discussion Pete's mk1 hurricane in 1/24

[peterairfix]

I am going to rest my 1/24 spit and start on my classic airfix 1/24 hurricane and despite its age its much better than the spit no flash of any kind even the engine has more detail.

Heres whats been done the engine block has been primed and sprayed in tamiyas gun metal to show off more detail.

Peter t

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[Alan 45]

Great start peter the hurricane is my favourite WWII aircraft

 

[monica]

nice start Peter, looks great,

will be keeping an eye on this one,

 

[Guest]

Ah this is a sight for sore eyes - the Hurricane doesn't get built enough & whilst I don't claim to be an expert, I think this is the aircraft that won us the BoB (IMHO)

Looking forward to seeing more Peter

 

[Guest]

Nice start Peter, will be following this build

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Pulled my chair up and got my flask,,,,,, looking forward to this one

Adrian

 

[Guest]

When the Airfix 1/24th Spitfire first came out it blew everyone away basically by it's sheer size. So much so that everyone forgave it it's deficiencies of poor fit and lack of detail as we still loved the size and therefore the ability to attend to scratch built detail that had never before been considered. Remember this was at a time when 1/72nd offerings were supplying a blob of a pilot that sat on a pair of transverse pins in a completely bare cockpit!.

Then the time came to rethink the Spit's deficiencies and the 109 was significantly better but the even later Hurricane was actually a really good kit with much better internal detail such as the gun bays and wheel wells. It still is a cracking kit and stands up well against many modern models.

I'm looking forward to watching this one as I still really love the Airfix 1/24th scale aircraft series as they all take me back to my youth.

 

[flyjoe180]

A nice start Peter.

 

[Guest]

A large scale build! Nice engines too. I will be following this as I am thinking of getting a 1:24 scale model soon as I have never built one before. (The largest I have built is 1:32)

John

 

[peterairfix]

Heres a little up date i am now starting to build up the engine and the fire wall and coolant tank and i will not be in a hurry with this one as its to good a kit to mess up.

Peter t

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work on the Merlin Peter

 

[papa 695]

Very nice start Peter

 

[peterairfix]

This is how its going so far the engine and cock pit assemblys have been finished,painted and joined ready for the installation in to the fuesalage.

And unsally for an airfix no fit issues.

Peter t

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[monica]

nice work Peter, looks great, like the colors look spot on

look forward to next update

 

[Guest]

hi pete i`m watching this with interest from a distance,love the engine so far

 

[Guest]

This is how its going so far the engine and cock pit assemblys have been finished,painted and joined ready for the installation in to the fuesalage.And unsally for an airfix no fit issues.

Peter t

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete the cockpit and merlin look very cool I remember having this kit as a young man.

scott

 

[peterairfix]

This seems to be coming together quite fast as i am almost ready to join the two halves together and i have started on the gun bays and all paint is tamiya.

Peter t

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[eddiesolo]

Coming along great guns Peter, like this, wonderful work so far.

Si

 

[Guest]

Looking very good so far Peter