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1/32nd Hurricane Mk.IIb, Revell kit withGrey Matter Figures conversion set


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Hiya Folks,

                Ben told me that I must post a work in progress so even though I`m more of a bodger compared to other more skillful modellers,....here is the progress on my Revell Hurricane so far;

 

First off, here is the Grey Matter Figures resin conversion set,.....it was to have been a Mk.IId but I decided to build it as a Mk.IIb instead and save the cannons for another day;

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I set to whittling away one night while watching a film and before I knew it I had sanded all of the rivets away, re scribed the parts, cut the Revell fuselage down fixed it together, attached the upper wing parts and fitted the replacement resin nose section! Pity the break line isn`t along a panel line but with careful cutting, filling and sanding it can be disguised,....hopefully!;

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The Grey Matter Figures cockpit is excellent and much better than the kit parts, so this was obtained as well. It could be fitted from below, which is why the lower wings were not fitted yet and here is the cockpit before;

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and after,...ready for fitting, although I still have to do some detail painting, especially the brass firing button on the control column;

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Here is the cockpit with the main kit parts;

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Once the cockpit was in place the lower wings were fitted, along with the Vokes filter and the radiator. A section of armour plating was fitted behind the pilots head rest, made from plastic card;

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I couldn`t afford the Grey Matter Figures wheel well set this time (although it is excellent and I`ve used one before on a previous Hurri!) but the lower wing section still had to be cut to accept the resin nose. Unfortunately I made the cut bigger than it should so the gap was packed with scrap plastic and filler!;

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Almost time to start painting,...more to follow!

Cheers

           Tony 

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Next update,......painting has begun and having decided that the model was going to be a Mk.IIb after all and not a Mk.IIa (some of the options that I was looking at could have been IIa`s!),....the extra gun bay doors were scribed into the outer wings with two new gun ports drilled out. Aeromaster Dark Earth was brushed on using a nice wide brush and some of the detail parts can also be seen here too, including a gun sight from the spares box, left over Rotol blades from the PCM Hurri kit which may replace the resin blades, the vacformed canopy and a dash cover made from plastic card;

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Having completed the first colour,.....the first coat of Dark Green has been applied for the disruptive camouflage, again using an old bottle of Aeromaster acrylic and a hairy stick;

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And the 2nd coat,....plus the spinner has been painted white,.....any guesses as to the scheme that I`ve chosen?;

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The spinner might give it away here, with its first coats of paint applied ....painting is now finished on the main airfrrame with the application of Aeromaster Finnish Light Blue to represent British Sky Blue, as applied to the majority of Hurricane`s sent overseas. The spinner ;

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Thats everything up to date for now,......I`m going to have a go at hand painting some nose art onto the model but if it is a disaster I have a fall back plan to obliterate it and choose another aircraft from the same unit!

Cheers

           Tony

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This looks great, the brush painting is so impressive, I nearly bought the Mk II conversion many years ago but when PCM brought out their Hurricane I was anticipating a Hurricane series (stupid boy).

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

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Thanks folks,

                     Straightforward build,......whats one of those then Ben,....as if you`d know?!! The Aeromaster paints are the last I have,....I bought some in bulk from an E-Bay seller in the States who appears to have found some in bulk in an old lock up or bought an old Hobby Shop with lots of old stock left, plus a very kind person on Britmodeller who noticed that I used them said that he had some that he didn`t use so he sent them to me free of charge,.... so cheers for that Andy,...I`m immensely grateful.  

 

Dennis,....you weren`t the only one expecting a series of Hurricane`s from PCM,......maybe they didn`t sell so well,...mind you they  are already becoming as rare as rocking horse **** to find so somebody must have bought them all? Not guilty by the way,......I`ve only got four and two of those are already built,.......the remaining two are to be a B of B aircraft and a Sea Hurricane!

 

No update yet as I`m still attempting the nose art! Plus I`m waiting for a Tech Mod decal sheet to arrive from Hannants as I don`t have the correct sized upper and lower wing roundels in my spares box and the kit items are cracked into a million parts,

 

Cheers

            Tony 

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Thanks folks,

Straightforward build,......whats one of those then Ben,....as if you`d know?!! The Aeromaster paints are the last I have,....I bought some in bulk from an E-Bay seller in the States who appears to have found some in bulk in an old lock up or bought an old Hobby Shop with lots of old stock left, plus a very kind person on Britmodeller who noticed that I used them said that he had some that he didn`t use so he sent them to me free of charge,.... so cheers for that Andy,...I`m immensely grateful.

 

Dennis,....you weren`t the only one expecting a series of Hurricane`s from PCM,......maybe they didn`t sell so well,...mind you they are already becoming as rare as rocking horse **** to find so somebody must have bought them all? Not guilty by the way,......I`ve only got four and two of those are already built,.......the remaining two are to be a B of B aircraft and a Sea Hurricane!

 

No update yet as I`m still attempting the nose art! Plus I`m waiting for a Tech Mod decal sheet to arrive from Hannants as I don`t have the correct sized upper and lower wing roundels in my spares box and the kit items are cracked into a million parts,

 

Cheers

Tony

Damn shame PCM never followed through with the Hurricane range, they're good kits. Although I reckon Tamiya will take care of that eventually, hopefully before Trumpeter/Hobbyboss do(although their 1/24 is one of their better efforts)

 

Those aeromaster acrylics were superb and they did all the proper camo colours. I think Hannants Xtra acrylics range is the nearest now to the same type of paint.

 

Guessing from the Techmod decals it's a polish one your doing?

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Hello folks,

                Well the latest update isn`t brilliant but consider the nose art a real `work in progress' and this is the first coat of paint after all! After the paint dries I`ll make parts of the artwork smaller by filling it in using Dark Green and then apply the second coat of white;

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Ben- I thought that you`d have guessed which unit I was doing by the colour of the spinner and the Vokes filter,.......the operational Polish Hurri`s flew from the UK! No I only need the Techmod sheet for the upper and lower wing roundels but I may do my next PCM Hurri Mk.I in Polish B of B markings? No I`m trying to do Billy Drake`s 128 Sqn Hurri Mk.IIb BD897, WG-M from the time that he was the CO of this West African based unit, the real artwork can be seen in the photo!

Cheers for now,

                        Tony

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Here is the latest update,........the Humbrol 35 gloss varnish (from a large tin, rather than a bottle or small tin as I feel that it settles better,..nice and tight!)  has been brushed on ready for the decals, the vacuformed canopy has been cut out and dry fitted to the model while the framework is being slowly built up a coat at a time. The nose art is steadily taking shape too;

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This is a close up of the nose art,....still very untidy yet but hopefully I`ve now got it down to an approximation of the right size,.....it needs to be coloured in and lots of tidying up yet,......please don`t expect it look exactly like the real thing mind you,..as you`ll be disappointed!;

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Hopefully I`ll get one more update in before I have a week off,

All the best for now,

                              Tony

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Latest Update,.....I`ve not managed to get the decals on yet but the nose art is as good as I can get it so I`m calling it done! Not brilliant by any shades of the imagination but I`m OK with it;

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I`ll try and get most of the decals on tonight although the Techmod sheet from Hannants has still not arrived and I need that for my under wing roundels! If I have time in the morning I`ll try and post some more pics,

Cheers for now,

                      Tony

 

PS- Just noticed that the surface of the resin nose looks rather rough in the close up photo but it doesn`t look half as bad in reality and the matt coat shouldhopefully sort that out? 

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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;


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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

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  • 3 weeks later...

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;


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The undercarriage and other items will be going on soon,


 


Cheers for now,


                         Tony

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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;


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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

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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;

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I`ll put up a threat in ready for inspection later,

Cheers

           Tony

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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;


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and this is the finished model now;


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So I got there in the end!


Cheers


           Tony

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