1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I

I believe all things Hawker, prop or jet....This GB is kindly being moderated by Mr. John Eaton (jeaton01)
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Spent a few scattered minutes at a time throughout the day painting the pilot. Here he is in the cockpit. Stick is too short to place hands on it, Tried everything to get him to get a attachment. No dice. I'm calling him done. Once the canopy is closed, no one is gonna see it anyway.

I used Testors RAF Blue Grey, RAF Trainer Yellow, French Tan for belts, Weathered Black for boots, RLM 23 White for hands (further research I found out WW2 RAF pilots wore white gloves) I stopped by Hobby Lobby this afternoon to pick up Testors airbrush thinner and a couple Vallejo colors - Medium Fleshtone (pilot's face) and Brown Leather - for headgear. After it dried, I went over it with a light coat of Testors Black Detail Wash. Once that was dried, I gently dabbed it off with a moist sponge dipped in water wiping off excess wash. I was happy with how it came out.


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Well done.
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Dude he looks great - really nice job. Hit him with a flat coat and a wash and your golden. Really nicely done
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He turned out well. There is not much more you can do with a 1/48 figure.
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Thank you. It really means a lot to hear that. This gives me a little confidence in figure painting.
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Following along!
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Figure looks great!
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I'd say you nailed that guy perfectly. Way to go!
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Thanks, guys...
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Considering this Airfix is dated about 2005 and pretty much bare bones, Definitely not like John's Airfix Hurricane kit.

Cockpit on lower wings. Yeah... pretty dismal with the huge lack of detailing for the "office".

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John got it right with color of wheel wells. Instruction guide assigns it as Interior green. Looking at the actual pics, on the real Hurricane it looks more a silver dope color. I mixed RAF Interior Green with Aluminum and a few drops of white.. I lightly airbrushed it over RAF Interior Green I had already painted prior to researching the wheel well actual true color.

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The real color of the Hawker Hurricane wheel well.

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“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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