Hawker Hurricane GB

Nice work Guy! 

I believe the "extra" hole in the back of the seat was for the sutton style seatbelt harness.  It's kinda hard to explain how it works, and my references don't have a clear photo of one.  Perhaps someone else has a good photo?

I just got my items from Ultracast, they are just beautiful. If you haven't used any of their products, here's a link to their Site:

http://www.ultracast.ca/

 Hurricane seat.

Exhausts:

Wheel Well (no ejector pin marks to fill!)

Control surfaces:

Mike T.

Mike,

Very nice stuff there!  I have used a few of their products, and have been VERY impressed with the quality of the castings.

Mike, thanks for sharing the photos. I think I am going to get those for my RF a/c

As far as Ultracast quality, I sued their sets few times however the last one for Hasegawa Spitfire Mk IXc early air inlet - it was a dissaster. See my post on Spitfire GB. A totaly wrong fit like they shrank but only in one direction  

Quick update from me:

Still filling the wing root and still sanding............................I'm not enjoying this build at the moment.

Still-I have the re-scribing to look froward to!

TANGO 1 wrote:

Quick update from me: Still filling the wing root and still sanding............................I'm not enjoying this build at the moment. Still-I have the re-scribing to look froward to!

Oh-no!  I think the man has cracked.

wibble.......wibble..........wibble............

"More sandpaper please!"

Well at last I can say something nice about this build! The eternal sanding has come to an end and more building has been done.

I hope to get the majority of the re-scribing done and give the airframe a coat of primer so I will be able to see whats-what. Wish me luck-methinks I will need it!

GOOD LUCK DARREN !!!

and post picts as soon as you can.

its my 1000 post

Greg! Congrats on your 1000th post!

Well done!! 

OK lads,

here is a quick progress report from me......

I did loads of sanding, adjusting, swearing and more sanding. Then I did some re-scribing too!

Here is my mess of a Hurricane at the end of play this evening. I lowered the elevators as I thought it would enhance the "look" of my model when its eventually done. .........

Thank you

Darren, you did very good job with sanding !! Nice fit !! You are setting a bar at high level right from the beggining !

CONGRATULATIONS ON 1000 POSTS GREG!!!

Darren- glad to hear the filling, sanding, and such is nearly at an end!  I'm a little worried about starting mine now, as those parts are my least favorite modeling tasks.

Thanks!

Its amazing what a thin coat of primer will show up.......the seam from nose to cockpit is still visible so I've filled it and guess what comes next?

Still filling.............still sanding..................

do not give up !

We believe ! you can do it

Looking quality so far Tango. Mines taking its time as im having a few probs here and not able to get to the model room. Im watchin your builds with awe though.

...Guy

Hi Guys.

My Hurricane is already finish and I lost all (in progress) photos. (sorry) 

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I RF-F/V6684, 303 Sqdn RAF,

Sqdn Ldr. Witold Urbanowicz, Northolt 1940.

Hasegawa 1/48, Eduard PE seatbelts, Techmod decals, EZ-line antenna wire, Tamiya acrylic paints.

(photo from polish book about 303 Sqdn.) 

More info about Urbanowicz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Urbanowicz 

Thanks for l@@king. 

this is what "tygryski lubia najbardziej"

Awsome paint job and great finish. I have only one problem with this aircraft ....

I planned the same markings and now the bar is set pretty high ... it means more challanging than I expected

Once again, AWSOME work just typical one of your build.

Thanks for sharing here !!! A BoB GB will be soon here on FSM , do you plan to participate there too ??

Daywalker wrote:

Beautiful work there MArtin!  Awesome A/B work, smooth decals, subtle weathering- outstanding!  Did you drop the elevators yourself?  I like it.  Expertly done, thanks for sharing!

Ditto....... Great job.  Well done.

Still waiting to hear from the LHS if my order is in.  Guess I'll have to phone this week.  No rush, as modeling the basement and what a mess.  Could not do any modelling if I wanted to at the moment.

Looks like I may finally have some time to start my Mk1 Hurry Build and am ordering some paint as well as the Eduard ME110 that is on sale from Squadron . Anyway, is everyone using for an acrylic interior grey-green?? According to the IPMS stockholm site neither Tamiya or Gunze Sangyo make that color... Which are my usual favorite paints.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I prefer Gunze acrylics as well, and an almost perfect match for British Interior Green is Gunze H-321.  It is listed as a color for Israeli Kfir's and C-2s, but it's FS#34227 and IPMS Stockholm lists the Interior Green as FS#34226.  The British version has more of a gray hue to it, so I lighten up the H-321 with some light gray and it looks the part to my eyes.  HTH!

Here are the colors side-by-side:

FS34226 and FS34227

iflyprops wrote:

Excellent. Thanks for the tip!

My pleasure.  That Gunze is some awesome stuff, isn't it?

It sure is. My last model was the first that I had used it on and I am hooked. I'll use the Tamiya stuff if the GS isn't available but the GS is definitely my preference!!!

Another stupid question...that I can't seem to find the answer for:

For early Hurricanes that are not sky, or black and white underneath, what color grey/white is it? (the color guide sucks in the classic airframes kit and I can't find anything in the walkaround book.)

I am building a very early MK I from the 73sqn with the fixed pitch prop and no ventral fin. With decals on order from Iliad.

 Thanks again!