Fl;y 1/32 Hurricane II

[stona]

This will be my next project. It's a fairly limited run so called multi media kit, so we'll see how it all goes together.


In the box you get several sprues of plastic, I think by Sword, another Czech company, which looks nicely done with good surface detail. There is a bit of flash, but no problems with the molding. I'm not sure about the curious brown colour, not that it will matter.





There is some nice resin from a company called Artillery. I've already removed a large casting block from the wheel well insert, it will probably require further thinning.





Next a couple of frets of photo etch and a clear plastic sheet for the  instrument panel.





Clear parts look okay, I've seen better but also a lot worse!





Decals for 6 options come in their own bag. There is also a sheet with colour profiles of all 6 (nice) and one showing the position of the various stencils.





Finally some instructions typical of this sort of kit. They assume some knowledge of the subject. The colour coding for plastic/resin/PE is a nice touch.





If I can find this thread again in the new format I'll post progress as I go along


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

very much subscribed :-)


Theuns

[BarryW]

I have seen some reviews of this.  The instructions are vague about some placements and as a limited run kit the fit is also often vague.  Major parts apparently go together well though.  i look forward to seeng how this comes together.  love a good Hurricane...

[papa 695]

Think I'll watch this one Steve it looks very interesting 

[Dave W]

I fancy a 1/32 Hurricane, so will be very interested to see how this kit builds.

[stona]

I have seen some reviews of this.  The instructions are vague about some placements and as a limited run kit the fit is also often vague.  Major parts apparently go together well though.  i look forward to seeing how this comes together.  love a good Hurricane...

I've seen someone building one on LSP and I think he'd agree about the fit To be honest I'm not expecting it to fit like a recent mass production kit. The last kit I built was entirely resin, albeit a rather good one, and I'm expecting something more like that.


I do agree that the instructions are a bit vague, particularly as to the exact position of various bits, some of them quite major. I've got a few references and plenty of photos, so fingers crossed, I should be okay.


Cheers


Steve

[flyjoe180]

Will definitely watch this one Steve. The kit looks good.

[Guest]

Nice one mate, I have the 1/32 Ar 234B-2 by the same manufacturer, so will be watching how their engineering is.


It is nice how they used a lot of injection moulding on this one. My Ar 234 only has around 3-4 sprues and over 20 chunks of resin, which evidently will make things a lot harder for construction.


Will be watching this one closely. btw, the brown colour is on my ar 234 as well and their Bachem Natter, so I think that is a common feature


Also will be interesting to compare it to the Trumpeter Hurricane

[stona]

I've made a start on the cockpit. The tubular structure will be finished in an aluminium colour which is why I haven't added the seat which, at the moment, I'm planning to do in British interior grey/green.





Now there is a load of photo etch to add......oh! the joy!


Two points! First, this took hours, mostly due to the large amount of fiddly cleaning up to be done on all the tubular bits. Second, good luck if you choose to follow the construction order in the instructions


Cheers


Steve

[Vaughan]

It's looks fiddly but worth the effort Steve. I think the pe parts really make a difference.

[Guest]

good job mate, the pit looks good so far

[Snowman]

You have my interest.......

[colin m]

Nice choice Steve. I read about this kit recently, it's quite a new kit I believe. A 1:32 Hurricane could sit nicely next to my Tamiya 1:32 Spitfire. But no, I must kill the stash first.

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Steve


Looking forward to seeing this come together. I've got the trop version waiting in the wings. It'll be interesting to see how this compares to the PCM Hurries.


Cheers


P

[stona]

I've got the basic cockpit frame together and the IP is a work in progress. The two fuselage halves seem to go together quite well, so I'm hoping to have the fuselage together later this week.


Cheers


Steve