Clunkmeister

Thanks Gaz. A Mk.l would be nice, yes. The shorter nose makes it distinctive. But I can understand why they went with the MK.ll, being that it was used in most all theatres of the war. A desert camo version will be in my future, as well as a ship borne version. A Vokes filter IS included in the kit, as well as the fuselage bottom for the arrest or hook, so I expect they’re all on the way at some point.

Chris, I somehow missed reading about all your woes and the scare, and I’m glad you’re on the mend. But yes, I agree, we ALL need to take our health just a bit more seriously as we all grow a little longer in the tooth. My wife is constantly on me, as I simply refuse to go to the doc when something isn’t right. And I even have VA benefits, but I stay FAR away from those places. My dad had a similar situation to yours about 40 years ago. We were living in the high Arctic on a small radar station, and the station Med guy couldn’t handle it, so Dad had a half hour ride in the station Huey to get quickly to the airport, then a 4 hour ride in a DC-3, followed by another 2 hours in an F28, all in absolute agony to get to Winnipeg and a proper hospital. He ended up like you, although they admitted him to the wards and kept him several days till the stones passed. Mine has been a trickle at times, but all tests show good. My thing is my knees. They’re both blown out and I’m in absolute agony when I walk. I drive my wife insane as I refuse replacements as of yet. Another couple gel injections are up and coming, them maybe replacements in 4-5 years. I don’t want to be young enough to where I may need to do them a second time around. No runnin’ and gunnin’ for me anymore. My door kicker days are long, long in the past. I think we’re all about where you are now. Maru was blessed with a career that kept her active, so her pains might not be as bad…. Me, I’m not really all that old and broke down, but I’m far enough along as to where I don’t stand too close to the curb on trash day. 🤡

If I can make this kit look good, then anyone can. It’s a great little kit

The Red Fox and Yahu panels work perfectly for the Revell kit. I used Yahu, and it’s is awesome. Peter, the Kotare kit doesn’t need any panel upgrades. It’s great as it is. YMMV of course.

Sir Martin of Bratislava has ridden to my aid… With this fine picture of a Mk.l What’s amazing is the brutality of the whole thing. Function definitely comes ahead of form here

Were the wing landing lights plated over on any of the night fighter Hurries? I’ve seen pictures of the anti glare shields to keep exhaust glow out of the pilot’s eyes. Anything else? I’ve heard stories both ways on this…

Ain’t this FUN? So far, I’m quite happy with the performance of this kit. It’s turning out to be a nice, fairly relaxing build. The center section turned into a non event, although the wing to fuselage join could have been a bit better. I’m diggin’ it.

That huge, thick Hawker wing slowed the Hurricane by a few MPH’s, but that wing also gave the Hurricane the ability to put turn most any monoplane short of the P.11c. The Hurricane could easily out turn a 109 or 190, and even turn inside the vaunted Spitfire.

With all its bumps and protrusions, the Hurricane looks like it has an immune system imbalance, but she was tough and war ready

After all, it’s only putty, right? 😗

Only one small seam like on the upper fuselage to fill. Operator created? Maybe, who knows, but with the seamless mess of the rest of it, it seems I was asleep at the wheel. Hello mr Tamiya extra fine.

12 guns on this Hurricane. Even though they were .303 rifle rounds, if a Nazi aircraft got caught in the cone where they all come together, the result was absolutely devastating, and just a short burst would literally tear the target aircraft to pieces. The firepower is mind numbing for the period. The gun nosed B-25s and A-20s were still a few months away.

I absolutely marvel at the stunning surface detail of this kit. Truly gorgeous. Revell has captured the unique anachronistic construction of the Hurricane perfectly. This tube and fabric construction is one of the main reasons the Hurricane could absorb ungodly amounts of airframe damage with little to no obvious penalty to rigidity. A truly amazing aircraft design that Britain literally owes its very existence to.

Y’all were asking about leading edge inserts. One side was perfect, the other side, well, not quite fubar. Fixable, but this MAY be operator error.

I masked off the wing roots and stabilizer join marks and hit them with Tamiya extra fine. Maybe a bit of overkill, but it’ll do the job. The area is only about 1/32”, but the Tamiya tape makes it look huge.

Some thin Evergreen was needed in a couple small areas to close up some gaps. Nothing serious, just easier to melt it in place and sand it smooth when dry.

Some interesting things I see, and not being an expert on this type, I’ll need to either rely on y’all or do some looking myself. With the carburetor air intake, there is a definite gap around both sides of the scoop. Is this normal? Do the skin panels not fit hard against the scoop? The gap is similar on both sides.

I agree. There’s a couple spots standing proud, but the detail intense areas are decent and clean.

This is turning out interesting. Certainly I have some clean up, in a couple spots, a lot of it, but all in all? Not bad. FullSizeRender.MOV

There’s a lot of right angles and lap joints going on here. There will certainly be sanding and filling involved, but unlike short run kits, the more I look at it, the less inclined I am to believe that this can be built by attaching the upper wing surfaces first to minimize any gap. I think it’s simply build it up, them fill as necessary.

You can absolutely count on certain people complaining for no other reason than because the can. Like me, I’m sure you simply accept it. It’s life. They complained about Revell’s Hurricane, Kotare’s Spitfire la, Infinity’s Helldiver and Vampire, and yes, even Tamiya’s Corsair. If they didn’t complain, you’d ask yourself if they’d been struck dumb by lightning This kit, to me, is an absolute Must Do. HPH/Infinity is choosing its subjects carefully, and, as Hubert said, sales won’t be huge, so the price will be slightly higher. Some won’t want it do to price, others due to subject, and many more simply because they lack the skill necessary to build the thing. (Yes, those folks exist) Instead, they sit at home and complain. Thankfully, those aren’t the types we attract here. This will be a bench clearing event when it arrives.

I’d think steam capstans? When they needed to deploy, they needed to deploy fairly quickly without alot of piping to quarters for rigging the nets. The Kaiser’s High Seas Fleet were all uncommonly attractive. Great subject. 1/350 is just too small for me. 1/200 at a minimum for me with the big ships of the line.

That will be a clear the bench event for me. I’m hoping I have my biplane done before this lands.

Funny thing. So farm this year I’ve built more models than in the previous 3 years combined.

Sorta like me. About the size of Rog … just a bit chunkier.