Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Hurricane IIC

[Lee Drennen]

That night fighter scheme will certainly stand out from the other Hurricanes Lee

Yes it will Joe I really like that scheme. I’m Going to try to get some paint on it maybe this week.

[Waspie]

Apologies Late to the party. I like the idea of a night paint job.

[Jim R]

Definitely a camo scheme that will look great and also different from the usual schemes we see

[Lee Drennen]

Apologies Late to the party. I like the idea of a night paint job.

Thanks kinda excited to get started on it

[Lee Drennen]

Definitely a camo scheme that will look great and also different from the usual schemes we see

Yes I agree Jim.

[Lee Drennen]

Got a little done this evening. The guns were still not dry when I took the pic so I’ll have fine tune them when I put the wings on.

[adt70hk]

Matchbox two-tone plastic......now that brings back memories! Good luck with it Lee!

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Ready for paint. I really wasn’t impressed with this build I thought this Matchbox kit would be a lot better to go together than expected there were some fit issues but the fuselage went together nicely.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Good luck with your painting Lee. That must be quite a small model to work on at 1/72

[Jim R]

Looking fine Lee. I suppose you have to expect fit problems with a kit which is 50 years old.

[Lee Drennen]

Good luck with your painting Lee. That must be quite a small model to work on at 1/72

Yes it is but it will be good practice for me to do more Camo schemes

[Lee Drennen]

Looking fine Lee. I suppose you have to expect fit problems with a kit which is 50 years old.

Thanks Jim. I guess I was high hoping being what the reviews were. I don’t think I’ll be building much Matchbox in the future

[Lee Drennen]

Matchbox two-tone plastic......now that brings back memories! Good luck with it Lee!

Andrew

Thanks Andrew. I really don’t like this color combo plastic at all

[Lee Drennen]

Got some painting done today. First I painted a base coat of gray then I outlined my Camo pattern within a pencil. Next I thought I would try out my New Airbrush my wife bought me last fall. This is my first time using it so I thought I would be good practice on this build. The cordless brush is nice for a beginner like me. I have some over spray on it next time I will mask with Modeling clay. I’ll re-paint the gray to get rid of the over spray by hand painting it after I think about this I wonder if I should just stick to hand painting my Camo like I’ve done for years but playing with the airbrush was fun and a great learning curve.

[Geoffers]

Good work with your new airbrush Lee, looking very nice :thumb2:

Geoff.