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

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Thanks guys. I was up till 2AM the other night watching the Red Sox vs Yankees so last night I was too tired to get anything done. I guess I'm getting to old for consecutive late nights... :oops:
 
The first thing I wanted to do was add the extra Browning .303 machineguns to the wings. For this I used some Evergreen styrene. I cut the them a little long so that I could handle them better. Once secured in place I will cut them down to size and paint.

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AUGH!!!!! I had a little bit of a set back last night with the Hurricane when I went to remove the masks after painting the red over the gun ports.

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Moving forward I decided it was time to install the prop and spinner

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Started to paint the manifold exhausts before installing them. First I applied the rust. After that dries I will follow up with some silver and black to finish it off.

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Started the decaling. Here is the sheet and instructions. Lots of options for future builds ;)

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That's all for now. Thanks for looking.
 
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Last night I finally finished the canopy and put it in place with one big issue.

The plastic was so brittle that when I was cleaning it up it just crumpled away. After it was in place I added some clear glue to try and fill the gap

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Camping trip scheduled for after work today so the next time I get to sit at the bench will be late Sunday or Monday night. thanks for looking
 
Nice work.
The real plane was pulled from a lake a cca. 10 years ago. It was also armed with RS-82 rockets. A good article about rescuing the plane with some history of the plane (it seems that this bird was flown by Safonov), photos and some colour profile work:
Hawker Hurricane IIB 'Trop' Z5252:
Hawker Hurricane IIB ?Trop? Z5252
 
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