**** DONE: Airfix 1/72 Hurricane Mk I 242 Sqd LED v7467 "Douglas Bader" BoB GB

[slaterat]

username Slaterat
name Greg
level 2
scale 1/72
kit airfix Hurricane

I hope the late entry is ok. I should be able to get it done quick. I'm going to do this kit as Bader's LED v7467. Years ago I did the old Airfix 1/72 Hurricane as Willie McKnight's LEA, and this will complement it nicely. My build will be wheels up with some aftermarket decals.

and the workbench

Slaterat

 

[Wayne Little]

Come on in and join us....look forward to your build!

 

[Crimea_River]

Welcome to the build! Lots of time yet.

 

[rochie]

great choice

 

[ozhawk40]

Can't go wrong in choosing Bader's bus. Welcome to the Group Build Slaterat! 8)

Cheers

Peter

 

[Wurger]

Welcome Mate,,Glad to have you here. But please, have a look at the form of GB entry that should be put at the top of the first post of the thread. Please, check a few other entries and you will find its proper form.Also change the topic label using the correct form.
Now I'm sticking the thread.

 

[Airframes]

Nice one, and welcome to the mad house!
Check Wurger's reply please, and post the required details. Cheers.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good on yer Greg, better late than never and welcome to the kiddie club.............nice choice to

 

[Lucky13]

Nice one mate! Welcome too....

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool Greg, looking forward to it.

 

[B-17engineer]

Good choice!!

 

[slaterat]

Here's some updates on my build


required a little clamping and sanding

starting to paint

undercarriage doors , radiator and air intake glued to lower wing

ready for airbrushing tomorrow

a closeup of Douglas

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good mate!

 

[Crimea_River]

Yup, I agree.

 

[Airframes]

Nice progress.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Coming along well Greg

 

[slaterat]

Here's the updates for last week

the bottom surfaces are airbrushed polyscale sky

bottom surfaces are masked using tamiya tape

top surfaces painted polyscale dark earth

some Walters magic masker is applied , preparing for the green pattern A

magic masker has been removed, time for touch ups.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done!

 

[slaterat]

I had to do a fair amount of touch ups. I had some paint flowing , rough edges and lost some paint removing the magic masker, At first I was quite disapointed but all those years of hand painting , and a very fine brush saved me. This is only the third or forth time I have airbrushed.

front view

top view

bottom view

 

[slaterat]

Here's a couple more shots of the cleaned up version

landing lights are in and horizontal lines on the canopy are painted

decals ,weathering and clear coat to go

Greg