1/48th scale Hurricane MkIIc, 136 Sqn, India, 1943.

[Airframes]

Thanks Dirk !

 

[MaxCamps]

Fabulous Terry - just fabulous!!!!!

 

[Airframes]

Glad you approve Max! Hoping to get the first upper surface colours on tonight - might have some pics later.

 

[magnu]

Looking forward to more of yuor marvelous makeover Terry

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Lewis. Just doing the masking, then out with the squirty thing !

 

[Airframes]

Got the Dark Earth on, Dark Green next.
PIC 1. The upper and lower surface demarcation has been masked, and also those areas where over-spray might reach.
PIC 2. A slight variation on my usual method - the upper surface camouflage pattern has been marked in pencil as usual, but this time I'll spray the colours separately, rather than do the Dark Earth with the Green overlaid. Note the prominent letter 'Bs', just to remind me which areas should be brown!
PIC 3. The Dark Earth (Humbrol No.29 enamel) has been sprayed, roughly following the pencil lines. The true pattern will be made when the Green is sprayed.
The paint should be dry enough now, so I'm off to spray the Dark Green. Pics later.

 

[T Bolt]

.............Note the prominent letter 'Bs', just to remind me which areas should be brown!............

Great Idea Terry! I can remember messing that up a time or two!

 

[woody]

Nice free hand work on the painting can't wait to see it finnished.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Glenn and Woody. Got the first coat of Dark Green on, using Humbrol No.163 satin enamel, which has more 'depth' than the matt No.30, giving a better contrast (the airframes were resprayed in the Dark Earth, over Ocean Grey, on arrival in India).
As I suspected with this paint, it was rather thin, with a heavy carrier to pigment content, and takes some time to dry, and then does so patchy. No major problem though (I hope!) as, after a second, tighter coat, and then the clear coats, it should all even out nicely.
I'll let this first coat dry for at least 18 hours, before applying another coat (and eliminating the splotch on the starboard wing!), then it'll be time for some subtle shading and weathering.
Thanks again for your interest and compliments.

 

[Crimea_River]

Just spent the last 20 minutes catching up on your week's progress Terry and I must say you've achieved an impressive amount of quality work in that short time. Excellent work mate!

 

[Wurger]

Looking very nice Terry.

 

[rochie]

great job Terry, flying through this one

 

[magnu]

Nice paint job Terry

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Andy and chaps. Hope you had a good trip Andy.
I'm hoping to get the second coat of green on tonight, and then remove the masks and complete any re-touching which might be needed - pics later, maybe.

 

[hawkeye2an]

Looking Top Shelf Terry, keep 'em coming.

 

[Airframes]

Cheers mate !

 

[Airframes]

All re-touching is now done, and some staining, weathering and dirt applied. Next stage is to apply a couple of coats of gloss clear, then make some stencil decals and start on the markings.

 

[Crimea_River]

Superb work there Terry. I like the footprints on the wing and your panel line weathering is exceptional.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Andy. This one's not going to be quite as dusty as the Spit, but there's still a bit more subtle weathering to do after the clear coats. More soon.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Haven't been around the model stuff for awhile, sorry. Very sharp Terry. I'm with Andy. The weathering is spot on sir.