Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc by Lt. Biggles - Hasegawa - 1/48

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice job!  Those seatbelts look amazing!

 

[Lt. Biggles]

On 12/29/2020 at 1:21 PM, Old Collingwood said:

What I found real useful with Vallejo putty  is you can also use a cotton bud or piece of rag and wipe over the gap being filled, or even a finger   - its that plyable.

 

OC.

Using a damp cotton bud has worked a charm thanks! Basically leaves it to dry already perfect and probably hardly needing a sand if at all!!

[Lt. Biggles]

Hope 2021 is treating everyone well!

ive been busy covering everyone’s shifts so they can have a holiday so haven’t done much on the hurricane. But put the carburettor intake together.

 

 

and using a bit of spare PE from my HMS POW ship build added the grill.

 

 

 

next is the radiator fairing and then the brass gun bases and basically ready for the base prime... whenever I get to that point!  

[Old Collingwood]

13 minutes ago, Lt. Biggles said:

Using a damp cotton bud has worked a charm thanks! Basically leaves it to dry already perfect and probably hardly needing a sand if at all!!

So glad it worked 👍

 

OC.

[Lt. Biggles]

Day off today and it’s too hot to go to the beach so did some more work on this. Did the radiator intake

 

 

 

tucked away and probably not seen again, but if anyone does have a sneaky peak it should pass the test!

used streaking grime to get the reddish tinge it seems to have and then a thick black wash and highlights

 

 

 

 

I’ve replaced one of the cannon bases with the brass one... 3 to go. Didn’t know the outer cannon stuck out more than the inner. All the small details you only learn when you have to work on it

Edited January 6, 2021 by Lt. Biggles
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[Lt. Biggles]

Doing some experiments with the landing lights.

 

 

ive drilled out a similar size hole and have filled it with gloss varnish to see if it dries clear even when in a big blob.

 

 

if it works will will probably use it as the bulb. Once the lights on the wings are sorted ready to prime as I tried out using a canopy mask for the first time ever! But!!! I forgot to make sure the inside of the glass was clean from dust or finger prints before I glued it on so maybe it will have to come off if there is anything awful on the inside 😂

 

[Danstream]

The wing root filling looks fine. No surface details seem to be lost.

Regards,

Dan.

[Lt. Biggles]

So it’s been awhile since my last update, she says in my cupboard for a while between little bits and pieces. So thought I’d do an update.

planning how to do the camo was what caught me out and it just sat there.

 

primed and then some base work by airbrushing through a sponge.

 

then grey coat of paint.

 

 

took awhile how to work out the best way to mask so it has a slight feathered edge. Tape would have been a last resort. So using ziplock bags traced the camo with a pencil.

 

 

then traced it to paper 

 

 

cut them out and stuck them on with Tamiya tape turned on itself to be double sided, took a few days!

 

 

 

I then redid the base effects

 

 

and applied the green top coat

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Good to see you back  -  hope life has been serving  you well?

 

OC.

[Egilman]

I use the same technique for scale feather edging brother... Except I use long thin strings of modeling clay or blue tack, (think spaghetti like) to hold the masks above the surface... It's a simple solution for tight feather edging and makes the spraying easier....

 

Nice work....

[Danstream]

Lot of work on the camo. Just one comment about the feathered edge camo. RAF used rubber mats that once laid on the aircraft surfaces were used to delineate the areas to be sprayed. Hence, the resulting edges were more likely sharp than soft. At any rate, your model looks good whatever the the look of the edges will be.

Good luck and best regards,

Dan.

[Lt. Biggles]

On 7/19/2021 at 3:41 PM, Old Collingwood said:

Good to see you back  -  hope life has been serving  you well?

 

OC.

Hey mate, yes all going well. Lots of Astro really enjoying it. Thought I better pop in for a little update. Hope all is well with you too?

[Lt. Biggles]

On 7/19/2021 at 4:31 PM, Egilman said:

I use the same technique for scale feather edging brother... Except I use long thin strings of modeling clay or blue tack, (think spaghetti like) to hold the masks above the surface... It's a simple solution for tight feather edging and makes the spraying easier....

 

Nice work....

Hey, yea I had seen bluetak used before but was worried it would rip the paint off! It can be really sticky!! I have been thinking how best to do it for many many weeks! Just bit the bullet

[Lt. Biggles]

20 hours ago, Danstream said:

Lot of work on the camo. Just one comment about the feathered edge camo. RAF used rubber mats that once laid on the aircraft surfaces were used to delineate the areas to be sprayed. Hence, the resulting edges were more likely sharp than soft. At any rate, your model looks good whatever the the look of the edges will be.

Good luck and best regards,

Dan.

Thanks mate, yea you are right they did have hard edges it’s more a personal like. Just found a hard edge in the small scale was to violent. I went for a very subtle feather and seeing as it’s the base coat will get a few more layers to soften it all up. Here is the feather it has.

 

 

the blue shade really pops out against the green. Thanks for the info on the rubber mats as a mask!

[Old Collingwood]

5 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said:

Hey mate, yes all going well. Lots of Astro really enjoying it. Thought I better pop in for a little update. Hope all is well with you too?

Yeah   we are ok mate.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

I just buy the wide masking tape and cut at will     I think yours came out really good........should look really neat over the whole plane!

[Landlubber Mike]

Looking fantastic Biggles!  Not sure if you're aware of this, but I saw that NeOmega Resin makes a really sweet catapult for the 1/48 Hurricane.  I have their catapult for an upcoming Walrus build, but this one looks really tempting:

 

 

https://www.neomega-resin.com/cam-ship-hurricat-catapult-section-997-p.asp

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

I believe there is a kit of a Japanese plane on a catapult.........don't recall the maker though.