mozart Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) Ok, I’ll kick things off! I’m on a bit of a Hurricane roll* at the moment having recently completed a PCM BoB 56 Squadron MkI model, and currently doing the new tool Revell IIB as a Hurribomber of 175 Squadron, but I’ve always wanted to do the Hurricane prototype K5083. It’s very shiny and silver, so why not now (ish). I’ll be using the PCM early fabric-wing model as my base with a few modifications, the most challenging being the simplified canopy hood. Watch this space. * and the final one will be this: A Hurricane Mk I of the Rhodesian Air Training Group circa 1944 using the Fly Trop kit. Edited March 1 by mozart LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois, denders and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Wow, I'm loving your Hurricane streak Max! Panzerwomble and mozart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 The prototype is just so beautiful - I'll follow this with much interest! Tom rafju and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Max! I see now that G-ANFM was but a warm up on NMF for this for you. I know you will do K5083 justice! Kind regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, Archimedes said: Max! I see now that G-ANFM was but a warm up on NMF for this for you. I know you will do K5083 justice! Kind regards, Paul This was the warm up Paul and a very close relative of the Hurricane…..Hawker’s Demon: LSP_Kevin, denders, monthebiff and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 40 minutes ago, mozart said: This was the warm up Paul and a very close relative of the Hurricane…..Hawker’s Demon: Indeed - your NMF looks flawless! With the top wing not yet in place it is easy to visualize the Hurricane form. Kind regards, Paul mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 This is a project I've long wanted to do myself, and I even earmarked an old Revell kit for the job. In fact, I went as far as to create a build thread - 7 years ago! I'm sure you'll be much better than me at actually getting the thing done, but perhaps I should follow in your lead. Good luck, Max. I'll be following along! Kev mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 (edited) Haven’t actually cut plastic yet but assessing what I need to do for the conversion. The Bentley drawings give quite a lot of details including the changes that K5083 went through from first flight to Acceptance Trials at Martlesham Heath. A couple of extracts: I’m reading Mason’s excellent book about the Hurricane in which he gives a detailed step by step account of its development including comments by test pilots. I know that the first Merlin fitted was a “C” and that the nose didn’t have the later characteristic bumps but there’s no mention of a slightly “squarer” profile that I read about some time ago, though I have to say it’s barely discernible in all the pictures that I have studied. If I can get away without having to drastically alter it I would be happy! Edited March 13 by mozart LSP_Kevin, Fanes, scvrobeson and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 This should be rather good Max, I would love to have a prototype Hurricane and Spitfire on my display shelves but too little time and too many other kits to build. Cheers Dennis mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 (edited) Both the prototype Hurricane and Spitfire are on my “to do” list Dennis, with luck! I’m compiling a list of things I need to check or do for K5083, this is it so far: New canopy Re-shape nose at front end Alter undercarriage cover shape and add “D” extension Open out tail wheel area for retraction Close gun ports Block off landing light areas Smooth profile on hump Check wing and tail navigation lights Check pitot tube Check venturi Alter wheel centres Check handhold and footsteps Make marking masks Exhaust stubs, as Fury type Cockpit - no armour plate, early Sutton harness, no gunsights Fit Fawcett dog kennel Make new radiator Check flaps Make new air intake Make struts for tailplane Delete trim tabs on rudder and elevators No breakout panel on stbd side until Acceptance Trials Top fuselage decking aft of canopy? Fill in all nose panel lines and re-scribe new ones Fill in gun access panel lines on wings Alter rudder horn balance Edited April 6 by mozart monthebiff, scvrobeson, rafju and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 This is going to be a superb project Max and I'm looking forward to see it take shape! Regards. Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Hi Max! Is your goal to replicate the Hurricane in its very first flight configuration? Alain mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 (edited) Yes indeed I am Alain. I’m puzzled by the “covers” on the leading edges just outboard of the nose where the fuel tanks are. Can’t find any reference to them nor what colour they might be. This photo by the way has been reversed, K5083 only had a walkway on the port wing. Edited March 8 by mozart LSP_Kevin, rafju, denders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) Interesting detail, especially as they are assymetrical, going further back on the left wing! These panels can be discerned on the other photos, but they seem to blend in visually with ajoining bare metal panels. Looking at my references, The Hurricane II Manual, this area is occupied by oil tanks (both sides? Not sure) Could it be just the way the metal is brushed or polished, that reflects light differently. Could be a surface finish (anodized?). But take a look at your pictures at top. The panels below and behind the cockpit are completely different compared to production aircraft. Alain Edit: I mean the panels on the right side. The top of the wing filet has a steeper angle it seems and the panel above it is shorter in length. Edited March 9 by Alain Gadbois R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 15 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: ...this area is occupied by oil tanks (both sides? Not sure) Port side only. I agree with Alain, that discolored area looks more like a lense effect than a covering. There are many pix of K5083 , none of which have any covering on that area. Edited March 9 by MikeMaben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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