Dirk's 1/72 Airfix Hurricane of Johnny "Red" **COMPLETED**
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Briliant and very different.
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It looks stunning. Decals makes all the difference, as roughly painted on they look perfect! Real cartoonish.
Hooray to you for doing something different. This was very interesting.
And I'm still fascinated by how lovely that red color looks.
But Dirk .......
Decals are out of register!!
Sissel
Hooray to you for doing something different. This was very interesting.
And I'm still fascinated by how lovely that red color looks.
But Dirk .......
Decals are out of register!!
Sissel
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Thank you so much everyone. I have to admit I really enjoyed doing this. I can only imagine what it must be like doing this same thing with two or three other people in the same house together (Shameful jab at those Blitz House Blokes who didn't pony up this time round).
Outdoor early morning before I go to work photos will be posted in the gallery shortly
Outdoor early morning before I go to work photos will be posted in the gallery shortly
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Well Done, Dirk! Well Done!
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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Excellent, Dirk ! And the panel lines really make it pop out !
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Great blitz build there Dirk. It looks stunning in that red.
cheers
Andrew
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Thanks Andrew. It's no perfect but I like it. I can't wait to get the Mosquito next.
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Definitely a theme worth pursuing, Dirk.
Besides the Mossie, what else might there be?
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Besides the Mossie, what else might there be?
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There's a mass of comic inspired models that could be built; in fact from memory, SAM or SAMI did a couple of articles complete with colour profiles on this in the late 90s...here's another couple...
I haven't got gotten round to grabbing some screenshots yet but there's also the Beaufighter from The Mummy:Curse of the Emperors Tomb, complete with entry door just after of the starboard wing for shooting at and hand-launching bombs at supernatural bad guys...
I haven't got gotten round to grabbing some screenshots yet but there's also the Beaufighter from The Mummy:Curse of the Emperors Tomb, complete with entry door just after of the starboard wing for shooting at and hand-launching bombs at supernatural bad guys...
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Could this also be extended to the 'Biggles' books and Commando comics?
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Re: Dirk's 1/72 Airfix Hurricane of Johnny "Red" **COMPLETED
'It' could...and there are the Air Ace Picture Library, etc..lancfan wrote:Could this also be extended to the 'Biggles' books and Commando comics?
David.
However, I was curious only about a range of red Johnny Red subjects, as these would be quite distinctive on their own.
As for Biggles, there's a SIG somewhere!
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I'm still reading through the Johnny Red comic and am still in 1977 (goes through 87 I believe). There are tons of planes throughout the comic like Mig3's and La 5's but nothing that stands out as the Hurricane and Mosquito. There was a B-17 that made a frequent appearance called Bombshell.MerlinJones wrote:Definitely a theme worth pursuing, Dirk.
Besides the Mossie, what else might there be?
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From memory here's a list of aircraft in the series.
Hurricane mk's 1 and 2
PE2
PO2
IL2
I 16
1 15
VARIOUS YAKS
SUKHOI SU2
SPITFIRES
B25
MOSSIE
CATALINA
PE8
P39
MIG3
Hope his helps. and a Jonny Red G/B is a great idea.
All the best.
Greg
Hurricane mk's 1 and 2
PE2
PO2
IL2
I 16
1 15
VARIOUS YAKS
SUKHOI SU2
SPITFIRES
B25
MOSSIE
CATALINA
PE8
P39
MIG3
Hope his helps. and a Jonny Red G/B is a great idea.
All the best.
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Were these all red with a skull motif?
(And who said GB? )
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(And who said GB? )
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To the best of my knowledge only the hurri and mossi had the red with skulls. A johnny red group build would be cool but do you make it any aircraft that appeared in battle comics or distinct to johnny red? If its just aircraft that appeared in jr you can build just about anything because every type of aircraft appeared in the comic. if you make it distinct to the comic you can only do stuff like johnny's hurricane the mosey the b 17 bomber shell or any aircraft with the red falcon logo on the side which is a pretty cool logo. Of course there is also jr's hurricane in standard sea hurricane dress but with the falcon logo.
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