The Smythemeister's 1/48 HobbyBoss Hurricane

[The Smythe Meister]

Look at all those Goodies you have to go with your hurricane very nice. The pilot looks awesome

Thanks Lee, nice to see you drop in

That looks like a comprehensive kit Andy. Very nice. At least your fits together as it should, mine is turning into a bit of a mare.

Cheers Steve,yes,I have to say that this is possibly the best fitting kit I've ever done!

Looking good Andy.

Thanks Andrew, nice to see you

Missed the start Andy - sorry. Looks a nice kit and having seat belts, masks and a protected clear part shows thought. You're off to a nice start. Pilot looks to fit nicely.

Cheers Jim,the kit in general is very well presented and manufactured imho,the pilot,whilst being an after market 3D printed example,does indeed fit perfectly :thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

So then, I've not done as much as I'd hoped,but ere be some progress...

Kit supplied masks on there, generally very nice,but I ripped both of the tiny front ones,as you can see,so had to use some liquid mask!

Then it was spray on the "Sky"for the majority of the underside, followed by masking up for the Black partition,(which took piggin ages!!)...

... Then everything removed and given a shot of gloss varnish for both, protection and preparation for later washes,which revealed....

... quite happy with it so far, progress will slow up a bit now due to work,but hopefully I will get some stuff done over the next few days
As ever,thanks for looking in :thumb2:

[yak face]

Lovely progress andy , I struggled to mask that bit up too ,its a tiny funny little shape -even worse in 1/72 . Paintwork is looking sharp , looking forward to the top colours , cheers tony

[Geoffers]

Looking very good Andy, nice job with the pilot :thumb2:

Geoff

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking good Andy. Their is some nice detail on the kit you are building.

[Mickc1440]

Looking really good Andy, I do love the windows by numbers :smiling:

[papa 695]

Just seen and caught up on this one Andy, some very nice work indeed.

[Lee Drennen]

Great looking

[The Smythe Meister]

Lovely progress andy , I struggled to mask that bit up too ,its a tiny funny little shape -even worse in 1/72 . Paintwork is looking sharp , looking forward to the top colours , cheers tony

Thanks Tony,yep,that little bit was a bugger!!

Looking very good Andy, nice job with the pilot :thumb2:

Geoff

Cheers Geoff,he didn't come out too bad,you won't see him much anyway now.... Like an idiot I've glued the canopy in the closed position!! :flushed:

Looking good Andy. Their is some nice detail on the kit you are building.

Thanks Steve, totally agree,this kit has some excellent detail

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking really good Andy, I do love the windows by numbers :smiling:

Cheers Mick,a couple more "windows by numbers" coming up :tears-of-joy:

Just seen and caught up on this one Andy, some very nice work indeed.

Thanks Ian,glad you like it so far:thumb2:

Great looking

Cheers Lee

[The Smythe Meister]

.... So then,the week's progress was slow,but caught up a bit yesterday,and will be doing some more this afternoon, for now though, here's a picture heavy update.....

Underside masked and ready for sloshing some paint around on top...

(A couple of numbered masks there for Mick ) .... Let the sloshing commence....

That'll be the brown then!! ..

Masks applied,( I do like these Top Notch vinyl sets),next, let's chuck some "Purist Green" around the parish.....

... and eagerly torn off again....

... And ready for the Sky band, which I will paint by hand in a mo....
So then,I shall be pressing on very soon, until next time.....(Hopefully this evening )

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Apologies mate very late to the party. Just had a catch up cracking work so far mate.

[Andy T]

Lovely work on the camo Andy. I wish I'd invested in some masks!

[Geoffers]

Looks great Andy :thumb2:

Camo masks seem well worth investing in, great result and must save loads of time :thinking:

Geoff.

[Lee Drennen]

Camo looks good