1/48 Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

[Wayne Little]

Doing a good job there Grant.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Grant Barr]

Latest update. The approach I had taken to the Dark Earth/Dark Green camouflage did not give the demarcation that I wanted. By free handing with the brush set as fine as I could get it gave a border that was just too soft and did not look to scale. I really was not happy with it, so I re-did the whole thing...


I went back to the tried and tested blu-tack worms having replaced the stuff I've had for a while. I spent quite a bit of time making sure the thickness of the blu-tack was consistent meaning the soft-ish edges were exactly at the "tightness" I wanted.

I finally removed all the masking last night and I am really happy with the result. The edges are just soft enough to look like a sprayed edge demarcation at full scale (at least I think so!). I've also removed the masking from the underside as seen below.

I have been tinkering with other bits and pieces, but nothing substantial enough to photograph for the thread.

Thanks for everyone who has dropped by for a look or comment. The weather has really crapped out in the last couple of days meaning time working out in the garage will be limited for the next month or so. I'll update as I get more of the build done. Cheers!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nicely done Grant, it really looks good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks great Grant and glad the repaint worked for you.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[Grant Barr]

Long story short - Hurricane is complete.

After a longer than anticipated hiatus lots of things went wrong. I lost some pieces and the final paint job ended up being many more coats than I'd like. All up however I am reasonably happy with the outcome. Photos below.







Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and feedback through the process. It really does help to improve the result!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[SaparotRob]

Beautiful! The Hurri never gets enough love. Until this build.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice machine Grant, I like the wing detail.

 

[Crimea_River]

It turned out beautifully Grant. Tidy paint work with no evidence of the difficulties you had. Well done.

 

[fubar57]

Agreed

 

[Jock Tamson]

I'm liking this a lot. Great rendition of a tricky kit. Well done

 

[Snautzer01]

It turned out beautifully Grant. Tidy paint work with no evidence of the difficulties you had. Well done

With above. Good job.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[javlin]

That came out real Nice Grant!!

 

[Grant Barr]

Thanks all. I appreciate the feedback.

It was a really nice kit to build. Airfix have come a long way in the 30 odd years since I last built one of their kits. I've got a couple of other Airfix kits in the stash, so I am looking forward to doing those too.