**** DONE: 1/48 Hurricane Mk1trop - Aircraft in Foreign Service WWII

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks great Andy.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks a lot guys! Got the undercarriage on tonight as well as painting on the nav lights.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[Airframes]

It's looking good there Andy.
One thing though - that part behind the radiator is the retractable boarding step. It was linked to the spring-loaded hand hold on the port side (the small rectangular 'panel', shown on the drawing, just aft of the cockpit), and should protrude from the outer edge of the fuselage, at the wing root, when in use.
If the step was extended, the hand hold cover, hinged at the top, would be open. If this was closed, then the step was retracted, flush with the fuselage, apart from a thin handle loop on the base of the step 'stirrup', not included on the kit part.

 

[rochie]

Like the look of that Andy

 

[fubar57]

It's looking good there Andy.
One thing though - that part behind the radiator is the retractable boarding step. It was linked to the spring-loaded hand hold on the port side (the small rectangular 'panel', shown on the drawing, just aft of the cockpit), and should protrude from the outer edge of the fuselage, at the wing root, when in use.
If the step was extended, the hand hold cover, hinged at the top, would be open. If this was closed, then the step was retracted, flush with the fuselage, apart from a thin handle loop on the base of the step 'stirrup', not included on the kit part.

I was not aware of that Terry. Now filed in what's left of the memory bank. Home stretch now Andy.

Geo

 

[le_steph40]

Nice work

 

[Crimea_River]

Indeed it is.

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks for the comments guys. Thanks for the info Terry, strange that airfix would place that step right smack bang in the centre of the fuselage!

 

[Airframes]

I think it's the vague instruction sheet drawing Andy. From memory, the instruction sheet on the first issue of the kit, had it shown more clearly. Those were the days when there were also written instructions accompanying the drawings - in illuminated script, written with a quill pen!, by the monks in Halden Place Abbey !

 

[T Bolt]

Real nice Andy

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice going Andy and thanks Terry, a good little tip.

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks guys. I've got the gloss coat on and will be doing the decals tonight. Will post pics then.

 

[Wayne Little]

look forward to 'em...

 

[ozhawk40]

Okay.....waiting, waiting

 

[dneid]

Looking real nice, Andy

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far Andy! Looking forward to the next update.

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Decals on (my favourite part!).

 

[Wurger]

Not bad...