Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk1

[Paul]

So as this is a new tool and theres a dire shortage of good 1/48 hurricanes i thought i would add this to the stash.

Waiting on some aftermarket to arrive before i can start the mosquito so thought i would build this in the meantime.

Looks to be a great little kit and for £16 a bargain too.








The cockpit build up really quick, probably about an hours work if that.








Test fitting, apparently sticking bits together with masking tape means your 95% done with the build

[chief5437]

wow! That looks pretty damn good! Only had a quick scroll through the picks, but looks impressive so far. I've always said that Airfix would get more interest if they did more 1/48 stuff. I think the hardcore fanboys pressure them into 1/72!

But damn you ISM, you may be FFFFRRREEEEEEEEEEE, but you're making me spend a lot of money, lol!

[rwsmith14]

Looks like a great kit... great detail... surprising !

[Nige201980]

Great start Paul I so want this kit so it nice to see one built up here on ISM

[stuart66madmodeller]

You've twisted my arm & i'll be getting this kit at the end of the month & it'll be an entry to a youtube gb & i'll be doing it in the markings of Bader's hurricane & making my first vignette with a figure of Douglas Bader beside the aircraft, well that's the general idea anyway.

[jamesdivall64]

Look's well detailed Paul, I will follow your progress

[mick]

great start

[Goose]

Holy crap!!! I'm gonna put a contract on your head with the only instruction: break all his hands bones!!!!

stop this insane rythm!!!

good job as usual

Goose

[EasyEight96]

This hurricane gonna rock you Paul I'll keep and eye on your build

[patrickroos]

Airfix are really getting there...not fast, but getting there.
I recently got the Mk.V and it looks promising.
Also the Do17z which was a really impressive 1/72 kit detail wise.
Am about to order this and the Mk.I Spit.

Looks great, really like the stressed fabric texture on the fuse.

Nice start!!

[Paul]

So a bit more progress on this, its an ok kit not perfect but goes together fairly well

The fuselage and wing sections were glued together, filled sanded and re scribed, i got the rudder and elevators on as well as the ailerons. It just needed a few bit of filler here and there not too much.





I sprayed with matt black to check seam lines then masked the canopy and glued it in place, again fit was good and the clear parts are fairly good.




Primed in badger primer ready for preshading

[Nige201980]

Looking good mate.

[Paul]

So got this presided and base camo colours down the other day. I was hoping to use my usual akan paints for this, but for the first time the colours looked off to me, the dark earth was way way too dark and the dark green too dark too.

So i found substitutes in mr hobby rlm brown looked best to me and tamiya dark green instead. I still used Akan Sky for the undersides as it looks spot on to me

The pattern was sprayed freehand using my iwata custom




I then spend some time fading, bleaching and post shading the panels giving it a paint weathered look

[peppie]

Painting looks great

[Hillbilly]

The bleaching and fading really ties the camo together perfectly.

[newpapajack]

Looking good Paul

[Nige201980]

cracking paint job mate

[patrickroos]

Nice...but just imagine the camo if You had used Your Infinity instead!

Seriously, cracking build and paint job!

Ok, Airfix, very latest tooling, any verdict so far?

[Paul]

Nice...but just imagine the camo if You had used Your Infinity instead!

Seriously, cracking build and paint job!

Ok, Airfix, very latest tooling, any verdict so far?

Not bad, not perfect but good. Great hurricane for the money, my only fault is the exhausts need to be drilled out really and very hard to do that to the kit parts

[Paul]

So decaling all done got to love solvaset nothing beats it for setting decals.

All parts are painted and primed ready for when i get back to it

[Homerlovesbeer]

Coming along nicely and at a good pace. Finished soon?

[mincemeat]

Great work once again! It looks really nice!

[newpapajack]

Hey Paul, what brand/type of clear coat do you use before setting the decals?

[Paul]

It's alclad Aqua gloss

[Paul]

After some weathering the finished build can be seen here
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 45&t=12544

[Stokesy44]

Hi Paul. Looks amazing. The hand sprayed camouflage is just great. The new tool Hurricane is on my list of kits to get in the near future, especially at that price. Can I ask a quick question? I notice the yellow square on the upper wing, I have the same thing on my mk1 Spit (inboard of the guns) and I don't know what it is for. Would you happen to know?

Also, totally agree your comment about decal setting solution, they look great the way yours have sucked down in to the panel lines. First rate job!

[Paul]

Hi Paul. Looks amazing. The hand sprayed camouflage is just great. The new tool Hurricane is on my list of kits to get in the near future, especially at that price. Can I ask a quick question? I notice the yellow square on the upper wing, I have the same thing on my mk1 Spit (inboard of the guns) and I don't know what it is for. Would you happen to know?

Also, totally agree your comment about decal setting solution, they look great the way yours have sucked down in to the panel lines. First rate job!

Thanks for the kind comments, ill be honest in that I've no idea what that patch is all about

[das84]

I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but I believe the yellow square is a gas detection patch, if there was poisonous gas in the air the patch would change colour warning the pilot to put on his gas mask.

[trekfanj]

Hi Paul. Looks amazing. The hand sprayed camouflage is just great. The new tool Hurricane is on my list of kits to get in the near future, especially at that price. Can I ask a quick question? I notice the yellow square on the upper wing, I have the same thing on my mk1 Spit (inboard of the guns) and I don't know what it is for. Would you happen to know?

Also, totally agree your comment about decal setting solution, they look great the way yours have sucked down in to the panel lines. First rate job!

Thanks for the kind comments, ill be honest in that I've no idea what that patch is all about

The yellow squares were used to detect poisonous gas; in the early years of WW2 there were still fears of poison gas attacks like what occurred in WW1. If there were poisonous gases present, the square would change from yellow to black.

[Paul]

Hi Paul. Looks amazing. The hand sprayed camouflage is just great. The new tool Hurricane is on my list of kits to get in the near future, especially at that price. Can I ask a quick question? I notice the yellow square on the upper wing, I have the same thing on my mk1 Spit (inboard of the guns) and I don't know what it is for. Would you happen to know?

Also, totally agree your comment about decal setting solution, they look great the way yours have sucked down in to the panel lines. First rate job!

Thanks for the kind comments, ill be honest in that I've no idea what that patch is all about

The yellow squares were used to detect poisonous gas; in the early years of WW2 there were still fears of poison gas attacks like what occurred in WW1. If there were poisonous gases present, the square would change from yellow to black.

Really? wow thats really cool

[Stokesy44]

Impressive - I had no idea! Thanks