Dave Charles Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I have a number of photographs of aircraft from 607 (County of Durham) Squadron that have some diffences in markings from standard Hurricanes. These are Mk I and Mk IIb if they of interest I will post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Hi daves Yes, of course. Please I will really appreciate if you do that. Many thanks for the offer Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Hi Here is a group picture of the last batch and a picture showing the 17 Hurricane finished on our display cabinet. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The Hurricanes all look great! What's the story of the one with the white tail? And what kind of flying boat is that in the cabinet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Many thanks ben_m The Hurricane painted in that way was flew through the Takoradi route. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Takoradiairroute.html The Flying boat is the Boeing 314. I have posted some pictures of building process here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28950 Thanks for looking Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Many thanks ben_mThe Hurricane painted in that way was flew through the Takoradi route. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Takoradiairroute.html The Flying boat is the Boeing 314. I have posted some pictures of building process here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28950 Thanks for looking Cheers Santiago Thanks for the information. That flying boat looks amazing- I missed that thread! Such a great result from a vac-form kit. Good luck with the Hurricanes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Your welcome Ben My father has started to build the next 4 Hurricane. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hi to all These new 4 Hurricanes are ready for the coat of primer. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hi The 4 Hurricane have the decals on. They are almost ready for the coat of matt varnish. Kind regards Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango India Mike Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hello Santiago! There's no stopping you and your Dad, is there? I've said it before, but I'll say it again...what a team! If anyone ever deserved a foremost place in the annals of modelling history, it would be the Hrubisko Team. Please pass on my best regards to your Dad...and keep on churning 'em out...it's wonderful to see! All the best, Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Hi Tim It is really nice to hear from you again. Many thanks for your kindly comments regarding our models and current project. We do what we can. Since my father has his retirement he can spend many hours per day on his workbench. :-) I will give your regards to him. Actually we tried to contact you some months ago but the emails came back. Do you have the same email address?. Kind regards Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hi guys These 4 Hurricanes are done. My father finished them yesterday. I hope I can post more pictures soon. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hello to all As I promised here are better pictures of the latest Hurricane finished. 18) Hurricane Mk I LK/A - P2798 – 87 Sqn - December 1940 19) Hurricane Mk I P - P2992 – 527 Sqn -1943 The new model and the one which will be rebuild. 20) Hurricane Mk I V7101 – 69 Sqn - May/june 1941 21) Hurricane Mk I V7476 - 1 (APU) – Australia - 1944 These 4 Hurricane together The next batch will include the following four Hurricanes 1) Hurricane Mk I W9266 - 274 Sqn - Gerawla, Egypt - 25/05/1941 flew by the Anglo-Argentine pilot F/L Dudley Honor DFC. 2) Hurricane Mk I P3818 - 3 Sqn - Benina - Mar-41 3) Hurricane Mk X AG244 - Central Flying School, RRAF, Based at Norton Air Base, Rhodesia - 1945 4) Hurricane Mk I V7476 - Point Cook - 1946 Kind regards Santiago Hrubisko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) simply gorgeous , i much prefer the hurri to the spit !! although the spit is a gorgeous machine and the sight and sound of them fills you with pride and goosebumps .. the spit seemed as if it was 5 yrs early being ahead of it's time !!! . the hurri just seems to be a plane of the time and a more workmanlike rugged machine !! Edited July 29, 2009 by tornado64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I never tire of seeing these. Another lovely batch of Hurries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 (edited) Hi Many thanks guys for your coments. simply gorgeous , i much prefer the hurri to the spit !! although the spit is a gorgeous machine and the sight and sound of them fills you with pride and goosebumps .. I like both but since we already made the spitfire collection ( http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003...ko_spitfire.htm ) we believed it was time for doing the Hurricane one. :-) Cheers Sanitago Edited July 30, 2009 by diamant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 Hi The new batch of Hurricane (Hasegawa kits) is comming. My father made (clone) the tropical filter for each one (pink piece). Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hi My father has started to paint these 4 Hurricane and here are some pictures of how they look so far. 1) Hurricane Mk I W9266 - 274 Sqn - Gerawla, Egypt - 25/05/1941 flew by the Anglo-Argentine pilot F/L Dudley Honor DFC. 2) Hurricane Mk I P3818 - 3 Sqn - Benina - Mar-41 3) Hurricane Mk X AG244 - Central Flying School, RRAF, Based at Norton Air Base, Rhodesia - 1945 4) Hurricane Mk I V7476 - Point Cook - 1946 Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 Hi Now, the three Hurricane are ready for the decals Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Hi to all My father has just applied the decals on these Hurricane and they are almost ready. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hello to all The latest batch of four Hurricanes is done. Here are two group pictures and the individuals ones. Hurricane Mk I W9266 - 274 Sqn - Gerawla, Egypt - 25/05/1941 flew by the Anglo-Argentine pilot F/L Dudley Honor DFC. Hurricane Mk I P3818 - 3 Sqn - Benina - Mar-41 Hurricane Mk X AG244 - Central Flying School, RRAF, Based at Norton Air Base, Rhodesia - 1945 Hurricane Mk I V7476 - Point Cook - 1946 Two out of three schemes camouflage of the V7476 These are the latest 4 Hurricane Mk I which we are going to include in this series. After these 4 Hurricane we will move on to the Mk II version. Hurricane Mk I L1711 – 1 SAAF Sqn - Waterkloof Air Station – March 1939 Hurricane Mk I PO/X P2632 – 46 Sqn - HMS Gloriosus – May 1940 Hurricane Mk I ¿¿?? - ¿¿?? - Fuka, Egypt – May 1941 (with the cannons on the upper surface of the wings) Hurricane Mk I HILLSON SLIP WING F.H. 40 – Boscombe Down 1943. Kind regards Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Wow, another great batch of Hurricanes. I particularly like the head-on photo of the 3 Sqn machine, it shows to perfection the fake "Italian" camouflage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Many thanks for looking and writting. Yes, but this is a Italian style camouflage made with "points" instead of the common "lines" ones. The next batch of Hurricane will include one with the latter style. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Hi As I explained before all the information related with the Anglo-Argentine pilots that we have came from the book “Wings of thunder”. This book deals with the histories of Argentine Volunteer Aircrews in the RAF and RCAF during the Second World War. Now that Claudio Meunier (author of that book) kindly gave me the permission to post here some paragraphs of his book, I am able to share with you the following as regard the Hurricane Mk I W9266 flew by F/L Dudley Honor DFC. Reference: “Wings of thunder” (authors Claudio Meunier and Oscar Rimondi), chapter 7 “Quilmeño”, In 25 May 1941 Honor accredited in this machine a SM-79 and a JU 52 over Maleme, Creta. Quote In the afternoon of the 25 May, the air raid sirens sound at the aerodrome of Maleme. The German were witness to a brave and spectacular attack. Two Hurricane from the RAF appeared flying low over the aerodrome firing as they went, flying at full speed. One of the Hurricane burst into flame having been hit by the flak, but kept on flying, the other went on safety. This was one flown by F/L Honor………….. “F/L Hugh Down and I left the base at Sidi Banani in experimental long range Hurricane on May 24 to go over and ground strafe Maleme aerodrome…… As we crossed over the mountains there were so many enemy aircraft in the sky that I was undecided of whether to have a craft at the one in the air or to carry at my original orders….I decided to attack at the two aircrafts that were landing. I thought they were probably full of the troops and equipment…..I opened fired at two thousand yards and continued firing as I approached the aerodrome. ….. As I passed over the northern Boundary of the aerodrome the anti aerial guns opened up…… I think I passed the barrier before the shells actually burst. The second Hurricane apparently ran into the flak screen. I did not see F/L Hugh Down again. I pulled up to the line of the transport airplanes head on. I managed to get up to the same height as the leading airplane. It was a Italian SM79. I gave it a very short burst at dead range. It burst into flame and went straight down into the sea. I carried a straight on and had a crack at the second Ju52. I saw him as he turned over on his back and hit the water. Suddenly there was a series of explosion and my control was gone. A Me110 had attached me from underneath and behind…………… I was not able to outturn the attack because my elevator was badly damage…………. The Me 110 must have used up all his ammunitions without hitting me again because he sheered off. ………….. A Me 109F then took up the fight……… After about 5 minutes one of the Me109F burst hit me in the engine. There was a terrible band and an awful smell of cordite in the cockpit…. I steered straight ahead to make a landing on the water at high speed (120 M/h)….. I went down to forty feet before I realized what was happening. I opened the hood which luckily had not jammed. I was wearing a German Mae West captured in the Battle of Britain from the rear gunner of a Ju 87 Stuka destroyed by my squadron… The German Mae West inflates automatically. If I had been wearing the old British Mae West I might have been drowned because in my breathless state I would not probably have been able to blow in it…………….. ……The Greek told us that a flying boat had landed on the water. They had signaled SOS as he passed. This raised my hopes again. What I had thought was an aircraft taking off was, in fact, a second Sunderland landing. I took over the flash lamp from the Greeks and signaled, in Morse; RAF here. “Swim for it”, a voice shouted. “I can’t “ I shouted back. “I’m done”. I could not swim because my arms were raw.……….. On boarding the Sunderland, I was told that it was only by the merest chance that it had landed at the very spot. It had come out from Egypt to take off General Weston and his staff from Sphakia. The crew were watching the coast for signals and had landed at the wrong place, misled by the SOS from the Greeks. I directed them down the coast to Sphokia. We taxied on the water the whole way. There were took on General Weston and his staff. They were absolutely exhausted. The wireless operator of the Sunderland gave me a packed of Woodbines. They tasted sweeter than any cigarettes I had ever smoked. I gave one to the general and sat smoking the others while I had six cups of tea. We arrived at Alexandria just before dawn. After breakfast next morning I managed to borrow a plane and flew back to the desert-without shaving. There, I rejoined my Squadron”…………. Un quote Honor had some Hurricanes in which they carried the inscription “Boo” below the cockpit, but there are no photographic evidences. This was the nickname of her wife. The size and color of the inscription in this model are only our interpretation. I hope you enjoy it. Kind regards Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 A fascinating insight into the brave men of the RAF, and Flt Lt Honor in particular. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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