A Malta defender - Hurricane I Trop P3721 - finished!

[modelling minion]

Looks good to me Gerard. 👍 

[wimbledon99]

I'm sure the line will be fine  

[Franz75]

Ooo, you have painted over the Black Widow😁. It looks nice. 

[Wings unlevel]

Verdict on the black and white dividing line??

 

 

The midstone and dark earth, meanwhile, I had a crack at freehanding.

 

 

Not amazing, but not terrible. Probably good enough to replicate a rough field repaint. As my wife always says, it’s good to try new things!

 

 

 

[wimbledon99]

Looks just grand from here

[glwanabe]

 

 

 

The line looks good. Ya see what having positive waves will do?  

 

[modelling minion]

Its a mother, beautiful line and its exactly where its supposed to be. 

Nice work mate 👍. 

[Rabbit Leader]

Two ticks from me as well, however your wife’s line ‘it’s good to try new things’, can be taken many different ways….. you know they don’t think like us modellers do you? 🤔
 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Wings unlevel]

18 hours ago, wimbledon99 said:

Looks just grand from here

Thanks Nigel. Hard to make middle stone and dark earth look bad!

 

14 hours ago, glwanabe said:

Ya see what having positive waves will do? 

Your positive vibes got me over the line!

 

9 hours ago, modelling minion said:

Its a mother, beautiful line and its exactly where its supposed to be. 

Nice work mate 👍. 

 Thanks Craig, sometimes I can struggle to keep on the straight and narrow! 😂

 

9 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

your wife’s line ‘it’s good to try new things’, can be taken many different ways….. you know they don’t think like us modellers do you? 🤔

Yes I think she means by trying new things travelling somewhere new or eating unfamiliar foods, not trying new modelling techniques! 😂

 

I am glad I experimented with freehanding. I think with practice I could get ok with it, although especially on a 1/72 model a smaller airbrush needle size would help? Maybe that’s what wifey means by trunk new things!

[Wings unlevel]

Decals done, for the most part.

 

 

A few more stencils to apply and a few issues to fix - I didn’t get the tail flash decals to overlap property- the starboard side decal looks to have moved out of alignment. I have to decide whether I can live with it, or fix it through removthem and painting them instead. I’ll also need to paint on the red gun port covers as I tore one of the decals for these removing it from the backing paper. Oh and I accidentally broke of the little antenna wire mount on the vertical tail too.

 

Still, am getting there!

 

[Andwil]

Well it’s looking very good despite the minor problems.

 

AW

[Rabbit Leader]

That's looking really lovely Gerard. Not long until it's all on show in the GB Gallery. 

Cheers.. DFK 

[Wings unlevel]

5 hours ago, Andwil said:

Well it’s looking very good despite the minor problems

Thanks AW, nothing overly difficult to fix, thankfully.

 

4 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

That's looking really lovely Gerard. Not long until it's all on show in the GB Gallery

Thanks Dave, it’s starting to come to life now i feel.  👍

[Chuck1945]

Great, it is going to be a splendid Hurricane 👏👍

[Wings unlevel]

2 hours ago, Chuck1945 said:

Great, it is going to be a splendid Hurricane 👏👍

Thanks! It’s certainly been a fun Hurricane!

[modelling minion]

I think that she is looking really good Gerard. 

[stevehnz]

That is looking very good Gerard, You're on track for a real beaut. 👍

Steve.

[Wings unlevel]

2 hours ago, modelling minion said:

I think that she is looking really good Gerard. 

 

1 hour ago, stevehnz said:

That is looking very good Gerard, You're on track for a real beaut. 👍

Steve.

Thanks gents! For better and not hopefully for worse I’ve decided to have a go at painting the tail fin flashes. Hopefully I can get reasonable colour matches…

[wimbledon99]

Good luck Gerard. I’m sure your decision will only add to what’s already a lovely build. 

[Franz75]

Wow, I'm jealous. Your kit looks fabulous, and you're almost done. 

[Wings unlevel]

4 hours ago, Franz75 said:

Wow, I'm jealous. Your kit looks fabulous, and you're almost done. 

Thanks! Not my best work but it’s been a fun build so far. Speaking of not my best work, I have masked and painted the fun flashes. Good in theory but some touch ups are required! Will take a photo when it’s in a better state!

[Rabbit Leader]

On 9/23/2025 at 8:10 AM, Wings unlevel said:

fun flashes

I didn’t know you spoke fluent ‘Kiwi’? 

[Wings unlevel]

42 minutes ago, Rabbit Leader said:

I didn’t know you spoke fluent ‘Kiwi’? 

‘Fun flashes’ is probably not the best choice of words on a family-friendly forum! 😂

[Wings unlevel]

Repainting the fun … I mean fin flashes took a bit of work due to my shoddy masking, so there were a few rounds of touch ups, but I got them to an acceptable state. Then, after a gloss coat over the decals, it was onto some weathering - an oil wash, some chipping and some Tamiya smoke for engine smoke stains.

 

 

It was quite handy working on the 1/72 build ahead of the 1/48, so I could practice some rusty skills on it before tackling the bigger build, to the 1/48’s benefit.

 

Nearly done now!

[Franz75]

Both are very nice.  Weathering is superb. I love it.