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

[Airframes]

Thanks again chaps! Just on my way to the model shop to replace some paint that's yet again dried in the tin!
Given I can get what I need, I should get the primer coats on today, which will also act as the underside colour, Medium Sea Grey, although the latter area will be given some shading etc.
Meanwhile, I've been messing about with the kit's undercarriage doors, and have ordered some resin wheels, as the kit examples are a bit thin.

 

[T Bolt]

Guns before paint. Very brave Terry! Every thing is looking great!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Glenn. The guns are supposed to be fitted before the wing is joined, with pins to locate them in slots inside the wing, but that would have really been risky, especially as the landing lamps needed to be sanded to shape. I'd have preferred to have fitted them after painting, but I knew the fairings would need filling and blending, as the holes had to be opened in the leading edge, and were not that accurate in the moulding. Similar set-up with the radio mast too !
these areas aren't too inconvenient, but the method of fitting the landing gear legs is bl**dy awkward - they have to be fitted, retracted, before the wing is joined, and then set and glued 'down' later, with the addition of the brace struts !!

 

[Lucky13]

Looking dogs spherical old chap!

 

[woody]

Coming along real nice Airframes.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Amazing detail Terry, you're really pushing the envelope on this one and setting some high standards for us novices to reach.

 

[Gerry]

Looking great, Terry and the level of added detail is really impressive. You're really moving on this one. Do you get any sleep during a build?

 

[javlin]

Wow Terry looks awfully good there Mate The pit looks excellant Cheers

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much chaps. Got the primer/MSG on, and work is almost finished on the undercart doors. Pics soon.

 

[Airframes]

Here's the state of things so far.
PIC 1. Last job before priming, which I only just remembered in time. The ribbing on the fin was a touch heavy, so this has been sanded down. The rudder trim tab actuator will be added after priming.
PICS 2 and 3. The Medium Sea Grey, in this case Humbrol enamel No.164 satin, has been sprayed overall, acting as base colour and primer. The underside will have some fading and staining added later. This has revealed the need for a tiny bit more filler around one of the cannon fairings.
PIC 4. The undercarriage doors before modification, showing the heavy rivets and the tabs intended to prevent the gear falling inside when retracted. Apart from being a bit rounded and thick overall, the inner faces are far too 'flat'.
PIC 5. The 'detail' has been sanded off, and the thickness reduced overall. The chamfered inner faces have been built-up using plastic card, sanded to shape, and 'troughs' filed for the gear legs. the brake lines were added using lead wire. The inner surfaces will be painted matt silver after clean-up.
Once the primer has fully cured, the underside demarcation will be masked, and the upper surface colours of Dark Earth and Dark Green sprayed free-hand. More pics soon, and thanks yet again for your kind comments.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Got to give it to you T, you're the van Gogh of scratch building.

 

[Airframes]

That's very nice of you to say so mate. You're not that bad yourself either, if your Catalina is anything to go by!

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice work Terry.

 

[Catch22]

Great stuff Terry!

 

[rochie]

amazing Dogsbody

 

[Wayne Little]

Keep up the good work sir..!

 

[Wurger]

I echo Wayne's post.

 

[fam43]

Fantastic what you do with this old lady. When finished it will look like she had been for weeks in a beauty farm.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much for the kind words guys. Michael, maybe if I spent some weeks in a beauty farm, I'd look better too - then again, probably not !!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Stunning work as always Terry