World at War 1939-1940 Group Build

Exceptional results, Freddie.  You've done a great job with the Hurricane.  Construction, painting and weather are all very well done and very effective.

Do you have a preferred photo for the front page?

It would be very acceptable and welcome if you want to add a 109 to the GB.

Fred, now that is a really fine job representing a defender from the BoB era. 

regards,

Jack

I'm calling this one DONE!  Airfix's new 1:48 scale Hawker Hurricane is a beautiful, and well engineered model, that goes together without much truoble, and is packed with very nicely done details, inside and out.  Great model and was a joy to build.

Model represents a Hurricane of Number 501 Squadron, "County of Glochester", and flown by Pilot Officer Kenneth William Mackenzie, from RAF Kenley on 7 October, 1940.

Here are the pictues of the finished model:

Thanks again, and I guess I'll start on another aircraft from the Battle of Britain, a Bf-109E, if that's okay with the mods...

Have a great evening everyone!

Regards,

Freddie from LI

What a great looking Hurricane, Freddie.  Nice work!

The Hurricane is looking very nice. Looking forwrad to seeing how you weather it.

Hey Everybody

I just wanted to check in with a few progress pictures of the Hurricane.  Lot's of great stuff being built, excellent work here mates!

I just need a little weathering time, and the fiddley bits can be attached.  Once that is complete, I'll be calling her finished!  

Thanks for looking, and have a great Sunday, Volke!

Freddie from LI

I've been perusing this build since my latest hiatius...

Rob and Dan, your builds turned out fantastic!

FJS3, that Hurricane is coming along great too

Nice work Freddie.

Very good indeed, Freddie.  That's looking extremely good.

Got my decals on!  Getting down to the wire folks!  I will do a little touching up, repainting where repainting is needed, and start the weathering process.

Here are the pictures for now, and as always, questions or comments are welcome!

Thanks for reading, and have a great Sunday!

Regards,

Freddie from LI

checkmateking02

A convert to the "one true scale"--1/72--is always welcome, Dan!

 

O, most definatly. I've got a couple of 72nd 52's myself, going to have to build one soon.

A convert to the "one true scale"--1/72--is always welcome, Dan!

Thanks guys for your comments, I might try me hand at a 1/72 Ju-52.

Front page is updated, Dan.  Again, great looking results!  Thanks for participating.

Dan, glad you hung in tough, the Ju52 looks great!

regards,

Jack

Glad you hung in there and finished Annie, she turned out great!

Thanks Cheakmate: I feel that after completing this Ju 52, that I can build another one even better and faster than this one. I'll be applying some of what I've learned towards my Airfix 1/72 Lancaster, many with masking the windows and camouflage painting. As it turned out Iron Annie with in the paint stage for about a month, I've learned that masking other areas even know they won't get any over spray is better to be safe then sorry. I'll pick the second one from the top to go on the cover. And I'll see if I can get something in the rear turret to remove that dust.

Thanks Bish: I'm really happy how the camouflage came out, to me the dark green looks more like dark brown.

Great looking build Dan, real pleasure to see this come along.

Annie looks beautiful, Dan.  You did fine work with her.  I know what you mean about wanting to sack some kits, but it happens that they might turn out to be worth the effort and frustration.  Yours certainly was.

As for the sanding dust, is there any opening at all--even a small one?  I've managed to get dust off the windows by blowing a stream of air from the airbrush into any little holes available.  It might work through that rear turret.

You've got a lot of nice photos.  Do you have a preference for the front page?

Thanks for being part of the GB.  It was great to have you with us.

I look forward to seeing pictures of the undersides.

Thanks Checkmate & Bish.

Fjs3: Nice paint job on your Hurricane, like the hard edge camouflage.

I can say that my Junker's Ju-52 is finally complete. Decided to go light on the weathering, some area's after I applied the panel wash I removed most of it, I think it gives a worn look. From most of the surfaces be corrugated steel, there is a small amount of recessed lines. I just painted over area's where the panel wash ran on the bottom with RLM 65 light blue. After that I airbrushed model master gloss clear and let it sit over night to dry. The next day I carefully removed the tamiya tape masking the windows, I find that using a #11 blade works to peal up a corner of the tape, then using tweezers to remove the rest. There is some sanding dust stuck to the inside of the side windows, can't really remove that. After all the masks were removed I glued on the antenna using black sowing string.

I fell weight has been lifted off my shoulders with Iron Annie being finished. Started this kit last May and at time's I wanted to give up and quit. But I hanged in there and was determined to finish Iron Annie. This kit provided many challenges, in 1/48 scale wing span is 23.5” (56.69cm), length 16” (40.64cm) and a height of 4.5”(11.43cm). Thanks again to Checkmateking for hosting this group build.  I'll post photos of the bottom Tuesday.

Hello Folks

I just wanted to post a few update pictures of the 1:48 scale Airfix Hurricane.  I got paint on her, and she will get her first glosscoat tonight after I type this, in preparation for her markings.  I need a few little touch ups as well.  Maybe I gloss tomorrow? 

Thanks for reading, now for some touching up.  I'll post more pictures as I go.

Regards

Freddie from LI

Thats looking great Dan. I like how those decals look warn in some ares.

Thanks Checkmateking, those decals that came with the kit dated 2009 where thin enough to lay down, but they only seem to do that when you first applied them. After words they didn't soften up much. All that's left is some panel washing, and engine exhaust streaks. Hoping I can get Iron Annie done by the end of the week.

Thanks Bish, Checkmateking, Jgeratic.

The decals are finished, I quickly found out that when you lay the decal down you can't move it at all. The rough corrugated surface prevents any moving, all you can do is nudge them little by little. I used model master and micro scale softening and setting solutions. The red cross circles really softened up. I cut the swastika's on the tail in half before I dipped them in water, it was a little of a challenge getting them to line up but I like the look. The big letters on the side linked together so I cut the film out.

Dan, looking really good there, and those added fallschirmjagers should make for a keen display.

Looked at my dated books (Osprey and Andrew Mollo publications) as well as online sources.  The plain smock was generally a green colour (some specifically say olive green), but some seem to have been issued in grey.   Lost Battalions, a webstore dedicated to the reeanctors, goes as far as to describe the oringal cloth was composed of three  threads:
greenish gray (approx 50%), orange (approx 25%), and jade green (approx 25%)
The pants were a field grey colour.

Can't vouch for the hobby paints, but I know of this site and here's what they have to say:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/guides/FarnworthColoursGermanFallshirmjagerWW2.pdf

regards,

Jack

Ye, that sound slike a good mix. And of course there is always variation in clothing colour anyway. I got into useing Vallejo for all my figures a couple of years ago as many of the referance books i have use them so it made sense, and really useful to have a standard range when i do a lot of figures.

Annie is looking good, looking forward to seeing the decals go on and how you handle those.