1:72 Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb "White 01" Major-General A A Kuznetzov, Eastern Front GB

[Wurger]

Like so many others on this site Wojtek is a great asset.

My pleasure Mate. Glad I could help.

And thank you Chaps. That's very kind of you. Appreciate...

 

[dirkpitt289]

After I looked photos of these last few steps Its hard to see a difference but surprisingly I do. Its unusual because usually the camera catches everything.

here we go, It's time to assemble the radiator intake. The way Academy has it set up the radiator intake sits in a recess.

What this does is cause the radiator intake to sit what I think is too flush on the fuselage.

What I need to do is raise the front of the radiator a bit. Using my ever faithful Evergreen I set to work,

Using a post-it note and a pencil I made a template

With the paper template made I was able to copy it to the Evergreen. As close to perfect as I could have hoped

Now this is how the radiator sits. From this angle it doesn't look much different

But from this angle it looks much much better.

Now its off for some priming. Till next time thanks for looking

 

[Airframes]

Nice work there Dirk. I've got some detail shots O took at Duxford of their MkIIB if they're of use?
It's in BoB colours, but obviously the 'bits' are the same - radiator, main gear legs, wheels etc, guns etc.

 

[dirkpitt289]

I would be a fool to refuse...

 

[Airframes]

Here you go then !

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good bit of ingenuity there Dirk and well executed, you're doing good mate.

Like the photos Terry, some nice detail there.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work Dirk.....and Terry!

 

[Crimea_River]

Agree on both counts.

 

[Njaco]

D@mn, why didn't I see this thread earlier??!!!

Dirk, if you still need decals, let me know. I think I have a few Russian that you can have. No problem to send to ya.

And great work on the Hurri especially that cockpit!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nicely done@

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks for the kind words guys

 

[dirkpitt289]

Last night I applied Azure Blue to the underside of the Russian Hurricane

Thanks for looking

 

[T Bolt]

Nice fix on the radiator Dirk.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks glenn

 

[Airframes]

Looking neat Dirk.

 

[Wurger]

Yep...

 

[Njaco]

Looks like the only Russian markings I have are 1/48. Sorry. Might break out a few kits and see how many decals are there. I have a Yak 1/72 and will check.

Good work so far.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks for the kind words guys but I'm good with the decals. I got what I needed from hannatt's.

Tonight everything was taped off and the first of the top cote was applied, Dark Earth.

 

[dirkpitt289]

The other night saw the addition of the bottm color Azure Blue

Last night I applied Dark Earth to the top

 

[Wurger]