1/72 Airfix Hurricane Mk.I Belgian Air Force

[Flyingraptor]

Hi guys,

It has been a long while, but I re-started another model.

I already started it early last year, but haven't had the time to do modeling since then.

This time it's the 1/72 Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I early war model.

Plan is to build in early war Belgian Air Force colours.

I bought some goodies for it.

- AML resin 5-spoke wheels to replace the wrong 4-spoke ones provided by Airfix.

- SBS resin exhausts

- Peewit canopy masks

Building started of with tackling the huge ejector pin holes on the lower fuselage with some liquid plastic (glue and sprue chuncks).

Later I added some scratchbuilding to the radiator and cockpit, to spice it up a little.

Edited April 13, 2016 by Flyingraptor

[Flyingraptor]

Not to much interest in my build it seems, but still an update. ;-)

The cockpit parts have been painted and weathered.

Including scratch-built details on all parts and seatbelts.

Edited April 13, 2016 by Flyingraptor

[Flyingraptor]

Okay, the work continues...

The fuselage and wings have been glued and primed.

Although the fitment could have been better.

The leading edge of the wings needed putty here and there.

The trailing edges were much too tick for this scale and required some thinning. Afterwards they still needed more putty to fill the gap.

Also the attachment of the wings to the fuselage needed quite some putty.

Next, I also scratchbuilt a gunsight.

Afterwards, the base colours were sprayed: Mr. Hobby Acrylic for the Dark Earth and Dark Green and Revell enamel for the Aluminium dope.

I first used Vallejo Air aluminium for the dope colour, but that led to many sputters.

I found online quite some reviews of people who had used the Vallejo Air Mettalics with the same (negative) effect.

Luckily it went smoother with the Revell enamel.

Brakelines have been added, and some smaller parts were painted too, as were the resin exhausts and wheels.

Edited April 13, 2016 by Flyingraptor

[Joel_W]

Just found your WIP, and I'm quite impressed at the level of detail you're bringing it up to. The cockpit really looks quite good, and closer to scale effect with all that PE, especially for the Belts and harness. Just an excellent camo paint scheme with no apparent errors to be seen. looking forward to your next update.

Joel

[Don]

Nice crisp camouflage you have there . Great detail added to the cockpit. How are you finding the fit? You have a nice looking Hurricane on the go. Looking forward to more updates.

[Flyingraptor]

Thanks for the response guys, really appreciated!

I created some masks for the camo by putting wide low-tacking masking tape on top of a 1/72 scaled paper profile of the RAF B-scheme camo, cutting them out and pasting the tape on the model. I used that technique before on the Revell 1/72 Hurricane Mk.IIc, and it turned out well. I like the crisp delineation it gives, which is most appropriate for the scale.

@ Don: The fit is okay, but fitting the fuselage to the wings could have been better. It needed more putty that I expected.

Also the leading edges needed filling, as did the trailing edges (which were quite tick and needed thinning).

The Hurri is gloss coated and decals are placed:

Edited April 13, 2016 by Flyingraptor