Hobbycraft 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc
Hello all. I have been a member of this fine site for roughly a year and a half now. I have come in contact with some wonderful people, seen some awesome models, and learned more than I could have imagined. In my time here, I've completed around 10 models, and am in certain stages of construction on 6 or 7 others, all for group builds. And to tell the truth, I am alittle burned out. Don't get me wrong, I've WANTED to build every single one of them, but the idea of each one wasn't exactly 100% original thought on my part. So I have decided I want to do something I haven't done in over 18 months. I'm going to build something just because I want to, no tie in to anything. And you want to know something? I am a closet Hawker Hurricane fan. I think it is a beautiful airframe. As one test pilot said "The aircraft is simple, easy to fly, and has no apparent vices." She was rugged and dependable. And the Hurricane, I feel, is vastly under appreciated. And oddly enough, I don't have one finished up on the shelf. Well, lets change that.
I have 3 Hurricanes in the stash, a Hasegawa and 2 Hobbycrafts. Since I want this to just be a nice, simple, relaxing build, I decided to do the Hobbycraft. Say what you want about them, but Hobbycraft models usually fit together pretty darn good. I wanted to do something alittle different than a run of the mill RAF scheme, so I decided to do a Mk. IIc night intruder. For those of you not familiar, the mission of night intruders was to loiter in the area of enemy airfields (at night, of course) and wait for enemy aircraft to take off/land. They would attack them then, when they were most vulnerable. I happen to have Aeromaster 48-194 handy, and this is the plane I'll be modeling. Everything else aside, who wouldn't want to make and airplane with a great big question mark on it??
I cut the major parts from the trees and did a test dry fit.
Everything looks pretty darn good, except that dihedral might need some tinkering with.