Revell 1/32 Hurricane llb. Finishing touches.

[Winnie]

Looking good. I like all the new aftermarket too. Probably going to need some issues like HGW and Red Fox...

[recon]

When is this supposed to get to the USA and how much will it cost?

Mike

[Clunkmeister]

So far, the design of this kit has been amazingly brilliant.

BUT, and this is extremely important: it is a Revell kit, run off by the hundreds of thousands, so there is flash and mold lines much as with Airfix. As of yet, I haven’t seen any mold mismatch, but the join lines are definitely there. 

On the center section and three piece wing bottom, be aware that these must be absolutely clean, because even 1/64” of flash or sprue hate residue somewhere will cause them not to fit together. If they’re clean, they literally snap fit positively and perfectly. ale sure the edges are PERFECT. 

[Clunkmeister]

The wing to fuselage join area is,… interesting.   One MAY be able to build it using the short run technique of attaching the upper wing halves first, but the jigsaw assembly of the wing may make that impossible. 
As of right now, we have a decent, but not perfect fit of the wing to the fuselage. Just like the PCM kit, extreme care will need to be taken to avoid damaging the gorgeous raised details.

There’s a lot going on here, and a lot of individual parts. However, I’m not sure it could really be simplified without sacrificing accuracy  

The fit is similar to the Revell P-51. Complex, but useable. I have yet to try the leading edge inserts. 

[Clunkmeister]

3 hours ago, recon said:

When is this supposed to get to the USA and how much will it cost?

Mike

It should be here any moment now, although you can simply order from Hannants. They seem to always get stock before SB does. 

[Clunkmeister]

3 hours ago, Winnie said:

Looking good. I like all the new aftermarket too. Probably going to need some issues like HGW and Red Fox...

Absolutely. The kit instrument decals are an unmitigated disaster, and, as is normal with Revell, there are no belts present.

But the plastic is decent enough, although some pebbly areas are present.  I expect a thin coat of paint will make this look phenomenal. 

[BlrwestSiR]

The wing/fuselage joint looks to have gone well for you. The Fly kit was similar too. But I had an easier time of it than with the PCM kit. 

[Clunkmeister]

3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

The wing/fuselage joint looks to have gone well for you. The Fly kit was similar too. But I had an easier time of it than with the PCM kit. 

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Spitfire]

Now that looks pretty good to me, coming along nicely.

Cheers

Dennis

[Clunkmeister]

16 minutes ago, Spitfire said:

Now that looks pretty good to me, coming along nicely.

Cheers

Dennis

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

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice progress Ernie. 

I'm curious to see how the leading edges inserts fit since even Tamiya has had issues getting them to fit nicely.

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

After all, it’s only putty, right?  😗

[Clunkmeister]

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

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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. 

[Clunkmeister]

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  

 

[Peterpools]

Ernie

Nice progress on the Hurricane - hope you can buy Tamiya filler by the gallon can 😉

I still haven't opened up my kit which is sitting right next to the Kotare Spitfire - I'm hoping and waiting for Quinta cockpit sets for both in the not too distant future.