Nick's 1/48 Arma Hobby Hurricane IIC - Paint it Black GB

[Nicko]

Well, here's my entry for this Group Build.



Not had an Arma Hobby kit before, but they seem well regarded. And I do like a nice sturdy internal tray.



Not a massive parts count, but what's there looks very nice.









The instructions look fairly straightforward.





And there's a correction sheet!



Schemes - needless to say it'll be the black one.



The decals look nice and the canopy masks are included.



A little bit of aftermarket to help it along.



Well, there we go. Looking forward to getting started, but I'm heading off on a couple of weeks road trip at the weekend so this will just be a placeholder until I get back at the end of the month.

Thanks for looking in.

Nick.

[pjgtech]

Looks nice kit that, will tag along for the ride.... 8-)

[Geoffers]

Nice one Nick 🤩

If it builds up like the 1/72 version you should be in for a treat.

Geoff.

[Nicko]

Welcome along Gents.....

Nick

[flyjoe180]

Don’t know many who dislike a Hurricane Nick, you have excellent taste 😎

[colin m]

This looks like a nice choice, and with some extras thrown in to.

[Nicko]

Well, I'm back from my hols and have had a bit of a catch-up around the forum. Was feeling pretty tired yesterday so had a fairly chilled morning tinkering with the Hurricane......

Built up the undercarriage bay and attached to upper wing....



Part of that forms the cockpit floor...



Onto which the cockpit is assembled - still quite a lot more to add....




A dry fit of the wing/fuselage joint suggests the fit will be amazing!





Plenty more to come in due course. Thanks, as always, for looking in!

Nick

[colin m]

That's moving along nicely. It looks like a very well detailed model.
Arma Hobby might be moving to the top of my list as a candidate for my Hurricane 90th birthday build in November..

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Nice progress Nick and I agree, that fit looks spot on and we all know how much work is saved when the fit is that good.

[colin m]

how much work is saved when the fit is that good

Ain't that the truth !!

[yak face]

Nice one nick , it looks up to armas usual high standards , hopefully it builds up as nice as it looks , if its anything like the 1/72 hurri then it will be fine , cheers tony

[Geoffers]

Looks good Nick, shaping up to be an enjoyable build 👍

Geoff.

[Nicko]

Still chuntering along steadily with this one although I have been making the most of the weather. I now have the interior completed which has been a pleasure to put together and the 3D decals made things very easy. I'm not that keen on etch seatbelts though - they seem to be a right pain to get looking something like correct.

Inner walls of the fuselage and instrument panel painted...



And with the 3D decals applied...



Some detail painting on the cockpit floor and framing...




And with the 3D decals applied...



Seat and control column installed..





And with that, it was time to get the airframe built up. This is the current state of play...



Next up I'll be adding the tail, rudder and lower rear fuselage before sorting any seam issues.


Thanks for looking in.......

Nick.

[Geoffers]

Good progress Nick, the 3d decals really pimp up the cockpit 😊

Geoff.

[Nicko]

Well, apologies that its been a little while since the last update, but I have made some progress. Got the airframe all put together - no real dramas...



Then it was on with a nice bit of grey primer and that was followed by some rubber black randomly applied in the panel centres.....







After this I filled it in with SMS 'RAF Night' and then had a go at applying some variations and staining using NATO Black and a Real Colour 'Very Dark Brown'.....





I was reasonably happy at this stage although when I applied a gloss coat, a lot of these efforts seemed to disappear. However, I went ahead and applied the (very few) decals anyway and they settled over the detail fairly well after some sessions with the MicroSol....



So, other than a sealing coat, that's where she's sits at present. I'll probably have at it with some oil paints before toning down that shine and then we'll be ready to look at the other bits.


Thanks for looking in.


Nick.