Hawker Hurricane Mk II

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January 14, 2023
After some serious cleanup of the parts the fit is quit good. I used some sprue goop (dark grey portions) to reinforce some weak glue points. This worked like a charme.
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October 22, 2023
Put in some extra piping.
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October 22, 2023
The fit isn't that bad. First time using super glue for glueing the fuselage halves in order to avoid ghost seams afterwards.
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October 22, 2023
Fit of the wing to the fuselage without glueing. As can be seen the fit is rather good. Once I commit to glue I can do some finetuning.
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October 22, 2023
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October 23, 2023
At the front I had an uneven gap that I filed with black cyano. Next is sanding and rescribing the panel line
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October 23, 2023
Fit of the underside panel is good. Just needs some minor sanding and rescribing.
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October 23, 2023
Filling of the wing joints with black cyano glue. Advantage is no shrinking, good contrast and easier to sand and scribe than ordinary cyano glue.
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October 23, 2023
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October 23, 2023
Up till now the fit was not so bad. But fit of the gun inserts is horrible.
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October 23, 2023
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October 23, 2023
Cyano glue to the rescue.
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October 23, 2023
To make the wing to fuselage fit I filed of the part in red. That way all fit together rather wel. Final adjustments will be made after I glued the wing to the fuselage.
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November 2, 2023
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November 2, 2023
Wing-fuselage glued. Had to use some plasticard to fill a small gap.
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November 2, 2023
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November 2, 2023
Using mr surfacer to even everything out.
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November 2, 2023
Also some black cyano which is easier to sand and rescribe.
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November 2, 2023
After wiping awy the mr surfacer with IPA the result should look good under a layer of paint.
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November 2, 2023
Same procedure with mr surfacer for these nasty gaps.
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November 2, 2023
Gunsite will installed at the end.
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November 2, 2023
I was not happy how it looked out of the kit, so I dug in my spare photo etch and made some adjustments. The glass will be installed later on.
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November 2, 2023
Some Mr surfacer airbrushed on to check the seams.
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November 2, 2023
The landing lights have a very visible ficture which I try to recreate using some copper wire. Here I'm getting ready to soder them together.
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November 2, 2023
Trying to make even bents.
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November 2, 2023
The endresult.
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November 2, 2023
After installing the landing lights I put on the covers which again need some cyano to fill the nasty gaps. These inserts in the wing don't fit that well. Certainly no Tamiya.
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November 2, 2023
Masking the canopy to get even lines.
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November 2, 2023
Cutting the unwanted parts.
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November 2, 2023
Some Maskol.
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November 2, 2023
And lastly a black undercoat which will be visible from the inside.
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November 2, 2023
Making my own lights.
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November 2, 2023
Again cyano to the resque.
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November 2, 2023
Filing everything flush.
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November 2, 2023
Some sanding of the transparency.
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November 2, 2023
And last polishing.
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November 2, 2023
There is an gap at the right side which I will get rid of with some plasticard.
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November 2, 2023
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November 2, 2023
White primer (ran out of grey primer). Next is fixing some last issues and then sanding in preparation before painting.
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November 2, 2023
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November 2, 2023
First color
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November 5, 2023
Masking in preparation of painting the underside.
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November 5, 2023
All masked up.
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November 5, 2023
Next up is painting most of the markings. For this I scanned the decalsheet and used this as a template for drawing the markings in illustrator. Then it was to the silhouette software and finally cutting them with my sillhouette Cameo 2.
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November 5, 2023
Came out pretty good.
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November 5, 2023
Upprer wing markings painted on. Next is the underside.
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November 6, 2023
A good masking job is the key.
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November 6, 2023
First the white.
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November 6, 2023
Followed by the red. I use Maskol to make sure there are no seams between the masks. Even the tiniest seam can ruin the paintjob.
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November 6, 2023
Next the blue.
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November 6, 2023
Et viola.
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November 6, 2023
Next up the fuselage markings.
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November 8, 2023
Time for the fuselage markings.
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November 8, 2023
First of is making sure that the markings are in the right spot. For this it's easy when you make your own masks. So I could make the simplified placing templates.
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November 8, 2023
After some fiddling the maks are in place.
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November 8, 2023
First up the letters with a neutral grey color.
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November 8, 2023
Then the roundels and tail. Beginning with the white basecoat.
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November 8, 2023
Followed by the yellow.
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November 8, 2023
Masking for the red and don't forget to use the Maskol to fill tiny unvisible seams.
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Followed by the bleu.
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Et viola.
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November 8, 2023
Looks good up close.
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November 18, 2023
On his feet and weathering with oils has begun.
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Kit exhaust ready for weathering.
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Comments

51 14 January 2023, 08:33

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work on the cockpit.

17 October 2023, 15:07

Eric Juvyns
Thx Villiers 🙂
And thanks to you and your likes on my albums I got some more views on some of my bilds 😉

22 October 2023, 08:17

Jorge Ferreira
Thanks for sharing. It looks like we need luck when buying revell kits. I'm building the same kit and the join between the wing and fuselage have a gap of almost 1mm. Any way you also got the step down on the right side like I got. Nice work. Mine will be Dark Black 😊👌👍 Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb | Album by jorgefk (1:32) photo 22 and 25

22 October 2023, 09:54

Yavuz Engin
Watching.

22 October 2023, 21:50

Villiers de Vos
Lovely details on the wheel bays.

23 October 2023, 06:37

John Ballman
Your doing some awesome work here, thanks for sharing it.
JB

23 October 2023, 06:46

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👍👍👍👍

23 October 2023, 07:05

Eric Juvyns
Slowly getting there.
Jorge, in picture 33 you can see what I did to get rid of the horrible 1mm gap. As for the step down on the right side, I hope the take care of that after glueing the wing to the fuselage. First I have to clean up and rescribe lost panel lines on the wing. Especially the gun inserts that have some nasty gaps around them.

23 October 2023, 19:07

Jorge Ferreira
Hi Eric. I thought the same as pict 33 but then you have to force the fuselage to open. You will loose the good fit of the rest of the wing which is very good. Anyway i believe you will manage it. The leadind edge of the wing realy needs work but I still think this kit it`s not bad.

23 October 2023, 19:29