Beard's Hurricane IV

[Beard]

8 hours ago, Wings unlevel said:

Looks ok? Maybe a touch lemon-y?

I think you're right. I'll have another look in the paint store, to see if I have anything more suitable.

[Beard]

A sudden burst of activity, unaccompanied by photographs, and the cockpit is installed and fuselage halves joined together.

 

Thanks for looking.

[Wings unlevel]

The fuselage halves went together ok?

[Beard]

12 hours ago, Wings unlevel said:

The fuselage halves went together ok?

They went together fairly well. I let the glue (Tamiya white label) act for a while then fiddled with the fit before applying the tape. We'll see how successful it was when I remove the tape later today or tomorrow. 

[Beard]

While I wait for the glue on the fuselage halves to set, I've examined how the lower wing will fit.

 

At the back:

 

At the front:

 

A little bit of sanding and scraping later...

 

 

Nearly there.

 

You'll notice the seam on the front lower cowling. I went for the best fit at the top.

 

Thanks for looking. 

Edited August 20 by Beard
to correct spelling

[Wings unlevel]

That’s tidy up fine. Nothing too dire to fix.

[Beard]

On 20/08/2025 at 23:20, Wings unlevel said:

That’s tidy up fine. Nothing too dire to fix.

There was a fair amount of filling and sanding involved but it was nothing too dire.

 

Here it is now...

 

The white bits by the cockpit are my attempt to replicate the added armour.

 

 

Thanks for looking.

[Wings unlevel]

1 hour ago, Beard said:

There was a fair amount of filling and sanding involved but it was nothing too dire.

 

Here it is now...

Very effectively done. Oddly, I don’t mind filling and sanding, it can be quite relaxing…

 

1 hour ago, Beard said:

The white bits by the cockpit are my attempt to replicate the added armour.

Neat.

[Beard]

It's time to think of the markings and I'm going for KX413 which, according to some, was a MkIID but this: http://www.airhistory.org.uk/Hurricane/p055.html has it as a MkIV.

 

AZ have it with a tropical filter

but this...

(From here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126962)

shows no tropical filter.

 

Anyway, all I need to do now is work out where the Vickers S guns go.

[Wings unlevel]

2 hours ago, Beard said:

shows no tropical filter

Clearly! That’s a lovely reference shot, too.

[Troy Smith]

3 hours ago, Beard said:

all I need to do now is work out where the Vickers S guns go.

 

HurricaneIIdwingpanels1-24th by losethekibble, on Flickr

 

mg303HurricaneMkIID_zps4445b05c by losethekibble, on Flickr

this shows the ammo drum in wing,

Hurricane 6 sq leading edge stripe 1 by losethekibble, on Flickr

 

Mk.IV KX829 hanging up In Birmingham

you can see the hatches over the ammo drum recess, as well as the gun mounts and various other details

Hawker Hurricane - P3395 Think Tank 036 by touluru, on Flickr

 

there are a load more here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131561068@N08/albums/72157657887849931/with/24294439428

 

3 hours ago, Beard said:

shows no tropical filter.

shows no carb intake full stop. 

as mentioned in the manual

 

2024-02-03_01-01-08 by losethekibble, on Flickr

 

3 hours ago, Beard said:

according to some, was a MkIID but this: http://www.airhistory.org.uk/Hurricane/p055.html has it as a MkIV.

 

Correct.   There were very few IID used operationally  in the UK, and those that were flew with 184 Sq.

 

Note FJ-G in the background has reversed upper colours

 

other points,  possibly yellow doped gun port patch, possibly Sky.

Medium Sea Grey inside UC doors and gear legs, and AFAIK, the inside of the wheel wells too.

 

HTH

[Beard]

Hello Troy,

 

I was hoping you might stop by.

 

7 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

shows no carb intake full stop. 

I wish I'd noticed that (you can guess why).

 

7 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

other points,  possibly yellow doped gun port patch, possibly Sky.

I think it'll be yellow, on my one.

 

7 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

Medium Sea Grey inside UC doors and gear legs, and AFAIK, the inside of the wheel wells too.

I wasn't sure when the wheelwells started to be painted MSG so went with Aluminium. 

[Beard]

A small amount of progress. I've painted the Sky band...

 

I'm contemplating painting the yellow identification stripes on the leading edge and then masking for the main colours. What do you think?

 

Thanks for looking.

[Wings unlevel]

Nice to see paint under way.

[Beard]

On 28/08/2025 at 22:16, Wings unlevel said:

Nice to see paint under way.

Thanks. There's quite a bit of painting too do and I'm farting around with a Hasegawa F-4S and A-1J (as well as two Hurricanes) so it may take a while.

[Beard]

Despite life getting in the way I've been slowly working on this one.

 

Painted the camouflage, although it needs some touching-up (but dont we all)...

 

Painted the canopy...

 

Here's where she is, as of last night...

 

Thanks for looking.

[Wings unlevel]

1 hour ago, Beard said:

Despite life getting in the way

It has an unfortunate habit of doing that! But glad you e been making process, as it looks great under paint!

[Beard]

Gloss coated and ready for the decals...

 

I think I'll be using some spares for the codes...

 

Thanks for looking. 

[Wings unlevel]

Looks like a lovely gloss coat.

[Rabbit Leader]

Nice to see this one coming along quite well too @Beard. The decals will soon elevate it to ‘eye candy’ status! 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Beard]

9 hours ago, Wings unlevel said:

Looks like a lovely gloss coat.

Thanks but don't zoom in... it covers average (at best) painting.

 

7 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

Nice to see this one coning along quite well too @Beard. The decals will soon elevate it to ‘eye candy’ status! 

Cheers.. Dave 

It's coming along, the guns need to be assembled and stuck on.

[Beard]

I've run into a bit of a problem with the decals.

I don't think the supplied codes are the what anyone would call 'Sky'.

 

The problem I have is that the Sky codes I have are not the right shape, they're too thick.

I'm off to have a trawl of the Internet and see if there's anything more suitable.

 

Thanks for looking and opinions are welcome.

 

[Troy Smith]

1 hour ago, Beard said:

and opinions are welcome.

Hmm.  Sky, despite what many model paints and decals show, is a pale yellowy green.

The kit ones look better than the AM ones, which look brownish..

The kit codes don't look too bad.   Try painting a bit of plastic card with Colourcoats Sky,  and then lay that over the decals.

Bear in mind that the band and spinner were factory painted, and the letters were done at unit level, 

See https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/70201-tempest-ej693-medium-sea-grey-squadron-codes/

 

 

The band and codes are both Sky.  

 

 

 

I think in real life Sky needs very careful stirring to get all the pigment up from the bottom of the can...

 

In short codes and  and they don't need to match

 

 

HTH 

[Beard]

Thanks @Troy Smith, that photo is very useful. I'll use the kit's codes (not that I could find any suitable aftermarket ones).

[Beard]

Some progress, the decals are done and the big guns have been attached.

 

Next step is to attach the undercarriage. 

 

Thanks for looking.