"Rock You Like a Hurricane" (or possibly just build you)
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38 4 May 2020, 12:14
playtime 222Box art has an interesting feature - the armourers used to dope cloth patches over the gun holes to stop crap getting in between arming and getting to the fight - and these ones are covered.
4 May 2020, 12:35
Andy Ballabsolutely!, and I guess you either model them closed or opened depending on whether they've been out on a sortie or not?
4 May 2020, 12:37
DickMy first Airfix kit was the 1:72 Hurricane.. I remember I used Humbrol 'duck egg blue' paint for the underside of the plane.
I always preferred the Hurricane above the Spit.
4 May 2020, 13:44
Andy Ball@Dick: the big myth about 'our finest hour'...more Hurricanes took down the Luftwaffe than ever did a Spit. I'm guessing a few Free-Dutch flew 'em too!?
4 May 2020, 15:55
playtime 222Spits on the fighters, Hurris on the bombers - lots more Hurris than Spits too - both good planes and did a job. As for the patches, I'm covering them up with tissue paper soaked in white glue on my 1/24.
4 May 2020, 22:53
Andy Ballcamo-masks for Hurricane.....not sure on Fresco scheme yet...Airfix Vietnam one too common...CCCP one maybe boring, but easier to try.
6 May 2020, 16:10
Łukasz GlińskiWhat would you say for the top one here?
MiG-17/Lim-5/6 in Polish ser...2 (ModelMaker D72047, 1:72)
Hi-Decal Line has it too 😉
6 May 2020, 16:27
Andy BallThanks Guy, I'm trying to get a posse together to build...I reckon I'll be a few months away from a start- but would you and @Łucasz fancy a GB?
10 May 2020, 21:08
Guy RumpSounds good to me Andy, let me know when you & Lukasz are both ready to start. 🙂
10 May 2020, 21:12
Thomas KolbAh, I jump-started a bit with the Airfix Fresco, or we could have planned a GB.
11 May 2020, 06:19
Andy Ball@Thomas...it's good to have leadership from your Fresco-construction!, will watch and try and learn something!!, but will give you the heads-up if/when we start our Hurricanes?????
11 May 2020, 11:00
Andy BallWell chaps...I am awaiting my Reskit engines for the Tu-128/MiG-17, so can't really finish those projects. SO.....today I had a nibble at the Hurricane. Unusually, you begin with the main landing gear bays, (see 2 attached photos). Nice PE details and the plastic's good too....happy to stall and await our GB?...
6 June 2020, 15:34
Łukasz GlińskiHa! So you coulnd't stand waiting, could you?😉 Looking forward to your review 👍
6 June 2020, 16:36
Thomas KolbStarting a new project is always fun! I always liked the Hurricane, so I am looking forward to your build report!
6 June 2020, 16:45
Andy BallHey!, I'll wait, I've got the Blenheim to do too!, so let me know if you're ready say in July-August - which would be a fitting Battle of Britain timing?....
6 June 2020, 17:10
Andy BallGone as far as the upper-lower wings and wheel bays, (plus a start on the seat)....
9 June 2020, 12:58
Andy BallOf course you're most welcome Guy!! I wanted some of the Polish heavyweight modellers to join... but it seems they have MiGs and things to finish!????????
9 June 2020, 22:18
Guy RumpI've got quite a bit of catching up to do but very useful to see any issues etc you have had 🙂 Looking good 🙂
10 June 2020, 15:28
Andy Ballyou're only a few steps behind Guy, my wheel well was OK with a bit of manipulation, also the top/bottom wings required some clamps to persuade a good fit...I'll post some shots tonight.
11 June 2020, 16:51
Guy RumpLooking great Andy, very fiddly PE but also very detailed. 🙂 what colour did you use for the harnesses?
14 June 2020, 21:48
Andy Ball@Dave: I don't think any of my pieces are anywhere near that level!... "practice" every time and hope to etch closer to something better than the last!, but thank-you anyways!
14 June 2020, 22:41
Andy Ball@Guy: I believe it was Humbrol enamel 71, linen, diluted with W/spirit.
14 June 2020, 22:43
Andy BallI'm now in "heavy-shelling" mode....the cockpit is a mare to assemble together.....I think it's too ambitious in detail at this scale. I'm beginning to see the attraction of '48......
16 June 2020, 20:10
Andy Balljust a smidge further on....upper sides masked and their dk.green added today.....await the results once I give another coat.
2 July 2020, 13:32
Guy RumpMaking great progress Andy, I've only just finished putting on the fiddly PE on the side panels...🙂
2 July 2020, 15:32
Guy Rump@ Andy No, not yet, I'll post the pics when I get ready to fit it all together.......
2 July 2020, 18:45
Carlos MartinFollowing. I have just finished putting the PE in my Hurricane, I know your pain.
22 July 2020, 15:02
Andy BallHi Carlos, I'll take a look at yours....once you're through the fuselage coming together it all falls nicely into shape. I've not posted many pics of late as I wanted others to catch up! 😉
22 July 2020, 21:51
Łukasz GlińskiThat's quick, I'll have to catch up once I'm back😉
Are you sure the top wing roundels shouldn't be the darker ones?
23 July 2020, 09:43
Andy Ball@Łukasz, no- checked them and decal 17 are the roundels- it may be the register's a little brighter than one would like. But the others provided for other options aren't right either- so there's no mix up on the labelling. See photo
23 July 2020, 11:55
Andy BallCheers Daniel, I'm not quite as productive as you at the moment! I've got 5 that are nearly 'done'....soon...!
23 July 2020, 11:59
Łukasz GlińskiI see, none of them matches the fin flash 🙁
I might consider using the Techmod roundels which I planned to avoid, but I still have some time for thinking it over😉
23 July 2020, 12:03
Andy BallYes, I'd agree- although maybe the light in the photos has played a little on their actual tone in real life. Techmod are usually pretty good- (do you mean use another sheet?, as it's theirs with this kit).
23 July 2020, 12:09
Łukasz GlińskiYup, I had to buy another one as I want to build the UZ-V example, which is not provided by Arma.
Didn't spot the included sheet is Techmod's too, so anyway I'll have to cut the decals to reveal the panel lines😉
23 July 2020, 12:35
Andy BallThanks @Carlos Martin and @Guy Rump- I've done more on her today myself....PE and delicate plastics - I work in the morning before putting my contact lenses in (I'm very short sighted so close up work is so much easier). Just got to insert the landing lights and try to attached those PE handles to the canopy, followed by weathering and final matt varnish.....
25 July 2020, 21:14
Andy Ball@Peter: many thanks...I'm nearly there with it and can recommend this is the best, I reckon, in 72nd
28 July 2020, 12:48
Peter Mollenhauer@Cuajete - Yes, I think so,too. I had a look into the box recently, very nice molded parts indeed!
28 July 2020, 20:25
Andy Ball@Cuajete: in fairness I have never built the new A/fix, and I believe it's good...but Arma is so well thought through, (perhaps too ambitious as I've stated in the build). However their attention to scale detail is super...take the landing lights...really distinct and engineered in this scale. I'm a couple of hours off saying "done"...
28 July 2020, 21:42
Andy Ball@Peter: build one!: you'll have the references of at least a couple of us on here to guide you along....
28 July 2020, 21:44
Thomas KolbAndy, you are very productive! 🙂 Photo 39 looks definitely menacing - I wouldn't want to be sitting in a Ju-88 having those gun ports facing my direction!
31 July 2020, 20:38
Łukasz GlińskiGrand job, Rocky 👍
(The "Eye of the Tiger" playing in the background)😉
1 August 2020, 08:02
Andy Ball@Thomas: yes, the 4 guns collected together in each wing were more efficient at dispatching Do-17/He-111 and others than the Spitfire's which of course were spread over the wing.
3 August 2020, 14:59
Andy Ball@Guy: thanks, there's always more I could've done...and probably will should I ever display it to the public!....
3 August 2020, 15:03
playtime 222Credited with being a more stable gun platform on top of the convergence issues which they both had. Agree worse on spit in theory
3 August 2020, 20:50
Andy Ball@Micky and @Cuajete: I'm honoured you took a peek...it's a lovely kit, if a little over-complicated in this scale, but I don't think you'll find a finer specimen in 72nd.
15 October 2021, 10:32
Andy BallThanks Guy, it seems to have surfaced again! And yours too was a cracker!!
13 March 2023, 15:53
Andy Ball@Mirko- gotta add some humour into this forum 😉 and thanks so much for your discerning eye...
@Patryk: you're always a great boost on days of flagging modelling commitment!
@Carlos: cheers my SM friend
Et aussi, Noël
14 March 2023, 17:45
