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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.






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



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.



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.



The cockpit and engine are in their place.



More to come

That looks very nice indeed!

Stikpusher wrote:That looks very nice indeed!

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. Better yet, where does it go? Fuselage? Wings?

That is Version A - RAF 274 Sdn, Gerawla, Egypt 1941.

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.

Looks to me you glued them on backasswards... (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.

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.

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 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.

Steve

12 weeks?!?! Who's got that kind of time to wait?