**** DONE: GB-48 1/72 Sea Hurricane II - Carrier & Martime Patrol AC of WW2

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

Username: fastmongrel
First name: Stu
Category: intermediate
Scale: 1/72
Manufacturer: Airfix and AZ
Model Type: A what if Sea Hurricane with folding wings

From this pile of rejects from the spares box I plan to build a what if/never was folding wing Sea Hurricane mkII I am not sure what colour scheme I will use I need to do some research first.

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

What would Sir Sidney do?

Where to cut the wingspan

rochie · Dec 17, 2020

i would cut as shown here so folds like a seafire wings

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

Drilled 2 0.35mm holes where the hinge points will be. Like a Fairey Fulmar wing the flaps will hinge up out of the way of the horizontal fold.

I need to keep the width down below 21feet so it will fit on the lifts of an Illustrious class carrier.
It's a bit of a squeeze but about the same width as a Fulmar

rochie · Dec 17, 2020

or you could do that !

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

Or the wing upright like a Blackburn Skua

Or I could have planned it first

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

rochie said:
i would cut as shown here so folds like a seafire wings

View attachment 605299

I did think of that but I thought is that a bit ambitious for 1939.

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

I am going to remove the inboard cannons to allow room for the fictional wing fold mechanism. Apparently some Sea Hurricanes flew with 2 cannons to save a bit of weight.

Wurger · Dec 17, 2020

Crimea_River · Dec 17, 2020

Your hinge point makes sense. That's where the wings attached to the center section.

Crimea_River · Dec 17, 2020

Here's what the joints looked like:

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

Blackburn who designed and built the folding wings went for a different construction method to Hawkers

Wurger · Dec 17, 2020

fastmongrel · Dec 17, 2020

Trying various positions for the wings to see what looks right.

fubar57 · Dec 17, 2020

Great engineering.

Crimea_River · Dec 17, 2020

Holy smokes man, you're a machine!

Wurger · Dec 17, 2020

fastmongrel · Dec 18, 2020

I have decided how the wings will fold and have checked the height and width. It will fit comfortably on a 45 X 22 foot lift and into a 14 foot high hangar. So it will work on all the Armoured Carriers even the lower hangar on the Implacable class.

rochie · Dec 18, 2020

must admit it looks pretty authentic

fastmongrel · Dec 18, 2020

rochie said:
must admit it looks pretty authentic

Thanks I had to go for a walk and work out how the folding mechanism would work in my head. It's a pivot point located inside the wing where the black dot is.

The wing would swing back flat and back like a car door hinge. Then the wing will pivot up around the hinge to lie flat vertical.

**** DONE: GB-48 1/72 Sea Hurricane II - Carrier & Martime Patrol AC of WW2

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