Nic C.D. Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Just a quick post to announce the third book in our Duke Hawkins Classic series: a 116 page book on the Hawker Hurricane, showing every part of the aircraft. I'm using the content at the moment to build the Revell 1/32 scale kit. For those that are interested, this book will be released in about 3 weeks. We're also preparing a 1/32 scale decal sheet for the Hurricane with 3 liveries: - A Belgian Air Force Hurricane Mk.II in silver with registration THS52 - An RAF Hurricane Mk.IIB "Mauritius VII" from 174 Squadron, with white stripes on the engine cowling - An RAF Hurricane Mk.IIC "Jessie" MW367 from 1697 Flight, the Air Dispatch Letter Service, one of the few that carried D-Day stripes. The idea to make the decals was more of a fun thing to do and only 150 will be made in 1/32. Nic John Stambaugh, Dpgsbody55, Shoggz and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Nice! That's one that I'll have to have. Will this book also cover the Mk V at all, Nic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic C.D. Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Hello Kevin, Well, of the Mk.V there was only one built and 2 converted from a Mk.IV. I don't think one survived. Other marks are in the book though, with some attention to the Sea Hurricane as well. It was fun making this book, with several visits to the hangar of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, when maintenance was being carried out on their Hurricane. Many photos were also taken in Belgium of Hurricane Mk.IV with registration KZ321, when it was in maintenance. Unfortunately, just weeks after our visit, the aircraft was destroyed in a horrible crash in the Czech Republic. For the cockpit, we have also 10 pages of photos, both of airworthy and historical aircraft, showing the correct colours and instrument lay-outs. Philip Stevens, a very talented photographer had the chance to make photos of the aircraft in the air, resulting in some very spectacular photos. The maintenance chapter is quite impressive in this book: 18 pages of details uncovered! Nic LSP_K2, Uncarina, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali62 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Looks and sounds great Nic. Where and how can we secure a decal sheet, I presume these will be sold separately to the books that will be with all the normal vendors? cheers Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic C.D. Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Hello Ali, Because there will only be very few decal sets, they will be available from just 4 points: Hannant's, Aviation Megastore, Artscale and from us. These should be available in about 1 month. In our usual series, there will be 2 more (and quite spectacular) book before the end of the year! Nic LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali62 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Great will keep a look out. As you know I have quite a lot of your books, so will add some more if they fall into my interest range, which is very wide as it is. We need to communicate again, but off the message board. All the best with the book production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 These are terrific books. I was fortunate enough to be assigned a review of their Northrop F-5 offering: https://aeroscale.net/news/read-review-northrop-f-5-freedom-fighter-and-tiger-ii-flying-in-air-forces-around-the-world LSP_K2, dutik, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic C.D. Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 Well, that is a very nice review, Bill. Thank you for that! I have to say that the F-5 book was really fun to make. The trouble I often face is the number of pages. It wouldn't be a problem to make a book of 200 or 250 pages, but that would make it too expensive to print. And I agree with you that there are many more aircraft that should feature in the series. We're working on that! The photos for the F-5 book helped me to detail a Kitty Hawk 1/32 scale kit though: Nic MikeMaben, dutik, Landrotten Highlander and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Nic C.D. said: The photos for the F-5 book helped me to detail a Kitty Hawk 1/32 scale kit though: If only a Vietnam-era 1/32 scale F-5 would be released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I could be very interested in your book Nic since I have one Hurricane on the go at the moment and anticipate doing another two next year (PCM early and Revell II)....maybe three if Kotare release one. Is there a price....and any chance of a couple of sample pages to seal the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic C.D. Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 You ask and we provide: And there are more than 100 additional pages to these ! And then we have the set of 1/32 scale decals coming. The profile in the last page is one of the decal options. Nic Landrotten Highlander, LSP_K2, Fanes and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I review a few aircraft books for another site, and I think the Duke Hawkins series are the finest resource books you can buy. They not only provide exceptional modeler detail, but are plain gorgeous. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 And the future Corsair II and Hawk releases look very tempting as well... Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Thanks Nic, I’ll be a customer for your Hurricane book as soon as it’s available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 4:40 PM, Nic C.D. said: You ask and we provide Indeed. How about a Duke Hawkins’ take on the Westland Sea King to pair with the excellent Airfix 1/48 release? I know someone who would be REALLY interested especially when he’s located near Koksijde, the former home of the Belgian MK.48 mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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