Airfix 1:48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I.

[Johni044]

Airfix 1:48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1(A04102)
Captain av Emil Georgescu, Commander Escdrila 53 vanatoara,
Mamaia, Rumania, June 1941.
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In 1939 a delegation from Rumania went to the UK to order fifty Hurricane Mk1’s of which 12 were for urgent delivery. When delivered to the Fortele Aeriene Regale ale Romaniei they operated with Grupul 5 vanatoare and Grupul 7 vanatoare where they were operated alongside Meesserschmitt Bf 109’s.

The first aerial victories of the war for the Rumanian Air Force were scored by a Lt Horia Agarici of Esc.53 who shot down three Soviet bombers attempting to bomb the Romanian Fleet on 23rd June 1941.

[UKguyInUSA]

Wow! Nice job on such an unusual color scheme that I've never seen before. Lots of color on that baby!

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Martin

[SteveW]

Looks good john. An unusual but attractive scheme. Well done

[mick]

excellent work

[T3hGuppy]

Nice work dude.

How was the kit?

Good fit or a complete pain.

[Johni044]

The kits from the 80's so raised panel lines etc. That in itself is not an issue for me but overall the kit goes together very easily with a minimum amount of filler on the seams.

A couple of deep ejector pin marks on the exhaust ports that is a couple of minutes fix. The cabins a bit sparse but the pilot fills it out a lot. The decals go on good and reacted well to Decalsoft.

Overall I'd say it makes up to a decent representation OOB or a good canvas for the superdetailing crew. I can post a couple of build photo's if you want.

[eoinfinnegan]

Very nice build, well done