Hawker Hurricane IIe

[Chuck E]

I like looking at how we could make old aircraft more effective in their various roles and thought of this idea. The Russian Air Force of WWII received quite a lot of Hurricanes and modified them in a similar way.

Here I have modified a Hurricane for desert use. I've added 4 x 0.5 heavy machine guns and reduced the 20mm cannon armament to two. The plan would be that each set of guns could be used separately or together. I think this would have given the Hurri a really heavy punch and rate of fire.

The idea of the modified camouflage scheme is along the lines of a white Hurricane with some upper surface camo. More along the lines of the FAA. Azure blue was a really effective camo for the Med, so I've extended it well up the sides and fin. The view from below and alongside shows only blue. From above all desert camo. I quite like it. Just a bit of fun. That's Xtracolour Azure Blue, though I feel it may be a bit light.

[Clashcityrocker]

Looks good in those colours, nice scheme too.

Nigel

[Ian]

Some thought went into the weaponry and it makes good sense to me.
Love the scheme. Nice base too.

[DavidWomby]

That looks very convincing (maybe a bit too clean).

David

[Chuck E]

I could dirty it up a bit. Light weathering. It's supposed to be just out of the desert paint shop and just ready to try out, but as it's a used airframe, a bit of weathering should be OK. I may have to just weather the camo bit. Looking at the photos, I may change the canopy too. The Academy canopy is too thin. I may have a vac-form one somewhere.

I've applied the decals and then painted over them to give the modified look.

[broadside]

Always got time for a desert scheme. Lovely model.