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keavdog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:23 pm Looking good. Love the big guns!

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:22 pm Looking very sharp in the desert colors Stuart! Not too far to the finish line... or in this case, the flight line.

Thanks Gents, much appreciated. Just the U/C, prop and exhausts to paint and this one is done. I can then get on and finish the little Hawk T.1A I was building.

Thought you might be interested in this new publication Stuart
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/0 ... .html#more

ooooooooohhh now that looks nice - thanks for the heads up John!

Getting there on the Hurricane...

More progress on the Hawk over the weekend. A friend of mine gave me a spare set of sidewinders and rails, but no pylons. So I scratched a pair up.



Starting to get there now - I've since primed them and as you can see in the background here - painted up the U/C.



Cheers!

Looking good Stuart, both the Hawk and the Hurricane.

As a matter of fact Stuart, inspired by your Hurricane build, I opened up my Arma Hobbys 1:72 Hurricane I kit and started to build it in Finnish airforce camo. Have not decided yet which markings I will use, there is two different.

Really nice amount of details, but for a 1/72 scale plane, in my opinion a little bit too complicated cockpit build.
Especially when most of it will disappear when the fuselage is closed.

The instrument panel requires two layers of decals, let's see how that will work out. Had to cut the 1st part in 3 different pieces, to be able to comfort nicely in the very uneven surface of the IP.





- Kari

Thanks Kari!

KSaarni wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:16 am
Really nice amount of details, but for a 1/72 scale plane, in my opinion a little bit too complicated cockpit build.
Especially when most of it will disappear when the fuselage is closed.

That seems to be the way of the world now, we all obviously want as much detail as possible in our 1/72 single engine fighters, even though hardly any of it will be seen once the canopy is on! My new tool Spitfire is just as bad. Two decals for the IP does seen a bit over the top though.

Arma Hurricanes are supposed to be good, although I made a complete hash of mine - I installed the gear bay back to front (or upside down) and the legs didn't go together properly.

This is on the bench.. Some of the worst instructions, molding that I’ve seen. Oh and no, zip, zero, nada numbering on sprues or the goofy map on the bottom of the box. Sheesh. There is some faint numbers on the chassis cross members so you get the upper/lower pieces right.

Time to break.out that Kentucky moonshine, Lyle.....

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:17 am Time to break.out that Kentucky moonshine, Lyle.....

I live in the sivvy-lived portion. We drink bourbon! The last time we went down to Loretto KY to the Makers Mark distillery, they had a clear beverage in bottles. Looked like it could hurt you.

LyleW wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:55 am This is on the bench.. Some of the worst instructions, molding that I’ve seen. Oh and no, zip, zero, nada numbering on sprues or the goofy map on the bottom of the box. Sheesh. There is some faint numbers on the chassis cross members so you get the upper/lower pieces right.

Sooooooo, a kit to avoid then?