Daz's Angel **FINISHED**

[DazDaMan]

A couple of years before Bader's story hit the big screen, we had this little cracker of British post-war cinema:



The film tells the story of rookie Hurricane pilot "Septic" Baird, who joins a squadron just as the Battle of Britain starts to kick off.

Aerial sequences are a bit limited, but what there are of the six Hurricanes (five from Portugal and one from Hawkers themselves) are very nice.

My selected kit will be this one:


Now, I've never actually built one of these before, so I'm hoping there's not much trouble to be had!

I'll need to watch the film again, as I'll need to find a particular airframe to model!

[DazDaMan]

I watched the film over the weekend, and have decided to model Septic's Hurricane from the scene where he manages to shoot down a Bf110.

It's an unusual scheme, as it is standard 1940 camouflage but with later-type roundels and flashes:

[DazDaMan]

I'll finally manage to get this one on the desk later on!

I may try to get hold of another kit, too, as I dearly want to build a French-based Hurricane from the start of Battle of Britain...

[DazDaMan]

The box:


The bits:

With some paint on them.

Assembling the wings, with the cockpit parts built:


Gluing the wings and fuselage:


Attaching the wings and fuselage:


So far, not a bad old kit. A bit of a gap along the fuselage spine, but some PVA has sorted that no bother.

[JohnRatzenberger]

I think all Hurricane kits require that rubber band ....

[fredk]

A good start.
Beware the pilot's stirrup foot step; Airfix would have you put in the middle underneath whereas it should be by the port wing root trailing edge.
No shell ejector slots in bottom of wing; you could cut them out or use black decal to represent them.

[DazDaMan]

Thanks, Fred, I had wondered what that little bump was for! I'll change that later.

I never noticed the absence of shell ejection slots, though!

[DazDaMan]

Sit-rep:

Two coats of dark earth applied, and one coat of duck-egg blue underneath so far. The undersides should be finished today, and the first coat of dark green should be on later.

Then I just have to paint and assemble the undercarriage.

[DazDaMan]

Camouflage is pretty much done:


All that's left is to assemble the undercarriage so that the model can sit on its own wheels before I start decaling it.

[fredk]

Speedy, and nice.

I have, yesterday, dug out a stalled-build one. Might finish it this coming weekend. I can dream

[DazDaMan]

Go for it, Fred!

[Molly-new]

Lovely paint work Daren.

[DazDaMan]

Thanks

And now she's finished!

[JohnRatzenberger]

Nice, the codes threw me until I looked closely at the picture and saw they were reversed there.

[fredk]

That were quick.
Nice