As the title suggests, I’m going to embark on a more or less simultaneous build of not one but two Hawker Hurricanes in 1/32 scale. The two kits are very different, and this is not intended as a ‘this kit is better than that kit’ kind of exercise, which would be like comparing apples to oranges. There's about a tenner difference in the price of the two kits, the Fly kit being slightly more expensive.
I’ll build both almost entirely out of the box, so at least we’ll know what’s possible without doubling the price of a kit with exotic extras. There’s nothing wrong with upgrading as much as you like, but it would rather defeat the object of this exercise.
So, the kits in no particular order (manufacturers’ designations)
First up, the Fly Hawker Hurricane Mk.II a
You could call this a multimedia kit. It comes from Czech company Fly who whilst not exactly a man in a shed with his resin are not really a mass producer. The kit contains just five sprues (including clear parts) a bunch of resin parts and enough photo-etch to make me or any sane person nervous. There is, of course, a decal sheet with no fewer than four options, two for tropicalised aircraft. Also included are a fairly rudimentary set of instructions. I think that some knowledge of the subject is assumed.
I won’t overburden the thread with photos, the details should become evident as I progress, but these should give an idea. It all looks nice and comes in a relatively small box the artwork on which managed to get the serial number of the aircraft pictured wrong .
Plastic:
mostly not plastic:
Second offering, the newish Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk II b
This is a much more standard plastic model kit. You get nine sprues of plastic with many more plastic parts than the Fly version, though Fly may have compensated for this with the P-E and resin. The decal sheet offers two options. There is a decent sized booklet for instructions which are quite explicit. It all looks perfectly nice and is typical of kits from this manufacturer.
This kit comes in a much bigger box and it’s one of those Revell boxes that opens at an end (which I dislike). Again, just a minimum of images to illustrate this one.
Definitely a big pile of plastic:
Well, off we go. I might even make a start of sorts tomorrow, though there is an ominous looking list from the Fuhrerin on the kitchen notice board :smiling3:
We may be stopping and starting a bit because though I'm trying to wind back on work, this is a busy time of year.
I’ll build both almost entirely out of the box, so at least we’ll know what’s possible without doubling the price of a kit with exotic extras. There’s nothing wrong with upgrading as much as you like, but it would rather defeat the object of this exercise.
So, the kits in no particular order (manufacturers’ designations)
First up, the Fly Hawker Hurricane Mk.II a
You could call this a multimedia kit. It comes from Czech company Fly who whilst not exactly a man in a shed with his resin are not really a mass producer. The kit contains just five sprues (including clear parts) a bunch of resin parts and enough photo-etch to make me or any sane person nervous. There is, of course, a decal sheet with no fewer than four options, two for tropicalised aircraft. Also included are a fairly rudimentary set of instructions. I think that some knowledge of the subject is assumed.
I won’t overburden the thread with photos, the details should become evident as I progress, but these should give an idea. It all looks nice and comes in a relatively small box the artwork on which managed to get the serial number of the aircraft pictured wrong .
Plastic:
mostly not plastic:
Second offering, the newish Revell Hawker Hurricane Mk II b
This is a much more standard plastic model kit. You get nine sprues of plastic with many more plastic parts than the Fly version, though Fly may have compensated for this with the P-E and resin. The decal sheet offers two options. There is a decent sized booklet for instructions which are quite explicit. It all looks perfectly nice and is typical of kits from this manufacturer.
This kit comes in a much bigger box and it’s one of those Revell boxes that opens at an end (which I dislike). Again, just a minimum of images to illustrate this one.
Definitely a big pile of plastic:
Well, off we go. I might even make a start of sorts tomorrow, though there is an ominous looking list from the Fuhrerin on the kitchen notice board :smiling3:
We may be stopping and starting a bit because though I'm trying to wind back on work, this is a busy time of year.
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