CANicoll

My thought as well. While there is a lot of flak regarding the shapes of this kit, the discussion centers around the released images, for better or worse. Let's not resort to belittling others for their comments regarding said images. Discuss the images. 
As always it is best to have a kit in hand; in lieu of that, all we have right now is these images. 
To me, shapes look good, but the cockpit looks worriesome.

The Hurricane wing is a complex design that combines a horizontal middle section to which are attached outer sections that feature a dihedral as well as swept-back leading edge and swept-forward trailing edges, all of which have an aerofoil cross section that causes the wing to change from "fat" at the front to "thin" at the back. This means that by simply changing the angle of the camera, the wing will look differently. 
In any case, as I explained earlier in the thread, the model wing has the correct dihedral. The "flat wing" that you see in these photos is a visual artefact caused by the above-mentioned combination of the wing's many angles and the viewing angle of the camera. 
 
Here are some photos of the assembled test shot that I have in my possession. I also added a ruler to indicate the "horizontal". The propeller was removed for clarity. Please keep in mind that this is an even earlier test shot than that shown by Revell, so the final product will be different in some places. Also, this test shot was assembled in haste (test shot, not a competition model) so please ignore any assembly issues, glue blobs, uncleaned attachment points, etc that you may see. 
 
Just to give you an idea of how fickle camera vieweing angles are, have a look at the change in the angle of the wing top  and bottom that happens if the camera is moved up and down just a couple of centimetres - this is caused by the fact that the wing not only has a dihedral but it also has a swept-back leading edge. It is subtle, but I am sure that you can see it. In any case, please be assured that the kit wing has the correct dihedral. 
 

 

 
I really hope this helps. 
Radu 
 
 

IIA wing? I'm in!
(photos by my dad Dave Yates)
 
(photo by me)

Beautiful!!

The old R&D department has been at it again
 
A great deal of you make your own custom masks using a portrait or similar cutter and do an incredible job. Inspired also by 1ManArmy's laser cut stencils, I'd thought I'd give that a go. I do have a portrait cutter, but I actually have yet to use it.......
 
Font and style of lettering and codes on early B-17s is as far from being standard as one could imagine; almost every single photo appears to show differences. With that in mind, I figured I might exercise that artistic license once again and make up some fictional codes. After using the Koster 1/48 decal sheet for reference, I worked out what settings would work nicely for cutting Tamiya tape on a piece of acrylic. For a first hack at it, I think it came up pretty darn well!  
 

 

 
"Compound" (X+Y simultaneous movement) seems to exhibit a bit of a wobble, as you can see from the 7 and edges of the B, but otherwise pretty happy for how quick and sharp the masks turned out to be.
 
The applied where best guess says they should be....
 

 

 
I masked over the De-icer boot again as this appears to have been applied over existing markings in many cases, not the other way around.
 

 
Again, I did get a bit of lifting around the edges, but careful removal and some touch ups took care of that pretty well...
 

 

 
 Jumping around again. I started playing with the frame for the nose cone. I wasn't really sure how I was going to attack this, but I'd had an idea to try aluminium tape and not apply any additional adhesive. A few hours turned into two days, and this was the result....
 

 
But wait! What about the rivets? Glad you asked..... . After I'd gone to great lengths to stick all the pieces down (the tape kinks quite horribly when peeling it up from a surface), I then pulled up the ones that needed rivets and added them. Super fun......
 

 
Quick comparison as I forgot to take any in progress pics....
 

 
And the (mostly) finished product. Maybe not quite as much work as my scratchbuilt effort, but fiddly enough! 
 

 

 

 

 
Apologies for lots of grubby fingerprints..... I haven't cleaned it yet, just couldn't resist a few snaps to capture "the look"  
 
Cheers,
 
Craig
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I represent that remark!

Woody,
 
Happy for you and grateful for the terrific products, services and friendship you've given to our hobby!  Glad you are not disappearing completely.  I'll have to see what I have in stock so as to replenish before everything disappears.  Any hope you might sell your bits to someone else to continue the lines?

Chris

Yes, please do.

It has a great look!! With detailing the models come to life!! 

Beautiful work! 
Cheers
Alan

Do you have any pigments?  On a paint hack, I would apply pigments (gray and brown) dampened in turpentine with a fine brush.  Let them dry and dust them off with a soft brush and see if you like the effect.  Then, matte coat it and see if you still like it.
 
I like the vague effects that this gives.  It's easier and more precise then I often get with an airbrush.
 

I would start with a dark earth color with some drops of mid grey, then use sand mixed with a little bit of light grey in the middle and end with a mix of buff in the very center. Use very diluted color and always leave the external border not covered by the next coat. Globally, the more you go from the border to the center, the more the exhaust color has density and has lighter hues. This is just the basics for very dark schemes as it is always better to work from pictures.

I represent that remark!

Hello friends,
 
wanted to let you participate to my latest work, I think it's worth it, it's not a subject we see very often... so enjoy...or not..
 
ciao
Serge
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of us seem to have some sort of problem with our hair being over exposed....makes us all look like we have gray hair.
 
Oh, wait....

I thought I'd put a photo on this thread, but perhaps it was so long ago it was on Photobucket and thus got culled.  So this is me:
 

 
That's also me in my avatar, in the front seat of G-APFU in 2006, about to commit aviation.  The trip was a present for a "significant" birthday some years ago.

Welcome back to the fold, Nick. I should probably wear gloves more often too, but when I do remember to, it's usually either cotton gloves or latex, depending on why I decided to wear them in the first place. Due to getting into 3D printing, I've recently switched from latex to nitrile gloves, and they tend to allow for more fine control over what you're doing. The cotton gloves can limit your dexterity at times. This means I'll mainly wear them when I'm trying to protect a paint finish.
 
Kev

This is exactly the reason I always use my black Nitrile gloves when handling finished models or airbrushing, as a lot of the time when doing the latter I use lacquer. 

I pop a cheap vinyl glove on one hand (left) when airbrushing, just to keep that hand clean. Other than that, I don't bother.
 

Beauatiful work, Mike and a terrific subject.  You did a very nice job with the faded paint and very clean overall.  I saw your comment about 'less and more' on the weathering and I tend to agree with you.  Your work looks SO GOOD!!
 
Chris

I can guarantee there'll be a Spitfire Vc, and it will be announced just as soon as I've finished the cross-kitting of the Revell IIa and IXc that I'm working on at the moment.

In fact all the optional parts needed to build the various variations of the Hawk 81/P-40B were present on the original sprues.
GWH could have given us all the parts to build all versions with their first boxing.
Instead they chose to remove the parts not needed and put them back in the recycling bin.
It’s infuriating from a modeller’s point of view but it’s simply a marketing strategy to sell more kits.

At 2:48 or so, the temptation to just push that throttle and carry on pushing must have been enormous. 

Sounds like a plan.
I'm doing ok, thanks Chris,  keeping busy helps.

I have some, got from SB, to me its identical.
Ive also ordered some dspiae from luckymodel, havent tried it yet.