foreign-service-ksi-ki-militarne-2-m-wawrzynski--102277

[brewerjerry]

31 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:

Looking at the photo, that one's a Mk.II also., which would make the date 1941.  Hence the Sky band and spinner,, later tailwheel, and later Rotol spinner and prop.  Underside is definitely not Night/White, but probably Sky or perhaps Sky with a Night port wing.

Hi

    camo seems to date as maybe between nov 40 and apr 41 

 

   or a little later if i took a while to repaint in the 'greys' 

 

  there was a photo awhile back on toch showing a captured mkIi guarded in a pen, can't find the link at tbe mo

  cheers

      jerry 

 

 

p.s. found link and aircraft I/D 

 

 

  http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=54336&highlight=hurricane

Edited November 7, 2021 by brewerjerry

[modelldoc]

Years before Airfix had this Russian Hurricane as a Club kit in 1:72.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/15232779897/in/dateposted/

 

The plane crashed later in Finland.

 

modelldoc

[112 Squadron]

Hurricane Z3227:

 

https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Hurricane/USSR/pages/Hurricane-II-USSR-767IAP-exRAF-Z3227-Poduzhemiye-airfield-Karelia-21st-Mar-1942-01.html

 

A picture of AP558 can be found together with the picture above and many other Soviet Hurricane pictures in Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 107 Soviet Hurricane Aces of World War 2.

[Troy Smith]

7 hours ago, ruth said:

I am working with Hasegawa kits and the Huricane Mk. I in 1/48.

I want to build 2 of this aircarft: One Luftwaffe and one Russian.

All are Mk,.II.   The Mk.II is longer than a Mk.I, has a different radiator and carb intake, and all have the later Rotol spinner. 

Say if you want more information, I have a part done conversion.

 

 Depends how bothered you are, IIRC the Hase Mk.I have a later Rotol bullet spinner  as a not to be used spare.  The VVS never got any Hurricane Mk.I's

 

This is said to be AP588

 

this is the IIA , UP-M,  as captured and with crosses added

Captured  Hurricane. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr

 

HTH

 

[Ed Russell]

4 hours ago, brewerjerry said:

Hi

     there is one already 

       cheers

          jerry 

Oh, the shame! I actually have that book.