The Deputy Walks On Hard Nails And The Preacher Rides A Mount - Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

[AliGauld]

11 hours ago, Dunny said:

Me too - ordered yesterday. Happy now @mark.au @bigbadbadge? 😉

Why oh why do we associate with such dreadful people. 😂 Forcing us into such things. 

 

11 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

 

Guilty as charged M'Lud.

I can only plead insanity 😉

Oh that would be why then. I'm not exactly stable myself. 

 

9 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

One of the few tweaks I made was to repaint the red bits, as they are pillar box red, not brick red. I used vallejo light rust.  (see pic), over varnish, so you can just wipe off an overpaint.  

 

it also has the advantage that you can touch in the leading edge if the fin without having to match the decals. 

 

Glad the wheel well hint worked, I noticed a couple 'how did you get that fit' ..... if you get the main spar wrong, the wing is then too thick, and you get the step that they talk about.  

 

I think that's the only real potential 'gotcha' with the kit.    I should be getting some spare Arma canopies , and plan/hope to do a couple of the later BoB fabric wing planes.

 

neat work so far

cheers

T

 

Thanks again Troy I'll get some paint

 

 

Cheers 

Alistair 

 

[AliGauld]

The final bits of the fuselage were fitted, the canopy masked and painted green, then the whole thing was primed and finally Duck Egg Green was sprayed on the underside.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking,

CHeers,

Alistair

[bigbadbadge]

Crikey that was quick to progress Alistair, looking good fella.

Great work 

Chris

[AliGauld]

29 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said:

Crikey that was quick to progress Alistair, looking good fella.

Great work 

Chris

Thanks Chris,

Due to all the tips and help I've been given it's kind of falling together.

And that will be the kiss of death. 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Troy Smith]

2 hours ago, AliGauld said:

And that will be the kiss of death

 

If you want a sacrifical glitch...you forgot the downward ID light behind the radiator.  

 

from here http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hayward/hurricane_mk1_l1592/index.php?Page=2

which maybe of interest as it's the real L1592.  

2 hours ago, AliGauld said:

the canopy masked and painted green

the inside of the canopy frames on airframes with mostly aluminium internals was also aluminium, although is one of the very few pics to show this detail...

 

There you go, it's all gone horribly wrong....

 

this is meant to be humour, as these are very minor and the light can just be a fiddled in if you trim the base off, or a bit of clear sprue and some clear orange

 

build looks good

cheers

[AliGauld]

28 minutes ago, Troy Smith said:

 

If you want a sacrifical glitch...you forgot the downward ID light behind the radiator.  

 

from here http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hayward/hurricane_mk1_l1592/index.php?Page=2

which maybe of interest as it's the real L1592.  

the inside of the canopy frames on airframes with mostly aluminium internals was also aluminium, although is one of the very few pics to show this detail...

 

There you go, it's all gone horribly wrong....

 

this is meant to be humour, as these are very minor and the light can just be a fiddled in if you trim the base off, or a bit of clear sprue and some clear orange

 

build looks good

cheers

Thanks Troy,

I was planning just to fill the light with a mix of Krystal Klear and Clear Orange.

But you're right. It was only after I painted the canopy with Internal Green and then primer that I wondered if it was aluminium as well.

I will never live the shame down. .

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[ModelingEdmontonian]

21 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

was planning just to fill the light with a mix of Krystal Klear and Clear Orange.

This is my favoured approach 👍

[mark.au]

Looks good Alistair, the underside colour is very striking, I’ve always liked that.

[jackroadkill]

@AliGauld, she's coming on really well.  You're making me feel the need to dig one out of my stash and have a go at it, but that would be breaking my cardinal rule of only having three builds under way at once!

[Learstang]

Very nice! Alistair, you are a model-making machine!

 

Best Regards,

 

Jason

[Dunny]

Alistair,

 

Looking very nice - the Duck Egg Green really shows up the ribbed effect of the fabric wing. I'm not sure you can now continue, though, after @Troy Smith has pointed out that error on the canopy framing 🤣. Lovely work,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[AliGauld]

11 hours ago, ModelingEdmontonian said:

This is my favoured approach 👍

I did that on my first Arma Hurricane and liked the effect. 

 

11 hours ago, mark.au said:

Looks good Alistair, the underside colour is very striking, I’ve always liked that.

Thanks Mark,

It was an old bottle of Vallejo ModelAir that I'd hung on to after I gave the rest to my nephew and it's just as well I did.

Guess which complete idiot didn't notice the colour scheme until it was time for paint.

Cue some scrambling about in the paint drawers to find it. 

 

9 hours ago, jackroadkill said:

@AliGauld, she's coming on really well.  You're making me feel the need to dig one out of my stash and have a go at it, but that would be breaking my cardinal rule of only having three builds under way at once!

Thanks so much.

I too try to only have three on the go. Does a double build count as one. .

 

9 hours ago, Learstang said:

Very nice! Alistair, you are a model-making machine!

 

Best Regards,

 

Jason

Thanks Jason,

Don't know if I qualify but I'll accept the compliment graciously. 

 

9 hours ago, Dunny said:

Alistair,

 

Looking very nice - the Duck Egg Green really shows up the ribbed effect of the fabric wing. I'm not sure you can now continue, though, after @Troy Smith has pointed out that error on the canopy framing 🤣. Lovely work,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

Thanks Roger,

I'm going to need to take some time to think my options over and see if I can take the mud slinging and black-balling that will come my way for the howling inaccuracy.

 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[jackroadkill]

2 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

Does a double build count as one. .

Yes, I reckon so.  It's one project, after all....

[Dunny]

4 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

I'm going to need to take some time to think my options over and see if I can take the mud slinging and black-balling that will come my way for the howling inaccuracy.

'And THEN he left the canopy frame Interior Grey Green - can you Adam and Eve it? He should never darken the pages of this hallowed forum again' 

[AliGauld]

18 minutes ago, Dunny said:

'And THEN he left the canopy frame Interior Grey Green - can you Adam and Eve it? He should never darken the pages of this hallowed forum again' 

Absolutely.

Couldn't agree more. 

I'm a total disgrace of a human being. 

Troy, If you happen to be catching this it is all done in jest. 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Dunny]

8 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

Troy, If you happen to be catching this it is all done in jest. 

Absolutely in jest, and no offence intended 

[Brandy]

16 hours ago, Dunny said:

really shows up the ribbed effect of the fabric wing. 

Which is not visible at all on the pics of the actual aircraft!

 

C'est la vie....

 

Ian

[AliGauld]

Some more colour flung in the general direction.

This time ColourCoats Dark Earth.

 

 

 

Dark Green tomorrow.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Cheers.

Alistair

[bigbadbadge]

Good to see the first upper colour go on Alistair,  you'll soon have this one done now.

Great job

Chris

[AliGauld]

3 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Good to see the first upper colour go on Alistair,  you'll soon have this one done now.

Great job

Chris

Thanks Chris,

More paint tomorrow.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[AliGauld]

Well, this took longer than I expected.

Poor paintwork from me and a fair bit of paint lift from the masked Vallejo. (I knew there was a reason I got rid.)

I had detacked the masking tape quite heavily too.

Still, after some Dark Green and more Dark Brown and Eau de Nil as touch ups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It should be ready for a clear coat along with the Sunderland.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[ModelingEdmontonian]

1 hour ago, AliGauld said:

Well, this took longer than I expected.

Poor paintwork from me and a fair bit of paint lift from the masked Vallejo. (I knew there was a reason I got rid.)

I had detacked the masking tape quite heavily too.

Still, after some Dark Green and more Dark Brown and Eau de Nil as touch ups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It should be ready for a clear coat along with the Sunderland.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Looking great, Alistair! She'll be a beaut with decals on.

[AliGauld]

44 minutes ago, ModelingEdmontonian said:

Looking great, Alistair! She'll be a beaut with decals on.

Thanks very much,

That is very kind of you.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Ngantek]

Always a satisfying moment when the full camo scheme goes down. It's looking up to your usual impeccable standards, Alistair,

Cheers,

Andy

[bigbadbadge]

Looking rather splendid Alistair,  looking forward to the decals fella.

Great job

Chris