Italieri 1/48 Hawker Hurricane MK1. 303 squadron (Polish) Flg Off W Urbanoviocz , RAF northolt 1940

[Guest]

I think that's one of the reasons why this is an interesting hobby - you can never tell what will happen!

They say a week is a long time in politics - for model builders overnight can mean going from joy to despair or vice versa

[Guest]

Don't knock it Alan, I'd be happy to put my name to it, great build in my book. Lovely weathering. Cheers Derek

[Guest]

Alan, good to see you stuck with it and continued. If this happened with me, half way through, it would probably go into the spares box.... By the way, is the nose cone wrongly moulded? It looks like a 109' nose cone instead of a hurricane

John

[flyjoe180]

A nice job Alan. One can never have too many Hurricanes.

[Alan 45]

Thanks folks I'm glad you like it

Alan, good to see you stuck with it and continued. If this happened with me, half way through, it would probably go into the spares box.... By the way, is the nose cone wrongly moulded? It looks like a 109' nose cone instead of a hurricaneJohn

I thought the same mate you get two different types of spinner in the kit one pointed and one rounded and both are wrong in my eyes , either too pointy or too rounded this shows up in the technical booklet you get with the kit also the instructions show how they should look and not what's in the kit.

[Alan 45]

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Now this really is complete

[flyjoe180]

Very nicely painted pilot Alan. Regarding the spinner, it does look a little bulbous on that kit.

Very early Hurricanes had a very pointed spinner and a fixed two-bladed propeller:

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Later Mark I Hurricanes were fitted with a de Havilland two-position three bladed propeller:

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Slightly later again (and possibly also common with some Spitfire Mark I), the Merlin III allowed the use of either the Rotol or Hamilton constant-speed three-blade propeller system:

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Later Hurricane versions had extended nose cones and different propeller blades. Canadian Hurricanes, when fitted, had the more bulbous Hamilton spinner fitted.

[Alan 45]

Very nicely painted pilot Alan. Regarding the spinner, it does look a little bulbous on that kit.Very early Hurricanes had a very pointed spinner and a fixed two-bladed propeller:

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Later Mark I Hurricanes were fitted with a de Havilland two-position three bladed propeller:

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Slightly later again (and possibly also common with some Spitfire Mark I), the Merlin III allowed the use of either the Rotol or Hamilton constant-speed three-blade propeller system:

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Later Hurricane versions had extended nose cones and different propeller blades. Canadian Hurricanes, when fitted, had the more bulbous Hamilton spinner fitted.

Thanks for that joe , there is a book that comes with this kit about all the types of hurricane built and it shows you all the small differences as you've kindly put up but the kit isn't even close to any of the spinners in the book or in your pics , and it's noticeable to anyone with a bit of knowledge about this aircraft.

Thanks again for your pics joe I appreciate it

[flyjoe180]

My pleasure Alan. The smaller scale Airfix Hurricanes also had the same problem. Maybe their new kits have rectified the issues. Italeri generally make good kits but looks like they fell into the same trap.

[Alan 45]

Yeah mate , I'm off to a model show tomorrow so I'll see if I can get another one and do that

After seeing peter 1/24 hurry I'm on look out for one of those as well

[flyjoe180]

You can never have enough Hurricanes

[Alan 45]

I'm on a mission now to get ever type

[Guest]

Nice model, the pilot make all the difference, it brings an animation to an otherwise static model

[Ian M]

Looks pretty good to me. The only critique is maybe the brush has had a bit to much paint on it and has left some heavy brush marks. other than that...

Good job on the pilot.

Ian M

[Alan 45]

Thanks guys I appreciate the support