Alan 45 Battle of Britain Aircraft , RAF, Luftwaffe

[Alan 45]

Sadly I have had to change what I had intended , it was a bit ambitious and to do it properly which this sort of project deserves it would have taken me a good couple/three years to complete so with Ian's ok I have been able to change to a set of aircraft that were used in the Battle of Britain on both sides ,

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[PaulTRose]

thats a big dio!

should keep you occupied for a while :P

[Alan 45]

Cheers Paul I have a year to do it so I should be able to do it

[spanner570]

That is one huge dio. base Alan. Very impressive.

I think I'll build a couple Ju. 88's and wait until you've finished it, then slip over the Channel and bomb the b****r!

[Alan 45]

That is one huge dio. base Alan. Very impressive.I think I'll build a couple Ju. 88's and wait until you've finished it, then slip over the Channel and bomb the b****r!

Cheers Ron

[Dave W]

Should be a great dio.The old Airfix Hurricane still builds into nice model.I look forward to seeing this progress.

[Alan 45]

Ok I've got all the parts made for the first hurry , [ATTACH]98769.IPB[/ATTACH]

as you ca see I don't build in the conventional sense I find it quicker this way [ATTACH]98770.IPB[/ATTACH]

this being the old airfix 1/48 it comes with a single piece canopy which ive cut up so I can have it open
To do this I very gently cut the top of the canopy with a scalpel just so it through the plastic then just using the tips of a pair of clippers I cut little sections doing one side then the other so as not to split the canopy

I don't think I've done a bad job on that just seven more to go

[Alan 45]

Cockpit now painted , I haven't done too much in here as once it's together you can't see very much

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I've just given the instrument panel a dry brush , there is a decal for it but it doesn't look very good IMO

[Alan 45]

Fuselage now together , I had to cut the guide pins off on the nose to get an even fit and it will need a bit of filling [ATTACH]98782.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Dave W]

This the best kit for your purposes s there are not a lot of parts.So they can be built quickly.If you break a canopy ,Falcon do vacform replacements (2 in a pack) quite cheap.I bought some when I built one of these and managed to break mine.

[Guest]

An ambitious project Alan - you'll be wishing you had an airbrush!

[Alan 45]

That's why I went for this one dave I do have a problem with this one it seems the seat isn't fitting properly , I never had that problem when I built one a few months back

Mm don't know what I'm going here the seat looks like it's too far back [ATTACH]98784.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Alan 45]

An ambitious project Alan - you'll be wishing you had an airbrush!

Not really mate it's just like doing lots of dioramas one after ther other

That's the way I'm looking at it anyway

[flyjoe180]

Good start Alan. Unconventional building technique, but looks fun! That is a lot of Hurricane kits, should build up into a nice diorama. Will watch the builds and diorama progress.

[aaron]

The fit of that kit would defeat me, good luck.