Shortage of Hawker Hurricanes

[colin m]

I'd buy one, hell, I might even buy two, and I never keep a stash of more than a couple of models. At the moment I have one.

The problem is how many would they sell? I really have no idea, but would expect it to be somewhat less than their Spitfires worldwide. The Hurricane does not have the same wow factor as the Spitfire, which would be relevant outside the UK market, for example selling it in the Asian market (which Tamiya must know well).

Could Tamiya make the investment in the development and tooling for an 'uber' Hurricane kit and still be able to sell it at a price where they could shift enough units? These kits are already costing 100+ quid, which is a lot to most people. Who will buy it at 250 quid?

One thing is certain, the Hurricane is under represented in large scale, which is a shame for such an important and iconic aircraft.

Cheers

Steve

Good point Steve. The Hurricane is a 'bread and butter' aircraft to us, but in the world wide market, probably not. So, ok Tamiya, I'll settle for a 1:48. I know the Airfix is good, but I'm sure even that offering can be improved upon.

[Lee Drennen]

Try to find one in 1/32 scale

There is the crappy 60’s Revell tooling and a couple of short-run kits with all the problems they present, if you can find one...

Yes, the Hurricane is iconic, one of the most important aircraft from early WW2 and it deserves high quality ‘kitting’ in 1/48 and 1/32

Come on Tamiya, one of your 1/32 ‘Uber’ kits, you know it makes sense and it will sell like hot cakes.

A model is only crappy if you build it crappy if you have compassionate for the old 60s models you can turn them into real nice ones

[BarryW]

A model is only crappy if you build it crappy if you have compassionate for the old 60s models you can turn them into real nice ones

Really? Depends what you want.

If you like lots of sanding, scraping, correcting faults and scratch building you can turn a crappy kit into something. Personally life is too short for that. I prefer well engineered modern kits where I can concentrate on the parts of the processes I most enjoy.

[Lee Drennen]

Barry. It depends on what you like and that’s fine to me life not to short to enjoy building sanding and scratch building parts to make a model something it once wasn’t when it was new out of the factory that’s the difference between a builder and a craftsman and that’s ok too

[AlanG]

This is the old debate though Barry. Is it more fun buying something that is well engineered, goes together like a glove but costs £150+. Or spend a vastly smaller amount and have fun scratch building/modifying which will probably give far more modelling hours per £ spent. Horses for courses really. Everyone is right in their own approach.

Back on topic though. The Italeri Hurricane is fun to build. Not tried the 'new' Airfix one yet

[Ian M]

The Italeri kit is a great little build. Think I have done two and have one in the stash. In fact it's so good Tamiya took it on as a re boxing to provide a good Hurricane without the high costs of production. The plastic in the Tamiya boxing is still the Italeri product.
One thing to note in the Italeri kit: the paint guide for the camouflage is a bit confusing. In the monotone pictures they have presented the darkest colour; green with the lighter of the two greys, and the lightest colour; Earth with the darker tone of grey.... Yes I learned the hard way.... lol
The Old Airfix Hurricane was a good build and looks very much the part so if the newer tooling is even better!!!

I agree that Tamiya would do well to do a 1/32 super kit. It cant be less popular than the Mustang could it?

[stona]

I'll happily do both, and do, but there is something remarkably soothing about building one of the beautifully engineered and fitted kits that have been produced in the last 10-15 years or so.

I'm in the middle of one of Tamiya's so called 'uber kits' as I write this, and it has been a joy to build, so far. It's the first of them I've built for many years (I did a Spitfire IX when they were first released). The engineering and fit, as well as the overall quality, almost defies belief. That's not to say I don't enjoy building something which offers a more challenging experience. There is no doubt that the experience gained and techniques learned overcoming some of those challenges help with something more modern. I'm sure that plenty of people have mucked up even the best and most expensive kits!

There's room for both and you can take a swing at both, as I do, or concentrate on one or the other. Whatever floats your boat really, there's no point in doing it if you don't enjoy it!

Cheers

Steve

[tr1ckey66]

I'm selling one of my PCM Hurries on eBay if anyone's interested

Cheers
P

[AlanG]

I'm selling one of my PCM Hurries on eBay if anyone's interested

Place a link to it in the 'For Sale' section. You never know, a member on here might bid on it.

[tr1ckey66]

Place a link to it in the 'For Sale' section. You never know, a member on here might bid on it.

Done! Plus a few others
Cheers Al
Paul

[homechild]

I'm currently building the 1:48 Airfix Hurricane mk.1 (Tropical) and it's going together like a dream.
Any issues I'm having with it are completely of my own doing!

I believe that the correct parts are also there if you didn't want to do the Tropical version (with the air filter underneath).
I'm just coming back to the hobby with this one and it's really been a pleasure to build.

[GerryW]

First post, so please be gentle!
I note that several 'like' the Hurricane (must admit that it always has held the 'number 1 slot' for me - I've got one that I'm having problems finishing, and was wondering if I could 'pick brains' here.
It's the Airfix 1:24 and I can't seem to find the waterslide decals I need to finish it off, I need the airframe numbers/letter and the squadron letters (the ones that came with it aren't the ones I need) I would have painted them - but my painting isn't up to it & I'm sure that many years ago I can remember being able to purchase sheets of decals made up of letters and numbers etc. for models, but can't seem to find them now, so wondering if anybody would know where I could get them from?
Yes, I'm being 'fussy' but this particular model has a bit of 'history', in that the plane I want to portray struck the house I live in & I wanted to do this more as a 'history project' than a 'generic' model with pre BoB paint scheme - underside port black/starboard white, etc.

[Tim Marlow]

First post, so please be gentle!
I note that several 'like' the Hurricane (must admit that it always has held the 'number 1 slot' for me - I've got one that I'm having problems finishing, and was wondering if I could 'pick brains' here.
It's the Airfix 1:24 and I can't seem to find the waterslide decals I need to finish it off, I need the airframe numbers/letter and the squadron letters (the ones that came with it aren't the ones I need) I would have painted them - but my painting isn't up to it & I'm sure that many years ago I can remember being able to purchase sheets of decals made up of letters and numbers etc. for models, but can't seem to find them now, so wondering if anybody would know where I could get them from?
Yes, I'm being 'fussy' but this particular model has a bit of 'history', in that the plane I want to portray struck the house I live in & I wanted to do this more as a 'history project' than a 'generic' model with pre BoB paint scheme - underside port black/starboard white, etc.

Hi Gerry
You would probably get more assistance if you set this up as a new thread....until then, have you tried here https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/in...rch=1&pageID=6
Its a good first stop. This one...

https://www.scalemates.com/

has a great database, so might be able to help. Hope you find what you need.
cheers
Tim

[Ian M]

I can remember being able to purchase sheets of decals made up of letters and numbers etc. for models, but can't seem to find them now

Try looking at hannants.co.uk they do decal sheets of serial codes, not sure if they go up to 1/24 scale though.

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