Greetings everybody
Last Sunday I started my Hurricane
About 30 years ago (this makes me feel old) in my teens - I had bought this
I build it in just a few days (and I hope to be able to repeat this now)
Not my best build back then
Hand painted
I solved the wing gap problem with strips of Evergreen
They are a bit too high - it was an experiment I never repeated again
Another issue I remember was the (now very dusty and dirty) canopy
The bottom of the windshield didn't touch the fuselage - and I had to use again a piece of Evergreen to remedy this
Silvering decals - a problem that really didn't keep me awake back then
Over the years some of them even started to lift off
But it's a Hurricane - and the only Mk.I in my collection so far
And now it's time for another one
Initially I wanted to do a Belgian fabric wing version - but this is a subject I want to do justice and this old Airfix kit is just too much work for this
So we go OOB
I think Stanford Tucks mount will be a great addition to the collection
All the parts
Note the broken prop blade
Not exactly a very complicated kit
With a two part interior
Though I added a control column
Closing the fuselage
Knowing about the wing gap problem on this kit - I first glued the top wing parts to the fuselage
No gap
!
Of course aligning the full span bottom wing part now might be a problem, so we removed all the locating pins
The wheel bay was kinda empty - so we quickly throw some plastic card in it
The bottom wing part was glued in position at the centre - pretty good fit by the way
When almost dry - the outer wing parts will be glued together
Easy
And a night under some tape secured a good dihedral
The horizontal stabs were almost a good fit
The only real problem was revealed the next day (today)
I should've used my mouse traps !
Otherwise things looked good
No gaps
!
But of course - I had to have the mandatory glue finger print - right on the fuselage fabric - where else?
I hope I can buff this out...
I quickly painted the insides of the wing lights silver
And I added some filler - old habit - can't leave it
Wheelbay was shot in Vallejo Model Air Chrome - as it was already on my desk - within hand reach
Quickly cleaning up the overspray - with Vallejo airbrush cleaner
I know this is not a very exciting story
But trying to assemble this kit without too many gaps was a nice challenge which gave me much enjoyment - and satisfaction
The next challenge is now to paint it in just a few days
Friday I will post an announcement for the combined Plastic Pix post - but participants can already send me one or more pictures of their Hurricane(s) - I intend to post this on May 1st
Thanks for your interest - bless you all Airfix critters
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William De Coster / Belgium
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Plastic Stories
1/72 -
Special Hobby -
TT-1 Pinto :
Part I (incl Panthers Cup 2012 show report)
1/72 -
Airfix/
Jo-Han -
Mitsubishi Zero/Rufe conversion:
Part I
Just like the perfect woman doesn't exist, I will never build a perfect model.
Puts me on a par with God
