Dpgsbody55 Posted April 2 Author Posted April 2 21 hours ago, Greif8 said: I just got caught up with your build thread Michael and I am very impressed at the quality of craftsmanship you are displaying the this conversion, much respect man! I really like the blue color as well. Ernest Thank you, Ernest. This is one of two projects that I've wanted to do since my teenage years so I'm really hoping it looks just as good as now when it crosses the finish line. The other one will either be the next model on the bench, or the one after that. 20 hours ago, dennismcc said: Very smart, it looks really great, rather you than me with those decals though. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis. The decals were fiddly, but working out the placement was easy after looking at a number of photos of G-AMAU. The Hurricane's stringers, under that canvas covering which you can see along the lines of the model, help in keeping the decals straight as I applied them. The big issue was after placement, pressing out the excess water and air, then wetting them again to move them back into place because my fumble fingers have moved them slightly. Then rinse and repeat . Then rinse and repeat . 20 hours ago, Mal_Belford said: Oh boy....must say i like this build very much, and the paint scheme thats unusal and imo very very good choice, this sure stand out and thats makes it more interesting and the history around it as you wrote. love it. Thanks Mal, though I think my efforts pale into insignificance next to your Arado. PZ865/G-AMAU has a very long and interesting history, and in this 1950's livery it will certainly stand out on my shelves. I think something like this would make for an interesting group build; former warbirds that survived and became civilian aircraft. 19 hours ago, ColinR said: That is a very nice build indeed, I'm just about ready to start painting my build of this very kit, as a Sea hurricane, it really is a very nice kit indeen and you've made a great job of it Thanks Colin. I'd love to see your rendition of this model once you've finished it. Cheers. Michael Greif8 1
dennismcc Posted April 2 Posted April 2 Decals moving, sounds horribly familiar to me. Cheers Dennis Dpgsbody55 1
Gazzas Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Looking very nice, Michael. Nice to see a different color scheme. Mal_Belford and Dpgsbody55 1 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 My Hurricane is edging closer to completion now, with the model having been gloss varnished and all the masking has been removed. I'll let the pictures do the talking. Now on with final fitment, which is basically wheels, exhausts and prop, plus a couple of other small parts. Cheers, Michael Polecadt, Shoggz, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11
Greif8 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Man that blue looks great! Beautiful and unique Michael! Ernest Dpgsbody55 1
Mal_Belford Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Yeah, agree with previous posts, looks real good all this. Dpgsbody55 1
PEYSSON Gilles Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Hi Michael, Your all-blue Hurricane is absolutely beautiful. Gilles Dpgsbody55 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 6 Author Posted April 6 And so on to the final installment of this build. The exhausts were the first thing to be installed. These are different on this model to the normal Hurricane as they are individual stubs just as on a Spitfire. So I got hold of a set of Quickboost exhausts for the Tamiya Spitfire and adapted one of the two sets of exhausts provided in this kit. There's a picture in an earlier update of how I did this, so here they are painted and mounted up on the "engine". Tail wheel and pilot's stirrup are next, along with the clear lights on the fuselage spine and rudder. I've chosen the retracted stirrup as extending this down also opened up a hand hold in the fuselage which I haven't modelled. The tail wheel leg is the one poor part of this kit in my opinion, not because it's unrealistic, but because the mounting stub into the fuselage is very shallow. This may work fine on a smaller model, but on a 1/32 scale model, you need a deeper stronger tail wheel mount. It's taken three days to fully set so that it can take the weight, and I expect that one day it will sag and the tail wheel itself will be in contact with the fuselage. The main wheels were next. They're pretty much stock from the kit except that I made my own brake lines. These are molded into the undercarriage doors, but they're very faint, so I embellished using wire. The wheels were filed to simulate the weight of the plane on them. I used a straight edge to determine where to file, before the wheels were glued in place. You have to be spot on here as the wheels have a notch in them to match the axles so there's only one way to mount them onto the axles. A closer view. As soon as the wheels were finished, I put the prop on as well. A closer view of the exhausts after a little dry brushing and weathering. A small amount of exhaust staining has been added, but this plane was kept pretty clean and it's hard to see anyway on a dark glossy finish. Next, the canopy went on, after adding something to engage the canopy runners on the fuselage sides. The last job was to paint on the walkway on the wing roots which I initially forgot to do before taking lots of pictures... Here it is all done. With the painted walkways.... Another build wrapped up, and I'm very pleased with the result. This is one of two "passion" projects I want to do this year, both of planes that inspired me as a teenager. I first saw a picture of G-AMAU in a booklet on the Hurricane given to me when I was sixteen by a very close and dear, but sadly long since departed, friend and fellow modeller so this is in his memory. I did try this plane back in the early seventies, but due to a lack of suitable decals or any other aftermarket plus a lack of talent on my part, it wasn't that good and got binned when my family moved from Sydney to Perth in 1972. I'm very, very happy with Revell for offering this option in this kit. There will be an RFI, but that will have to wait for a couple of days. Then it's on to the next one which will also be blue, but is not the other"passion" project. That will be after the next blue one. Cheers, Michael patricksparks, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 12 others 15
malc Posted April 6 Posted April 6 Thats fantastic, thanks for taking us along with you on the build. What gold did you use on the spinner to match the decals? Malc. Dpgsbody55 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 6 Author Posted April 6 Thanks Malc. I used Tamiya X12 Gold Leaf. A fortunate match . Cheers, Michael malc 1
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