**** DONE: GB-47 1:72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc - WW2 D-Day and After - Western Front

[T Bolt]

User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Academy Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc
Scale: 1/72nd
Accessories: Xtradecal 70th Anniversary D-Day Part 1

For a second build this time around it will be this Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc MW367 "DRoB" "Jessie" of 1697 (Air Dispatch Letter Service) Flight RAF Northholt, June/July 1944

 

[T Bolt]

Here's the kit

 

[fubar57]

Love it.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Great subject Glenn

 

[Wayne Little]

Like the look of that...!

 

[Snautzer01]

Nice.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one Glenn.

 

[T Bolt]

Small parts cleaned up. The wings glued up and test fitted with the fuselage

 

[rochie]

and were off !

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks like this could be quick.

 

[T Bolt]

Looks like this could be quick.

Yea, Im thinking so too.
By the way Andy, what color should the wheel wells be? I've seen pictures of them being both silver and interior green. I figure you would know

 

[Crimea_River]

Aluminum dope so silver Glenn.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Glenn!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[fubar57]

Cool. Looks like a good fit

 

[T Bolt]

Assembled the cockpit with added harness made from wine bottle foil. With the small cockpit opening and canopy not much of this will be seen.

Prop and spinner assembled and the joint smoothed out. Masked and ready for paint.

Fuselage glued up. The cockpit is to be glued to the wing and (hopefully) fits tightly in the right position.

I drilled a shallow indention in the block-out for the landing light and painted it silver (but forgot to take a picture). Here I have glued in the lenses, filed them flush and polished them. The drilled light behind them is not sa visible as I had hoped because the lenses were a solid plug of clear plastic, but they don't look too bad.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff Glenn.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Glenn. The seat belts aren't threaded quite right as the slot in the seat is for the early shoulder harness straps.