Battle of Britain 70 years on - part 4; 615 sqn Hurricane

[PaulR]

Hi all,

for Battle of Britain Day I've posted my latest BoB kit, specifically a resurrected 1/48th Airfix Hurricane. I built this kit about 12 years ago and was my first airbrush model, and my first attempt at weathering. Needless to say it wasn't much cop (not saying this is brilliant either . . . ) but I took it and sanded it down; re-did the cockpit with armour; drilled out the exhausts; filled and sanded the erroneous cutout behind the cockpit and replaced the canopy with a Squadron vacform canopy. Seatbelts were from wine bottle foil, and decals were a combination of Techmod roundels and Xtradecal codes. The plane I chose was from a profile in Hurricane Aces 1939-41, and is an aircraft from 615 sqn RAuxF, Kenley, 20th August 1940. The actual plane is quite interesting, as it is racked up 4 confirmed kills and several more damaged over that August, and served out with the squadron until after the Battle of Britain, so it was around for most of the battle.

Anyway, here it is, for what it's worth. Paints were Xtracrylix, by the by.

For the pilots of 70 years ago.

Paul

Edited September 15, 2010 by PaulR

[AnonymousDFB1]

Nice work Paul

[Metallicus]

That looks FAB!