Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk 1

[Guest]

Here's my 1st entry for this GB

The box.... torn open in my haste to see the contents!

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The sprues

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Many thanks to John for the heads-up about Aldi selling these kits at £4.99

Cheers

Patrick

[flyjoe180]

Nice one Patrick, look forward to seeing this one. A few Hurricanes in the mix, great stuff.

[Richi72]

Jep what Joe said

Cheers Richi

[Guest]

I've built a couple of these recently and they go together very well

[Guest]

On my 1/72 aircraft construction line, I've got some of this done - so far the office is finished.

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Now to do the fuselage & wings

Cheers

Patrick

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[Guest]

I can't wait to see how it turns out!

[Neil]

I've been doing this too but not for the GB - I primed it last year so wasn't sure it was eligible. I was following the instructions which have the seat black and the rest of those parts black, but your worn version of cockpit green looks more authentic so I think I'll be repainting it. Still on the office anyway and done a few bits of the wheel wells so no big deal to go over with the green thinned it should have a nice effect.

[Guest]

To be honest Neil, I didn't even look at the painting instructions! I'm far too lazy

[flyjoe180]

That's looking really nice Patrick, nicely chipped where necessary

[Guest]

Looking good

[Guest]

Thank you Joe & David!

The main assembly is now done. Just a little bit of sanding to do on the horizontal stabilizers as I'm not happy with the fit.

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I had trouble with the wing to fuselage fit, not sure why as everything else seems ok. So some filling & sanding is needed!

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This may well be the best it looks .... because I intend to not only brush paint it but also use the paints supplied!

God help me!

[dave]

Brave man going with the paints supplied.

[Alan 45]

Good start patrick, I have this in the stash and I never realised this was a rag wing MkI until I saw your sprue shots , I have built the 1938 wooden prop version of this and that was a good kit

If you do use those paints just add a drop or two of water or thinner and they will be fine mate

[Guest]

Cheers Al! I have an unfinished P-47 knocking about, so I'll test out the paint on that first

[Alan 45]

Yeah it's best to test it I use a piece of sprue to see how thick it is , for some reason humbrol feels like it's a thin paint at first then cures very fast and can cause the paint to snag

Better three or four thin coats than two normal ones