1:32 Revell Hurricane IIC - 5 sqn, 1943-44

[Guest]

This build is going on hold for a short time to allow me to build something in tribute to the passing of Gerry Anderson yesterday... I'll be back to this soon however so watch this space...

[Guest]

...and we are back! The Gerry Anderson tribute build is all but finished so its back to the main event! I left it before the New Year with a photo of some of the small components to be put into the opening. Here they are again, with some extras and with some paint on:

From the left there is the battery, the radio transmitter, the receiver (I think), oxygen bottle and in the front is the instruments that sit at the bottom of the framework. At the back is another small piece that will sit on the starboard side behind the radio transmitter. I don't have any good pictures of this piece so I'm going to use a bit of artistic licence on that.

I've also added some control wires that would be visible when these panels were open, using nylon "invisible" mending thread:

yeah well great photo that, the invisible thread is um invisible... lets try it with the flash

You get a better view in the full size version here

So back to some of the other parts. I shopped out the tail trim tab, then reattached it at a slight angle and added some wire to represent the actuators:

I've also drilled out the slots in the rear of the fuselage where the tail actuator connectors emerge from the inside of the fuselage to connect to the tail. More wire will be used to represent them when the time comes to attach the tail. I've also cut out the trim tabs from the elevators and will do the same with them later.

Next, I've constructed the Volkes air filter that comes as an additional sprue in this kit. Its not a very good fit together but a bit of sanding sorted that out. I chopped out the blank front plate that is visible inside the filter inlet and replaced it with a bit of brass mesh:

So there we have it for tonight - a few bits but every bit is a step toward completion...

[Guest]

cooollll mate loving this more and more

mobear

[Ian M]

WOA! loads of detail being packed into this one Andrew. Looking very nice to!

Ian M

[Vaughan]

I've only just found your build thread Andrew and what can I say there's some outstanding scratch building and real dedication going on here, as has been said keep those photos of your progress coming.

Vaughan

[Guest]

Thanks Vaughn and Ian

Big update over this weekend...

First off, I decided to further complicate matters when I realised that the pipes that served the underwing radiator will be partly visible in the open space...

So lets start by cutting a hole in the wing where the radiator would be connected...

of course the inside has had to be painted ahead of attaching it....

The pipes are being represented by some electrical wire that is about the right diameter which will be painted metallic grey and shaped appropriately when the fuselage and wings are joined at some point in the near future

Finally, the time has come to a) paint the cockpit b) assemble the components behind the cockpit. The cockpit got a coat of XF 71, while the fame behind got a metallic grey coat. Then came the very fiddly task of locating and connecting all the components:

Instrument panel:

(larger version)

For this I used some excellent references plus the Airscale WW2 RAF Instrument dial decals plus some from the cockpit placards set. These are fantastic and add so much detail to the cockpit.

So how does this look inside the fuselage? Lets try it out...

Hmmm okay thats not bad

I've now discovered that I appear to have lost the gun sight that came with the Grey Matter Figures resin set and also one of the things that isn't covered in this set is the inside of the emergency door, which has the metal pigeon hole thingy for orders plus another pouch and various handles etc. Looks like I'm going to have to do some more scratch building!

Next up as well will be some rescribing of panel lines, a job I'm really not looking forward to!

[Guest]

well well flipping fantastic mate shame about the losses but you will prevail i know this,coz u is da man lol,now i know who to shout for when i get in trouble with mine

mobear

[Guest]

Wow Andrew this is looking real sharp ,nice detailing!

[flyjoe180]

Really nice work Andrew.

[Guest]

Hi mate. Some really great scratch building in this one. Great to look at plus all the resin bits will make this a stand out. Keep up the good work.

Cheers

Kresten

[Guest]

Thanks guys This week's update, rescribing and emergency exit door interior...

I finally got around to the job I wasn't really looking forward to - rescribing!

Wing topside:

Underside:

In fact it wasn't as difficult as I expected - I used a LOT of dymo tape, but only made a handful of small mistakes which were fixed with a drop of Mt Dissolved Putty.

The other item I realised was totally missing was the inside surface of the emergency escape door, plus the various map pockets on that side of the cockpit. The panel wsa simply a thin piece of plasticard, with some holes carefully shaped and with a wire behind to represent the locking mechanism, plus a pocket sculpted from some green stuff epoxy putty and a map case made from more thin plastic card, which was a tricky assembly as the plastic card side preferred to stick to the tweezers rather than each other!

It was only after I tried fitting the door to the inside that I realised I had made this first one upside down!! So another piece of plastic card was shaped and the fitting transferred! You can see this version fitted here:

This has now been painted and last night I did some more intricate work on the cockpit, adding some wires and seat belts. I've also managed to find a spare gun sight in the spares box, left over from building my Tamiya IX a year or so ago - I used the newer gun sight in that model so had to older one left over! Phew! its a tiny thing and quite complicated so so I'm glad I didn't have to scratch it totally! I am having to scratch build the mounting to the instrument panel and the angled glass plate got swallowed by the carpet monster so that too had to be scratched. I'll post more photos of these stages later...

[Guest]

fantastic and riveting watch build,awesome

mobear

[yak face]

absolutely amazing work andrew , keep at it mate and keep the pics coming , cheers tony

[colin m]

looking very nice. Re-scribing is always difficult (I've only done it a couple of times) but it pays off in the end.

[Guest]

Took a litte break from the aircraft today and started work on the base and also built the accumulator trolley from IconAir - more on that when I post a proper update with photos later..