Italeri 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc

[T3hGuppy]

So with my modelling mojo a bit low this last week I decided to crack this one open/

This build is for a friend and I am looking forward to working on it.


This is a new mold kit from Italeri.
Some beautiful box art. You carn't beat a hand painted scene on model kits IMO.

The sprue shots!



Really nice detail on this one much better than I expected.


Includes a really nicely done engine aswell.








Small bit of photo etch as well this is nicely done and includes a seatbelt! (Something I think all aircraft kits should include.)


A nice large decal sheet with all the options includes. Also the lettering is done separately so other aircraft can be modelled.


Clear parts are the only let down and will need a good polish and dip in klear to get the most out of them.



I bought a resin pilot for this as it will be modelled coming in for landing.
This is a really nice figure and should look nice painted up in RAF colours.

The instructions.







These are laid out really well and clearly show options for canopy open/closed and gear up or down.








Six full colour paint schemes are included
I will be doing a variation on the standard green/grey camo with invasion stripes on the tail boom at request.

This is a really nice kit and much better than I expected. Hoping that the fit is as good.

Anyway that's it for now except update soon.

[Nige201980]

looking forward to this mate hope it all goes well.

[rm6239]

I'll settle in for this and hope it all goes well mate.

cheers

Rossco

[EasyEight96]

Hi Guppy nice kit you select there I will be receiving mine tommorow hope to join soon if you dont mine

Matt

[Joesdad]

Gup, what a nice looking kit, it's about time the old Hurricane was shown some love...
I'll watching mate, might need to get one myself

Tim

[Coen]

This looks like it will build up well Gupp.
A very generous gift for your friend!!!

[HWGuderian23]

Seems to be a very cool kit Ben.
Will follow your progress on the Hurricane with interest and looking forward to see it built

[JayCub]

Looks a great kit Guppy and a nice piece of Photo-etch also, is the engine the same as the Spitfire ?, the mountings look similar
Tom

[T3hGuppy]

Hi Guppy nice kit you select there I will be receiving mine tommorow hope to join soon if you dont mine

Matt

Sounds good dude

This looks like it will build up well Gupp.
A very generous gift for your friend!!!

Been a very good friend for a lot of years now and also my go to IT guy when I'm about to chuck my PC out the window lol.

Looks a great kit Guppy and a nice piece of Photo-etch also, is the engine the same as the Spitfire ?, the mountings look similar
Tom

Yeah this is a merlin engine as well.


Thanks for all the comments guys looking forward to this one as the first tick for my big 3 since my return to modelling (Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster)

First update to follow soon.

[Gav0909]

Hmm, this kit might have to go onto my "to get" list. I do like the Hurricane, but as I mentioned elsewhere I don't like them in 1.72 for some reason. But in 1/48 they look better.

I also notice it includes a scheme for No. 1 Sqn at Redhill, which has sold it for me (I was born in Redhill).

I look forward to your build.

[rm6239]

Guppy

I built the Mark I when it came out, if I remember correctly the biggest issue was the cockpit, so just a heads up to dryfit early and test it.

Here's mine before I stuffed up the weathering and if you look closely you will see the ill fitting cockpit.



Sorry to post a pic in your thread but I wanted to give you the heads up, so you didn't get caught like me.

cheers

Rossco

[T3hGuppy]

Guppy

I built the Mark I when it came out, if I remember correctly the biggest issue was the cockpit, so just a heads up to dryfit early and test it.

Here's mine before I stuffed up the weathering and if you look closely you will see the ill fitting cockpit.



Sorry to post a pic in your thread but I wanted to give you the heads up, so you didn't get caught like me.

cheers

Rossco

No worries buddy thanks for the info.

Hopfully they will have sorted the issues but Ill be sure to check when building and report back.

[rm6239]

Hope so too mate, I'll be here for the progress report.

cheers

Rossco

[Bissyboat]

Same here. This kit intrigues me. Also the outfit on the pilot. The headgear and goggles looks mistakenly like Luftwaffe. That's not a critique of course.

[T3hGuppy]

An update will be soon now my other build is out of the way.

I believe the pilot is supposed to represent a French pilot but will do for my purposes.

[RobertA]

Looks a very good kit... and you get some great looking options as well! Looking forward to following this..

[muskegman]

Looks like a nice kit, wouldnt mind doing that one myself



Mark

[T3hGuppy]

Yeah looking to be a good kit. a couple of bits of flash but nothing major.

Started work on this tonight.

Cockpit tub taken as far as I can before painting. didn't use the PE harness so that can go in the spares box for another build.

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Next is the engine block. in two minds weather to paint this as wont be seen. Will decide closer to the time.

[chief5437]

Great start Gupps, cockpit looks great. One to add to the wish list!

[RobertA]

Nice lot of cockpit detail...

[T3hGuppy]

Yeah the detail is pretty good it is alittle soft in some places.

A word of warning with this one I've come across quite a few mis labelled parts in the instructions.
Luckily the part count isn't huge so found the parts on the sprue without too much hassle.

So the rest of the interior is built and ready for paint.


And the engine the fit is a little off on this but a bit of filler and it will be all good.




As I am modelling this in flight this wont be seen so no issue for me.

As always comments and critic welcome.

[Paul]

Nice progress mate, look forward to seeing that with some paint on

[JayCub]

i like the look of this kit so far Ben, and im interested to see how the instrument panel looks and the engine looks pretty decent, maybe they would have been better just offering the exhaust manifolds as an option as well as the full block.

Tom

[rm6239]

Nice progress mate.

cheers

Rossco

[EasyEight96]

Nice job love the engine

[Bissyboat]

Looking good.

[RobertA]

Great progress...

[MakingModelsAgain]

Coming along just dandy, sir!

A fellow club member built this thing (in a weekend, believe it or not) in the colours of Douglas Baders plane. Looks a lovely kit with lots of nice cockpit detailing.

[T3hGuppy]

Yeah wont be a long build.

Working on this today so progress update later today.