Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk 1

[Peebs]

About to embark on my next project.....

 

[Wayne Little]

Ready, Set....Go! built one of these a looooooong time ago...pretty reasonable kit!

 

[tonyb]

Nice Pete,I love the Hurricane.8)
I'm hoping Airfix release the new tooling in 1/48 in time for our BoB build as I want to build one.
Looking forwrad to this one Pete especially after seeing the cracking job u did with the 109 8)
Cheers,
Tony.

 

[rochie]

will be checking your progress peebs as i have one waiting for the BoB group build, must get some decent decals for it though wonder if i can get Baders markings ?

 

[B-17engineer]

Looks good !

 

[BombTaxi]

I also built one of these a little while back, it builds up into a nice little kit. Only thing I found to be wary of is fitting the fuselage onto the wing/cockpit assembly. It can be a little tight and you have to be careful not to damage the pit interior as you lower the fuselage on. It is a very nice little kit for the money though 8)

 

[Peebs]

will be checking your progress peebs as i have one waiting for the BoB group build, must get some decent decals for it though wonder if i can get Baders markings ?

G'day Rochie,

I had a looksee on the net, superscale decal sheet # 48-303 has baders markings

cheers
pete

 

[T Bolt]

Nice one Pete! I have the Hasegawa kit and was thinking of building it for the BoB build so it will be interesting to see how the twp kits compare

 

[Peebs]

A quick test fit.... it fits together quite well, minimal filling and sanding by the looks of things

 

[rochie]

G'day Rochie,

I had a looksee on the net, superscale decal sheet # 48-303 has baders markings

cheers
pete

thanks i'll have a go at getting that one then

 

[Crimea_River]

Save it for the BoB Group Build?

 

[Peebs]

A question guys,

What colour are the wheel wells? the instructions call for gun metal??

 

[BombTaxi]

I went with Humbrol 78 Interior Green when I built mine, this seems more likely, and also, the Seafire I built straight after called for that colour in the wheel wells. Not a very scientific answer, I know, anyone know anything to the contrary?

 

[Airframes]

The inside of the undercarriage doors on the Hurricane Mk1 were dull silver, and the wheel wells also, although the latter occassionally could be seen in Sky.

 

[BombTaxi]

That told me then

 

[Peebs]

I went with a flat aluminium I had, it should pass for dull silver, especially after a flat clear...

 

[Wayne Little]

Good start Pete!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Agree with all.

 

[Tony Hill]

Good start.