Alan 45 Battle of Britain Aircraft , RAF, Luftwaffe

[Alan 45]

So the dry brushing is done , ive added a touch of silver to edges just to give a little wear and tear look [ATTACH]104778.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Dave W]

Just caught up with this Alan.The Hurricane looks great.Ive made a couple of those Stuka's and it's not that bad a kit.

[Alan 45]

Cheers dave I agree about the stuka it's not a bad kit


I have now put together the sections I built last night and found out I have a piece missing [ATTACH]104784.IPB[/ATTACH]

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the rear support on the starboard side was not in the kit [ATTACH]104787.IPB[/ATTACH]

so I built one its not perfect but it will be tucked away underneath so you won't see it

[Dave W]

How does the Stuka fit into your BoB airfield diorama?.Is it going to be overhead dive bombing the airfield?.

[Alan 45]

No mate ive had to change it from the 242 squadron I had planned, to finish it how I wanted would take years because if your going to do something like this it has to be done right and there are things I want to do so I asked if I could change it to have smaller dios of every plane and if so do other things set during the BoB

[Alan 45]

Well it's done now just needs painting [ATTACH]104837.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Alan 45]

Base coats now on [ATTACH]104935.IPB[/ATTACH]

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ive had to hand paint a lot of the splinter camo due to the millions of rivets the masking tape wouldn't sit completely causing a jagged edge , I'm not happy with the canopy frame as there is no frame just rivets

Next is a couple of coats of varnish then decals

[flyjoe180]

Wow, that was quick, and all painted in situ as well, no idea how you do that but it looks pretty good from here Alan. So I guess you now have an excess stock of Hurricanes?

[Alan 45]

Cheers Joe , ive found a great new way to build that saves a lot of time and you can do multiple kits , in the evenings I sit and build the kit in its entirety but leave it in the sections as in the instructions, then all I have to do is paint and assemble , when I come to painting the hull/shell of a model like this I paint one side usually the underside then leave to dry for a couple of hours then paint the second coat if it's sufficiently dry , so in a day starting at Seven in the morning I can paint an entire aircraft still having time to do my work as well ( my work is all home based) so in a few days I can complete a build and be halfway through another depending on how detailed the kit is

[Alan 45]

Ok gloss varnish is on now but it will be a few hours before its cured properly ![ATTACH]104975.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Alan 45]

All decaled up now and they've settled back enough to photo but I'll leave it over night to set properly then it's matt coat time , I wouldn't matt it at this point but with all the rivets and raised panel lines it helps to keep the wash where you want it instead of spreading out , it saves dry brushing time [ATTACH]104993.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Alan 45]

Here it is complete, I went a little over the top with my wash but I think it's turned out ok [ATTACH]105104.IPB[/ATTACH]

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in this next one I took a close up of the surface to show the worn look ive given it, I think it's come out ok as the scale seems to work as you can see from the two photos above it looks more grubby just like it would at the same distance if it was full size [ATTACH]105106.IPB[/ATTACH]

this is just a simple dry brush with Vallejo oily steel [ATTACH]105107.IPB[/ATTACH]

[flyjoe180]

Nice one Alan. Your Stuka looks suitably war worn and used.

[Alan 45]

Now I come to the next aircraft in this little sig for the BoB and it's airfixs new tool spitfire MkI a nice looking kit but I've been tol it has its problems when attaching the cockpit well we will see


I've decided to to do pilot officer Eric Locks spitfire as it was at the beginning of the BoB in No 41 squadron RAF Caterrick


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I have made a small start but only the first two pages I got itchy last night [ATTACH]106238.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Alan 45]

I have decided to make my own seat and harness out of tamiya tape , I just cut cut a piece off and folded it until I was happy for the seat and cut off strips for the straps of the harness ,


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