Pastor John

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

Thanks everyone - much appreciated. Yes hands terrible but I would rather continue than give up. Just trying to live with the nerve damage as best I can

Thanks everyone - much appreciated. Yes hands terrible but I would rather continue than give up. Just trying to live with the nerve damage as best I can

So that's my 'quick build' to help advertise my new conversion set lol!

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

Lovely model, with excellent weathering. 
 
 
Cheers,
Michael

Excellent rendition. 

Beautiful work. The weathering really catches the eye. Thanks for sharing
 
Chris

Those exhaust stains are pure heaven. Bravo!

Although your hands are probably not as well as you would like, it doesn't show. That's some mighty fine modelling John!

Well the photo is always king as I say so it depends - you get a much paler stain on RAF aircraft than you do with Luftwaffe due to the chemicals etc involved but anyway \i spray dark earth first then an arch of black and then the amount of fresh pale burning pigment that the photo shows me. Like I say with Luftwaffe I just do dark earth and then back fill with a charcoal black

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

AIMS 1/32 Hurricane PR I build - Cockpit painted. Really enjoyed doing this - nice way to take time off AIMS - making an AIMS conversion lol!!!. I wish I had got an after-market dash but I punched out the kits instruments instead and where the details were hopelessly wrong robbed the spares box. The HGW lap belts were great and you will see that I have not included the kits lower pilot armour but this means you need to do a little work to attach the lower brackets correctly so I drilled them out and will slot in pre-painted rod. The red/brown staining is due to the prevailing soil type in the area of my subject's operations. Regarding the white data plate on the right sidewall - I printed this out myself and liked how it turned out together with the grubby maps I stowed in the map box. Enjoy, thanks. John

1/32 AIMS Hurricane PR 1
Hi everyone I thought I would make a start on my AIMS Hurricane PR 1 conversion. I love Monotone finishes mostly because i loath masking but i feel that monotone finishes require a little help and so I try to open at least one hatch or panel. This in turn leads to more work obviously. The wing assemble / gear bay is together and ports filled in - there were a lot of sink holes and badly fitting leading edge parts to fill also. It is a crying shame that Revell produced smooth wings - it is the biggest let down of the kit and expensive to correct as a rivet wheel burring up the plastic surface a little just will not cut it - not in this scale. Pipework and panel locks are a must as a result of the panel being left off which made the Hurricane 'Inside and Out' book a must! Eyes of the Phoenix is also a must read for Hurricane recon operations in the far East and has more PR and Tac R Hurricane photos in it than any other book I am aware of. Finally I have no authority to say that where I have placed the Camera heater selector box is correct - is is purely deductive reasoning based on where the pilot can reach it and where the structure and a lack of other fittings allow. Enjoy
John

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane build update The end is nigh! Pastels, oil streaks, oil splatters and silver pencil scratches and highlighting of the rivets. Ready for final construction and some some small additional details like the handles on the rear canopy and the trim tap mass balance on the rudder etc. Really glad I did those rivets as they kind of make the model what it is.

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

So that's my 'quick build' to help advertise my new conversion set lol!