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My next project will be a Hurricane Mk.IIc, namely the last Hurricane ever built PZ 865 as it was at Dunsfold in 1950. At this time, it was painted in Hawkers in house colours of dark blue with gold lettering and stripes which is how I will be building this kit. Later that year, the plane was flown to second place in the Kings Cup air race by Group Captain Peter Townsend, a well known Hurricane ace. PZ 865 is still in the air, and operated by the RAF's BBMF. I was very excited when Revell issued their Sea Hurricane as the option to build the kit into this plane is included in the kit. This is a model I have wanted to build since adolescence which is when I first saw a picture of it in this scheme. In the interim, I was never able to find the decals to suit nor had the talent to paint it myself. The other issue was that good 1/32 Hurricane kits have been scarce. Now I'm in my second adolescence, I finally get to build this Hurricane as I've long wanted to Here's the kit. And the addon aftermarket. I think this kit doesn't need much in the way of addons. As is normal with me, and more so on this occasion after clearing away the detritus from my last less than satisfactory build, I started gluing stuff together straight away. This comprised the pilots seat which is four parts, the "floor" which is two parts, and the pilot's back armour which is three pieces. The pilot's seat is a bit of a pfaff, requiring the juggling of four small parts and glue . So far, I've found parts fit to be a little loose, but still quite good. Next step was to paint as much as possible in Tamiya AS12 aluminium which is most of the insides of this model. Not as much of the cockpit was painted in RAF interior green/gray as the Mk.I, but of the parts above, the back armour will be green/grey. Then I started work on the left side of the cockpit which is shown here complete. Eduard Space 3D decals have been applied to the side frame which is pre painted. Though as usual with pre painted 3D stuff, Eduard's idea of RAF green/grey is somewhat different from mine . Eduard provide a 3d decal for the horizontal console attached to the outside of the frame, but I decided to go with a mix of stock kit for the console and only used the Eduard bits for the gauge and it's mount at the back of the console. The right side is very simple and only required paint. There are a couple of other parts to go on, but that's for later. My next job was the frame that laterally braces the cockpit structure. This has 3D decals for the compass, undercarriage/flap selector gate and a knob of some sort on the left. I've painted a part of this structure in green/grey as per the instructions, but I suspect the instructions are wrong here as this is part of the wings rear spar. Passing through this is a pipe which is painted flat black. That's it for now, but I hope to have these parts and a couple more together tomorrow. By then, it will start to look like a Hurricane cockpit. Cheers, Michael