Airfix 1/72 Sea Hurricane mkIIc

[Lee Drennen]

Looking quite nice Tony enjoying this build

[tr1ckey66]

Yes the tailhook section and tailhook are extra parts included in the kit , the instructions show you where to cut and the fuselage is thinner where the cut needs to be ( see the pic in the earlier post ) . There are three decal options , only this one needs the tailhook , the other two are straight mkIIc s

Gotcha. Should have picked that up quicker. Bit of a senior moment. Couldn’t work out if the mod was of your making or a requirement of the kit!

[Neil Merryweather]

Niiiiice!

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Looking good.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice job so far Tony.

[yak face]

Canopy masked ( VERY fiddly!) and stuck on , the landing lights have also been fitted , after sticking a couple of nail art jewels in the recess, but i dont think its really made much difference . Ive fitted the carburettor intake and the radiator underneath so the airframe is complete now. After ive given the canopy a coat of interior green its ready for primer , possibly white . [ATTACH]442388[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442389[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442391[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442392[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442393[/ATTACH]

[Mark1]

That's going together nicely.

[papa 695]

Looking good Tony, now painting time.

[yak face]

Moving along now , after giving the canopy a coat of interior green i primed the top of the model with grey primer , then did the underside with white primer. My reasoning here was that the hurricanes were originally painted in the faa extra dark sea grey / dark slate grey / sky ,then overpainted with the white , just the top of the nose being left in the original colours , so the grey of the primer will hopefully give a bit of variation if im careful with the white. The EDSG / dark slate grey area on the nose has been sprayed and when fully cured will be masked off ready for the white . Before this I’m going to spray the sky undersides though .[ATTACH]442539[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442540[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442541[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442542[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442543[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442544[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442545[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442546[/ATTACH][ATTACH]442547[/ATTACH]

[flyjoe180]

Looking fantastic Tony. I did the Revell version of this years ago, the canopy had no framing and I had to use decal strips, which was interesting. Love these Airfix 1/72 kits. The pilot looks the same as he was in the 1970s :nerd:

[yak face]

After reading a few reviews of this kit regarding the size of the propeller I had a good look at it and after dry fitting it have to agree it looks a little small . The reviews say its about 3mm undersize and with weedy blades so off to the spares box again!
I only had 1 prop in 1/72 but luckily it was about the right size, just needing the blades reshaping a bit and the hub sanding down to fit in the kit spinner. The kit prop is on the right , I’d already painted it !
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[papa 695]

Nice fix Tony

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Tony. Good fix on the prop. 3mm at 1/72 is a long way out....

Well done.

Andrew

[yak face]

Well after the growth spurt of progress due to the xmas holidays its now slowed down to a crawl again! Nevertheless i got something done yesterday . It got painted white a few days ago and now its had the recognition stripes painted on , and the sky undersides done .The masking has been taken off the nose and underneath and its had a coat of Klear ready for the decals . [ATTACH]444169[/ATTACH][ATTACH]444170[/ATTACH]

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Canopy masking looks neat and very fiddly. I like your thinking with the primer. Should really help with the colour coat. Shame Airfix got the prop size so wrong but sorted now.
Jim