Trumpeter 1/24 Hawker Hurricane IID trop

[rtfoe]

I agree with Barry on the painted of markings in larger scales. Looks more convincing and not having to sand down the decal film.

Cheers,
Richard

[BarryW]

I had a fair bit of time today and the house to myself for the morning so l plugged on with this.

I did a dry fit of the cockpit assembly.

Perfect
I pulled together some other cockpit areas including the door and fuselage sides.

And primed the cockpit parts



I have also put the engine together. This will really be just for attaching the prop and exhausts, it won’t be seen so I am not painting it. I also left off a few parts.


I have to say that I think Trumpeter hit a sweet spot with the engine. It is nowhere near as superbly detailed as the Tamiya 1/32 Merlins but It builds up really well and offers a great base for super detailing if you’re are so inclined. While it also offers enough to satisfy a casual modeller and those who, like me, want the model completed all closed up.

All in all I am impressed with my first Trumpy 1/24 kit so far. I would describe it as a battery recharger... or mojo rejuvenator build. Just what is needed after a long detailed complex kit.

[scottie3158]

Barry,
Your off to a great start, I will follow along.

[BarryW]

It’s always great to find a photo of the actual aircraft that you are modelling. I have been doing some research because the instructions suggest the yellow I.d. strips need painting on the leading edges of the out wings and also that the code letters are white, neither seemed right to me. I first found, on Wings Pallette, several pictures of this aircraft all with MSG codes with no sign of the yellow. A bit more Googling and I found...

it clearly shows no yellow leading edge.

it is always worth checking up on instructions to see if they are right. I have found Trumpeter and Airfix, among others, to get this kind of thing wrong quite frequently.

I will carry on with my research and will post any more pics that I find, if any.

[BarryW]

More pictures, not necessarily of the specific aircraft I am building but all add to the trail of evidence of how I need to depict this aircraft.

Here is a colour print that suggests the codes should be Sky - so, MSG or Sky, I think MSG but I am not certain. Anyone else have a view?


These are IID’s of 6 squadron but not necessarily this aircraft.




There is this on the 6 Squadron website, what a great picture though not necessarily evidence of anything.

[Defiant911]

More pictures, not necessarily of the specific aircraft I am building but all add to the trail of evidence of how I need to depict this aircraft.

Here is a colour print that suggests the codes should be Sky - so, MSG or Sky, I think MSG but I am not certain. Anyone else have a view?
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These are IID’s of 6 squadron but not necessarily this aircraft.
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There is this on the 6 Squadron website, what a great picture though not necessarily evidence of anything.
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Looking good Barry, I have a couple of sky blue colours and they do seem to vary quite significantly. I think I used it on one of my spitfires a while back. Be interested in which sky you opt for?

[BarryW]

I have been progressing the cockpit. After base coats I did the detail painting, a semi matt varnish then a wash, metal powders and then the etch.

Here is how she looks now

The I.p. in position.



seat

They lgood after a brown wash.





nice positive fuselage locations.

[stona]

Here is a colour print that suggests the codes should be Sky - so, MSG or Sky, I think MSG but I am not certain. Anyone else have a view?

Officially, as of 2/7/42, according to AMO A.664/42, the squadron codes should be Sky. They certainly don't match the white of the roundel.

You are right about the yellow leading edges they seem rare on aircraft in the tropical scheme.

[rtfoe]

The office looks good Barry.

Cheers,
Richard

[BarryW]

Officially, as of 2/7/42, according to AMO A.664/42, the squadron codes should be Sky. They certainly don't match the white of the roundel.

You are right about the yellow leading edges they seem rare on aircraft in the tropical scheme.

Thanks Steve. Sky it is. Mind you one picture is dated July 1942, so!!!

[Ian M]

Looking good Barry.
I built their 1/24 spit a good while ago and was also pleased with the way it built up.
Looking at the photos you posted I agree that the codes are not white. Due to the tone of them I also think they are to light to be MSG so my guess would be sky.

[BarryW]

I had a problem joining the fuselage halves and spotted the problem. It was where the seatbelts attach at the back of the armour plate. It was an easy fix, I just cut away a chunk of plastic from behind the seat.


the fuselage halves match up nicely but, for some reason there is a ridge on the nose. So what I decided to do was cement it into place everywhere except this nose join and adjust it separately for which I may use c.a. initially to hold it together in the right place and then apply cement to the rest of the join.

Here is the ridge


In these pics you can see how the sides match up perfectly along the rest of the fuselage, the ridge behind the pit and right at the front. The underside is equally as good




Below is a pic of the pit. It is really quite nice even without extra detailing, apart from the ip that is.


I left it overnight to dry before sorting the nose later today.

[Steve Brodie]

Coming along nicely

[BarryW]

I used thin c.a. to reduce the ridge on the nose. I was able to level up a lot but it was not even al the way down. I ended up using thick c.a. to partly gap fill and secure the join.

Then I sanded and then applied Mr Surfacer 500.
Tomorrow I will sand again then decide whether another treatment of this or a Mr Dissolved Putty to finish.

I have started wing construction.

[Guest]

I just came across this film of the real thing that I thought might be of interest here. It shows the guns especially quite well: