Fernando's Matchbox 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC

[Lee Drennen]

Fernando. Looks great love the the camo

[Mini Me]

That Camo looks pretty close to the box art......she looks pretty good Fernando.

[rtfoe]

Really neat, Fernando.

Cheers,
Richard

[Fernando N]

Morning all,

Lee, Rick and Richard thanks guys:thumb2:, had to make up the pattern on the right-side as the box left that out.

Made a start on the decals last Wednesday and even they had white carrier film and a little of register the wings roundels weren’t all that bad:

Moving on to the fuselage roundel and id letters, this turned out to be a disaster, with parts letting loose during positioning…
With oversized letters too, I decided to remove these, toss them and repainted the affected areas:


Found a Xtradecal sheet with similar markings like these, it’s on its way from the UK now:smiling:
On hold for now, hopefully I can resume work on this one quickly...

Fernando

[colin m]

Looking very nice. Shame about the decals, but these old dears can be temperamental.

[rtfoe]

I feel for you Fernando. Had some bad experiences as well with the old ladies. Good thing you found replacements from another source.

Cheers,
Richard

[Fernando N]

Looking very nice. Shame about the decals, but these old dears can be temperamental.

Thanks Colin :thumb2: , have found out when more than 20 years old it turns more into a hit or miss affair with most brands

I feel for you Fernando. Had some bad experiences as well with the old ladies. Good thing you found replacements from another source.
Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard, happy to not having to repaint her:smiling4:

[Fernando N]

Afternoon all,

Having received the replacement decals last week and starting my two weeks off, I immediately went to work applying them:smiling:
Even though for a different scheme, the id-codes looked close enough for me and with many more options on the sheet more can be built with bad decals:

As the wing lens for the light was missing, a replacement was made using clear styrene and Kristal Klear for the rounded edge.

A couple of layers gave the desired shape when dry:thumb2:
The washes, some staining, a good coat of matt, painting the canopy frames and the aerial wire later and she’s finished:

More pics in the finished section.

Thanks for looking in
Fernando