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Its coming on well Ben,.....have you decided upon a scheme yet,.....all green or silver and black? Cheers Tony

Thats lovely Ben and he same decal option that I would have chosen too,..well done mate, Cheers Tony

611 Sqn operated F.8`s in silver and in camouflage,......... so either would be OK, but the camouflaged ones with the later fully glazed canopy do look very nice indeed! Cheers Tony

Hiya Ben, That`s a nice conversion set and it should result in a great model but as a fellow Lancashire lad you should really be going for the 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn option based at Woodvale! Cheers Tony

Well,.......just after posting the model as finished I realised that I`d put the wrong serial on the model,...oh bugger! BD776 was actually WG-F and was the stand by aircraft in case I couldn`t get the nose art right! The correct serial for WG-M should be BD897, so I`ve changed it overnight; and this is the finished model now; So I got there in the end! Cheers Tony

Thanks lads,.....I`ve now changed the serial to the correct BD897 and have also changed the original post by deleting most of the old pics and replacing them with new ones! Cheers Tony

Hiya Folks, Here is my latest model,......it is the re-released old Revell Hurricane kit converted into a Mk.IIb using the Grey Matter Resin conversion set and the build thread can be found here; http://www.britmodel...finished/page-2 The model represents BD897/ WG-M which was flown by Sqn. Ldr. Billy Drake`s aircraft when he was CO of 128 Sqn. based at Hastings in Sierra Leone, West Africa during 1941-42 and he downed a Vichy French Maryland flying this aircraft. Finished with Aeromaster acrylics (yes I know,..rare,....cheers again Andy!) with Finnish Light Blue representing RAF Sky Blue and the nose art was hand painted onto the model,..see the build thread! I had originally applied the wrong serial however but have now changed it Anyway enough blurb,.....here is the modeL, but it originally had the wrong serial; So the serial was changed from BD776 (WG-F) to the correct BD897 (WF-M); I hope you like it, and here are some pics of the real aircraft; Cheers Tony

Hiya Folks, Cheers for your remarks,........the model is now finished!!. Here is the completed model, depicting Hurricane Mk.IIb, BD776, WG-M of 128 Sqn, based in West Africa and flown by Sqn. Ldr. Billy Drake; I`ll put up a threat in ready for inspection later, Cheers Tony Like This Top Quote MultiQuote Edit

Cheers Cees, Glad you like it,...hopefully I`ll have it finished soon, All the best Tony

Thank you to those who have been following this build and who have posted comments,......your interest helps me make that little extra effort that I might not make otherwise! Here is another update; Almost finished now,.....the undercarriage is on and as the matt varnish was a little dodgy in parts and clouded up a bit parts of the tail and propeller spinner have received a further coat of paint to tidy then up; The gun sight is in place, the canopy is almost ready to be attached and I have to add the Sutton Harness to the pilots seat plus the clear light covers need to be attached (although one of the landing light covers is currently residing with the carpet monster!) and few other jobs including adding the outboard machine guns which protrude from the wing on the real aircraft. Not far to go now, Cheers for now, Tony

Its been a while but here is my latest update; The model has now received a coat of Polly Scale Acrylic Matt varnish using a large wide brush and then the panel lines have received a watercolour wash to highlight the re-cscribed panel lines etc; The undercarriage and other items will be going on soon, Cheers for now, Tony

Is that good or bad? My Blue cardboard has become quite famous over the years,...something of a trade mark!! Cheers Tony

This is the last update for a week now as I`m fully booked on family days out! Managed to get the decals on last night so here it is; Hope you like it,......I`m glad to get up to this stage before my enforced break,....if we manage to get home early one day I might manage another update but if not, see you in a week or so, Cheers Tony

Cheers,.....I think that the figure is Ultracast,.....he was just sitting in my spares box so I painted him up! I actually wanted the track to be uneven so that I could show it going over uneven ground,......I intend to put some small pebbles under the tracks at the points where it is raised. I`ve left the wheels loose too so that they can be moved up or down too to replicate the suspension, Cheers Tony

Thanks mate,......the background is just a piece of blue card propped up in the back porch! High Tech,...not! Cheers Tony