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Woohoooooo!!! I finally finished a build - the first for this year. Very poor if you consider by this time over the past few years I'd finished about 4!

Anyway, this is Zvezda's little 1/72 Hawker Hurricane mk.IIc, converted to a (trop) by me adding a Vokes filter from spares and SAAF number 1 sqn markings circa 1942 from Xtradecals 'Fighters over Africa and the Med' sheet.

Paints are brushed with Humbrol acrylics. This is the first time I've used solely Humbrol paints on a build for several years, the new generation improvements has improved things, although they still aren't as good as Hataka. They're still far too thick and those stupid dropper bottles make the situation worse - bring back the screw top pots Humbrol!









I'm pleased to have got one off the bench!

Cheers!

Nice job Stuart! I do love a Hurricane. How did you like the Zvezda kit? I've got two of their kits in the stash but have yet to build one.

Hot damn! That is a beauty!

That is Awesome Stuart! I love the "oops!" on the tail!

Nicely done Stuart! Yeah, Humbrol acrylics do needs some adjusting to get best results… But you obviously have them dialed in.

Nice Hurricane Stuart!

Great looking Hurri Stuart. I like the desert colors

Well done, Stuart! I never noticed til Duke mentioned the “oops” on the tail.

keavdog wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:03 pm Nice job Stuart! I do love a Hurricane. How did you like the Zvezda kit? I've got two of their kits in the stash but have yet to build one.

Thanks John!

It's not a bad kit - it was let down a little by the U/C - seems a bit simplistic, but then this was a snap-tite kit. I'd build another though.

LyleW wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:32 pm Hot damn! That is a beauty!

Thanks Lyle!

Duke Maddog wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:31 pm That is Awesome Stuart! I love the "oops!" on the tail!

Thanks Mark - I like it too, I'm going to have to look into what it was about.

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:46 pm Nicely done Stuart! Yeah, Humbrol acrylics do needs some adjusting to get best results… But you obviously have them dialed in.

Thanks Carlos. They worked well enough, just very thick if anything.

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:51 pm Nice Hurricane Stuart!

Thanks!

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:09 pm Great looking Hurri Stuart. I like the desert colors

Thanks TJ - I hope to do a few more desert schemes this year.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:01 pm Well done, Stuart! I never noticed til Duke mentioned the “oops” on the tail.

Thanks Tom! As I said to mark, I'd like to find out what that was all about.

Awesome work Stuart!!