Justin's workbench.

[bromo]

Lynx turned out really good and you seem to have really got the aircraft bug wait till the stash monster relly takes hold of you.

Martin

[Justin1980]

Well some more progress,







I hope I am doing the model justice!

Justin

[Saxon]

Does the Hurricane come with the Rocket Pods under the wings as shown on the box?

[IrishAir]

Does the Hurricane come with the Rocket Pods under the wings as shown on the box?

I think those are external fuel tanks, I think the Mk IV was the only variant to carry rockets.

Cheers,
Paul

[Justin1980]

Saxon,

Paul is right they are fuel tanks, by the insructions you can build a number of variants,

Mk I - Clean no hard points
MkIIB - Bombs or the depicted fuel tanks
Mk IID - Two 40mm AT cannons
Mk IV - Rockets

Hope this helps and thanks Paul

Justin

[Saxon]

ahhh i wasn't sure if they were rocket pods and fuel tanks! I haven't seen many 1/72 scale Hurricanes with anything under the wings.

[Justin1980]

And the building is complete, now just need to make it look half decent (hairy stick time!)







Any tips on wheel painting? Mine were mmmmm best not use that language!!!!

Justin

[Stupot]

Hi justin,

I always mount my wheels on the end of a cocktail stick as its much easier to handle and paint them that way. It looks like you used black on the tyres? I often use humbrol matt black and find that where there is a rim it helps to thin the paint a little so that when carefully applied it just flows around the edge. I nearly always leave the wheels, undercarriage doors and legs off until the model is finished - I find it easier to paint them seperately.

Hope it helps.

Stu

[Justin1980]

Cheers Stu, will have to try that next time, I did use matt black on the wheels.

Well the painting has commenced







Justin

[MerlinJones]

When I do camo, I paint the whole upper surface the one paler colour and then add the darker colour on top. I find I reduce brush marks this way and saves time faffing about trying to replicate the pattern twice.
My weak points are canopies.
I now mask these first and add them before I start the painting. Masked, I can just slap the paint on, without worrying about spoiling the paint later.

Regards,
Bruce

[Justin1980]

Thanks Bruce,

I dont think I am ready yet to mask the canopy! I may try it on the next build. As for the camo I painted the whole model with the grey before I started adding the Green, just needs to be finished then add a second coat. Have throughly enjoyed the Hurricane, just need a Mark 1 Spitfire then a couple of german aircraft, Uh oh more for the stash !

Justin

[IrishAir]

Hurricane looks great so far. I myself have just started masking canopies, I really jumped in the deep end with a lancaster canopy. I normally do them with a cocktail stick.
I don't know whether it is an illusion or not but the spinner on the Hurricane seems to be a tad to big, I wonder is it a problem with the kit?

Cheers,
Paul

[Justin1980]

Cheers Paul,

I am not sure if it is too big but I can see what you mean from the picture, wonder if anyone out there knows if its to scale or not? As for masking, I think I may try something a little smaller than a lancaster !

Justin

[Motley]

Lovely looking paint job so far again im another modeller who has only just started painting the canopies, personnally i dont like the masking the method and just try free hand with a small bruch and a cocktail stick to wipe away the bits i dont want, got a real challenge next, a 1/144 Lancaster canopy

[Dirkpitt289]

The Hurricane is looking good. I paint my tires gunmetal as I find the black is to dark. The gunmetal gives the tire a slight bluish tint which I think is more realistic looking. As for canopies, they are a tough one for me. I suck at masking, and horrible at the cocktail stick. I usually result to masking one or two frames at a time but it takes so damn long.