Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk1 - Finished (mostly)

Oh yeah, a dry-erase board would work great.  I already have one in my basement where I record music, and it's helped a lot there.

Thanks all for your kind words and encouragement.  Glad to see that I'm not the only one to foul up clear parts with a dull coat application!  

Cheers, Mark

MrStecks

Thanks Chemteacher.

Thanks Toshi.  Yes, the camo was done freehand.  My first freehand attempt and I'm pretty happy with it. 

Toshi and DasBeav...  yeah, definately a lesson learned.  After I did all the repair work I started thinking that it might be a good idea to create a checklist that I could follow in the future to prevent getting important things in the wrong order. 

 

I think you did a fine job on this Hurricane.

As a kid (pre-teen) I read the book "Reach for the Sky" in the mid 50's. I have one Spit in my stash but it's not one I'll probably ever build (too many problems, from what I've read with the Occidental kit). I'll most likely get another Spit and, perhaps, a Hurricane.

As to your spraying dull coat on the clear parts - been there, done that also.

I got back into this hobby in middle age - maybe late middle age . I began my second run of building plastic model kits about 6 years ago. You can tell how old I am now by my user name.

At 74 and with a few models under my belt one would think I'd have learned the basic tenets of building plastic kits but, no, I still screw up royaly from time-to-time. I just screwed up the decals on the Avenger I'm working on but, what the heck, it's all for fun AFAIC, so I'll continue the WIP even with my screw ups.

Your finished aircraft looks just dandy to me.

Excellent work. Looking super nice.

BK

Yep, what they all said. I think you did a great job. I myself totally screwed up the canopy on my 1/48 Spit that I am busy with. Oh well, it will just have to do. 

MrStecks

Experimented with using oils to create streaking.  Still not sure how I feel about it.  I think I overdid it. (shrug)

 

Super Job Mark.  I think the streaking looks great !

Chris

Your Hurricane looks great. I don't see any over-done weathering.

As for the dull coat fiasco, you certainly rescued that admirably. I did that once on a Nell bomber and did not even notice until after I posted build photos here and someone politely pointed it out. I had to go back and look at it close up under bright lights to finally see my error, but at that point I decided to just chalk it up for what it was and leave well enough alone.

Very nice build, especially on the freehand camo! Great build all around.

Looking forward to the P-47 WIP. I do belive there is a Thunderbolt GB kicking around here someplace and I think the guy running it would be happy to have you join with that Tamiya Bubbletop...just saying

Thanks Chemteacher.

Thanks Toshi.  Yes, the camo was done freehand.  My first freehand attempt and I'm pretty happy with it. 

Toshi and DasBeav...  yeah, definately a lesson learned.  After I did all the repair work I started thinking that it might be a good idea to create a checklist that I could follow in the future to prevent getting important things in the wrong order. 

I've done the Dullcote after "un-masking" also....luckily had extra glass...but still...Lesson learned.

Don't worry about that, just move forward and chalk that up as a lessoned learned.  

I've done that before and many other things as well! LOL!  Everything looks great, you did a fine job sir and you should be proud of it!

Did you freehand the camoflauge?