1/72 Revell Hurricane

[Andy T]

Oops. Part way through reading that I was thinking I bet you wish you'd stuck with the brush!

I must admit I've done exactly the same in full scale. A genuine face-palm moment when you realise.

[Guest]

The I reslised - I'd unplugged the compressor so I could power up the vortex mixer, but forgot to plug it back in! :rolling:

Old Dutch commercial for IBM, from the 1980s. The punchline at the end is Of je stopt de stekker erin — “Or you plug it in” — because the know-it-all boy can’t work out why the family’s new PC doesn’t work and suggests his father phones IBM for help, but his little sister has the solution. That punchline is something people in the Netherlands still say 35 years or so later in situations like yours, without even knowing this is where it’s from

[Allen Dewire]

Don't sweat it Pete, it happens to all of us at one point or another...With that small wing thingy, a brush will be even quicker to finish the camo anyway...We wouldn't want to see you mess up this expensive kit with the AB, now would we...

Prost
Allen

[Tim Marlow]

Old Dutch commercial for IBM, from the 1980s. The punchline at the end is Of je stopt de stekker erin — “Or you plug it in” — because the know-it-all boy can’t work out why the family’s new PC doesn’t work and suggests his father phones IBM for help, but his little sister has the solution. That punchline is something people in the Netherlands still say 35 years or so later in situations like yours, without even knowing this is where it’s from :smiling3:

I’ve actually done that…….when I first got broadband back in the distant past you had to wait a couple of weeks for it to be connected. The broadband kit was duly delivered and I connected it all up to make sure all the bits were there, then disconnected it and hooked up the dial up modem again so I could get back on line. After a few weeks had gone by I was getting a bit concerned that my new fangled connection still wasn’t working so I phoned technical support…….the usual account checks were made and I was told it had been connected a couple of weeks ago so it should be working. The technician then started running through all the technical checks they could think of, eventually started getting a bit stumped by the problem. “Just going to ask for advice” they said. After a couple of minutes they came back and said, “can you look at the modem sir”….”yes“ I said…..”how many cables are connected” they said…..”one“ I said…….”Sir, there should be two” they said….Doh ………….I had put the cable back in the modem from the PC, but had forgotten to plug the modem into the wall…….

[Mini Me]

Just had a Read through on this Pete....I'm rootin' for you Sir...and anytime I could pick up a kit that cheap I'd be all over it!! :thumb2:

[papa 695]

Nice work Pete, the swamp thing looks a little small in the cockpit, but with the canopy on, I doubt you’ll see him/it. And the kits as old as me. Keep up the great work.

[stillp]

Finished!

More over at scale-models.co.uk/threads/revell-1-72-hurricane.41847/
Pete

[Mini Me]

Excellent result Pete! :thumb2:

[Guest]

Where is the fingerprint mark on the canopy?

[Lamb72]

Nice work! I recently built a vintage revell spitfire kit and, apart from the yellow decals, really enjoyed it. I especially liked the rivet details it had and the stand it came with that had its own label decal. There's a lot of joy to be found in these old kits

[stillp]

I wonder if the toolmaker responsible for the rivets had ever seen a Hurricane!
Pete

[papa 695]

Cracking work Pete.