Italeri 1/48 Hurricane Mk.1 Review

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Italeri 1/48 Hurricane Mk.1 Review

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I started the Italeri 1/48 Hurricane. It looks to be a very nice kit with good detail and fit.

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http://www.italeriusa.com/product-detai ... d=ITAS2705
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The box contains 1 parts bag containing 4 grey sprue trees and a separate bagged clear tree,. A small PE set and decal sheet for 6 different versions complete the contents.
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The 16 page instruction booklet has 10 pages of instructions and 6 pages reserved for marking instructions.

Version A - RAF 274 Sdn, Gerawla, Egypt 1941
Version B - RAF 74 Sdn, Malta 1942
Version C - RAF 185 Sdn, Hal Far, Malta 1941
Version D - RAF 73 Sdn, Western Desert 1941
Version E - RAF 73 Sdn, El Adam, Libya 1941
Version F - RAF SAAF 3 Sdn, South African Air Force, Abyssinia 1941

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I plan on building Version D.

I started on the cockpit which contains the majority of the PE parts as the Sutton harness and instrument panel. It builds up very nicely and the fit is excellent.

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The kit also contains a nicely detailed Merlin engine which can be shown with most of the cowlings off. I plan one showing the engine in all it's glory and maybe scratch some hoses to enhance the already excellent detail if necessary.

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The cockpit and engine are in their place.

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More to come
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That looks very nice indeed!
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Stikpusher wrote:That looks very nice indeed!

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That's a very nice looking kit. Question... what version uses the lightning bolts on the rounders? I don't see it on the instruction guide. :hmm: Better yet, where does it go? Fuselage? Wings?
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That is Version A - RAF 274 Sdn, Gerawla, Egypt 1941.
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Well now this is a problem. I glued the fuse half’s together and assembled the wing. As everything was drying I dry fit the wing to take a look at what I was facing for a gap.

Now to my recollection, isn't the leading edge of the wing supposed to fit behind the engine cowl? I thought there must be a piece that fits under the cowl. No. Do I have the wing on backwards? No. Looking through the instructions there isn't a hint of why this is happening.

I will be contacting Italeri and inquiring the possible reason. Is this wing going to be used on a Mk.2 etc.?

Stop the assembly line until a resolution is found. Back to the stash to look for something else while my AB and current build are down.
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Looks to me you glued them on backasswards... :giggles: :headslap: (at least that's what it looks to me from the pics you posted) Wheel wells should be more to the front than what you've got it in current place.
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That's what I thought at first but no. I contacted Hobbyco and they are sending me a new tree from Italy. It looks like during the "parts change" on this version they forgot to change some of the parts.
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I spoke with Hobbyco and they are sending a request to Italeri. Mary Ann in Product Support was very helpful in getting the ball rolling :shoutout: I found out the lower wing I have probably goes to their Mk.II kit.
I was told it should take around 12 weeks for it to arrive.

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12 weeks?!?! :headslap: Who's got that kind of time to wait? :clockwatch: :giggles:
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