***DONE: 1:48 Hobbycraft Hawker Hawker Hurricane MkIID RAF Egypt 1942 Group Build (1 Viewer)

• Dec 12, 2009

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Ah cheers mate I have to say the pastels have given it a bit of oomph as it were.

Cheers.

 

• Dec 12, 2009

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Looks good Alex....a word of caution though....the gloss may disolve the light coloured pastels...you may need to reapply after the flat coat is done.

 

• Dec 12, 2009

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Cheers Wayne. I'm using a testors can flat coat I picked up. I'll do a little first and see how it goes. Thanks!

 

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No worries, hope it works out!

 

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That's looking damn nice Alex!

 

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Damn fine lookin crate so far Alex...

 

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Dammmmmmm! Nice work..

 

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Very nice Heinz

 

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Joining all here.

 

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Looking very nice Alex!

 

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Alex alot of it will dissappear once the flat is applied depending on how heavy the pastels is applied.The one thing is that you can always reapply over the flat with the pastels and they stick pretty good.By the way the crate is looking good Cheers Kevin

 

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Dam, that is nice.

 

• Dec 12, 2009

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Thanks guys!

I applied the testors flat cote and it worked really well. I had a minor freak moment just after I sprayed it (@ 2am) and thought the decals were being eaten. However this wasnt the case and all was well. Today I've re applied some pastels to get that dusty appearance again and worked on the exhaust staining and chipping. The cameras flash makes it look a lot lighter than it really is.

I spent the best part of an hour on the landing gear which was a major headache, sketchy instructions, dodgy locating pins and the wheels are quite to my liking. A bit disappointed with that.

Anyway just need to paint the pitot tube which I forgot about and exhausts at present. Then fit landing light covers, canopy, pitot tube and exhausts paint the yellow tips for the props and I'm done.

Heres a few shots from todays progress.

Cheers.

 

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• Dec 13, 2009

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Well its all done this arvo few other details like the tracer twin .303 in the wings for aiming I'll add later but apart from some paper seat belts its all OOB.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/3-...e-mkiid-raf-egypt-1942-group-build-22172.html

Cheers for the comments guys appreciate the encouragement.