spanner's ARMA 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk. 1.

[Fernando N]

Great choice to keep it in one piece Ron and a nice interior work so far.

If I can give a tip, make sure all contact areas on the parts are clean, most parts have a very tight fit as I found out on mine.
Have fun building :thumb2:

[Guest]

Great start, Boss. I'll enjoy being an onlooker from an increasingly uncomfortable hospital bed.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the posts and hints, chaps. All appreciated.

Murfie - Try lying on a buxom nurse!

Strange having the under carriage legs fixed at the start of the build. I haven't knocked them off - Yet!

What I did find straight off, and to sort of confirm Fernando's observation, is the very tight fit of the parts, particularly the location pins/holes. The general fit is spot on, with very little cleaning up to do. But those locating things act like a snap-on kit! Once in, are a b****r to prise apart. I made life easier by simply snipping off all of the locating pins and adopting that well tried and tested method 'Slide and Slither'. Straight forward, and due to the excellent fit, easy to do. I recommend this to anyone making one of these great kits.

Nearly ready for the brushing on the belly of the aircraft, Vallejo Air 'Sky Type S'

A bit of green overspill, but with brush painting, it doesn't matter....


As with the rest of the aircraft, some very nice detail.




Cheers.
Ron

[Guest]

By far the best method 57O !

[spanner570]

By far the best method 57O !

Which one 453?
Snipping off the pins, or lying on the buxom nurse? :hungry:

570

[Guest]

Must be something wrong with me but the former seems the more practical........

[Gern]

Must be something wrong with me but the former seems the more practical........

Practical yes - but nowhere near as much fun! Unless of course you're absolutely desperate to get the kit finished for some sort of deadline, but even then you could use my approach to deadlines.

I just love the 'whooshing' noise they make as they go past me!

[Guest]

Which one 453?
Snipping off the pins, or lying on the buxom nurse? :hungry:

570

Preferably 'Slide and Slither' with the buxom nurse.
453:smiling3:

[spanner570]

Good Crack, boys!

I've brushed on two coats of Vallejo Model Air 'Sky Type 2' to the underside of the aircraft. I don't do panel lines. A goodly number of models I've seen where this has been applied first, end up with the effect being far too heavy or even totally obliterated by subsequent coats of paint. If ever I find my models might benefit from it, I can add the effect to my liking after the model is painted.....

But, as the actress said to the Bishop "You've paid for it, so it's up to you what you do with it!

Here's the stage pictures.

First coat, slightly thinned with tap water, brushed over the raw grey plastic.

Work from the middle of the surfaces outwards. Not vicky verky, or you will get ridges of paint on the underside edges. Finally, lay the paint off in the direction of the airflow, not along, the wings.


Final coat.....




Don't worry about the paint getting into the wheel wells a tad, or going over demarcation lines with the lighter underside colour. Just get the paint on double quick, feather the paint off, making sure no ridges are left behind, Then leave well alone! The neatness starts later and when the darker, upper surface colours are added.
Remember - Dark over light, works out right.... :thumb2:

By the way, Matron is on her way to clean my finger nails. I do hope she has put a fresh blade in her scalpel!



Lots of love.

Elsie Macgill
Canadian Car and Foundary.
Fort William
Ontario
Canada.

[papa 695]

Looking very good Elsie.

[spanner570]

Thanks Ian.

Chaps, it's worth Googling Elsie 'Queen of the Hurricanes' Macgill. A very clever woman, and very important in the development and production of the Hurricane.

Anyroad, here is some progress.

There is no pilot supplied with the kit. Luckily, I had one in my spares box.
I think he needs a bit more pink on his mush!




The camouflage.
First, a coat of RAF dk. green Vallejo Air brushed on. I realise I'm getting repetitive, but expect streaking with the first, and sometimes the second coat, especially over a light colour (grey plastic fr'instance)


Second and final coat.


Although the green and brown are both dark colours, I prefer the green as the first colour applied, because for some reason, out of the two, it shows up the squiggly, wiggly, giggly camouflage pencil lines I draw on the model the best of the two.

Next, the marking out, then the brown applied.

Cheers and thanks for looking.

Elsie's dad. (Dec.)

[Dave Ward]

Ron,
interesting to see your technique - compared to the way I did my Defiant. I used an overall grey primer then the underside in Sky
I did debate about whether to use green, or earth as the upper basecoat, ended up with earth! The primer allowed me to use only one coat of the paints. I must admit I also use the primer to show up any surface faults & deal with them before proceeding. Masking is easier on a 1/48 model, I wouldn't care to do it in 1/72!
I have a Arma Hobby 'Iskra' in the stash, that looks very good too!
Dave

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Looking great and can tell you're impressed with the kit.
All the talk of sliding and slithering with a buxom nurse made me think that I'd accidentally logged onto my other favourite website :rolling:
Jim

[Gern]

Hi Ron
Looking great and can tell you're impressed with the kit.
All the talk of sliding and slithering with a buxom nurse made me think that I'd accidentally logged onto my other favourite website :rolling:
Jim

Don't start posting on the wrong site Jim! We're crazy enough as it is without being subjected to your fantasies!

[Gern]

I got a couple of old 1/72 kits. Methinks I'll do a bit of practising with a hairy stick - maybe if I live long enough I'll eventually get the hang of it!