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I'm going to enter the fray with an Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk I. I have some after market decals so will be using them.
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Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Good choice Narayan & welcome aboard.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
My Hurricane will be based on P3395 JX-B flown by Flt. Lt. A V Clowes.
P3395 was delivered to the RAF in April 1940 and it was issued to No 1 Squadron upon the unit’s return from France in mid-June 1940.
On 2nd November 1940, after 1 Squadron had been moved to RAF Wittering in 12 Group for a period of lighter duties, P3395 suffered some relatively minor damage from a belly landing when the engine lost power on take-off, with Czech pilot Evžen Cížek at the controls. He was uninjured in the incident.
The Hurricane was passed to No 55 Operational Training Unit at RAF Aston Down on 8th November, where it stayed until being issued to No 5 Flying Training School sometime in 1941. P3395 was finally written off on 24th March 1942 when a student pilot at 5FTS landed it without lowering the undercarriage first; the aircraft slewed off the runway and crashed into a gun position, causing irreparable damage to its structure.
Pilot Officer Arthur Victor Clowes was with No 1 Squadron flying Hurricane's in France prior to the Battle of Britain. However a week after the start of the Battle of France (May 1940) his squadron were bombed out of their French base. Several retreats later it was decided on 18th June to evacuate back to Britain. On 23rd June they returned to Tangmere.
By the time of the Battle of Britain, Clowes was a 27-year-old, married man. He was now an experienced fighter pilot who had learned how to kill and how to survive. He was also an official fighter ace with, up to now, 8 confirmed kills (plus one shared unconfirmed), 3 ‘probable’ kills and two ‘damaged’.
When Clowes took on P3395 as his personal Hurricane, near the end of August 1940, he painted a fearsome looking wasp motif on both sides of the aircraft’s nose underneath the exhaust stubs. Clowes had some skill as an artist and he painted the device himself. The 1 Squadron Hurricanes also had distinctively marked propeller spinners, with a ring of ‘roundel yellow’ painted on the front of the black spinners. For every kill he scored a yellow stripe was added to the wasp.
On the first day of the London Blitz (7th September 1940) Clowes claimed 2 destroyed, 3 ‘probables’ and 2 damaged.
In September 1940 Arthur Clowes was granted a belated and well-deserved commission. By November that year he had already reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant. His final combat with 1 Squadron, which resulted in what was to be his last kill of the war, occurred on 24th October 1940, when he and ‘Hilly’ Brown shot down a German Do-215B. The German bomber crashed to earth near St Neots; 3 of the 4 crewmen were killed when they bailed out too late.
Clowes’ time with 1 Squadron ended on 23rd April 1941. Six days later he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to add to his DFM. The citation read: “This officer has displayed great skill in his engagements against the enemy, and he has destroyed at least eleven of their aircraft. His coolness and judgement on all occasions have been an inspiration to his fellow pilots.” Following this he was made a Wing Commander.
After spending some time as an instructor on Hurricane Operational Training Units, Clowes returned to operations. He served briefly with 145 Squadron before taking command of 79 Squadron (Hurricanes) in December 1941, with promotion to Squadron Leader. In April 1942 he commenced a series of staff appointments in various parts of the world, in between which he took command of 601 (County of London) Squadron (Spitfires) for three months from August 1942. He then commanded 94 Squadron (Hurricane Mk IICs) in Libya from June to September 1943, after which he was posted back to England.
An ill-judged bout of overly high spirits in the Officers’ Mess at RAF Uxbridge in November 1943 resulted in Clowes losing his left eye, which effectively put an end to his flying career. He was employed as a staff officer until, in late 1944, he accepted a permanent commission in the Secretarial Duties Branch, remaining in the RAF after the war.
Tragically, this brave, skilled and tenacious fighter pilot, who had somehow survived all that the enemy could throw at him, died in December 1949, aged only 37, from cancer of the liver. He was buried with full military honours in the quiet churchyard of St Mary Magdalene, Brampton, three days later.
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P3395 was delivered to the RAF in April 1940 and it was issued to No 1 Squadron upon the unit’s return from France in mid-June 1940.
On 2nd November 1940, after 1 Squadron had been moved to RAF Wittering in 12 Group for a period of lighter duties, P3395 suffered some relatively minor damage from a belly landing when the engine lost power on take-off, with Czech pilot Evžen Cížek at the controls. He was uninjured in the incident.
The Hurricane was passed to No 55 Operational Training Unit at RAF Aston Down on 8th November, where it stayed until being issued to No 5 Flying Training School sometime in 1941. P3395 was finally written off on 24th March 1942 when a student pilot at 5FTS landed it without lowering the undercarriage first; the aircraft slewed off the runway and crashed into a gun position, causing irreparable damage to its structure.
Pilot Officer Arthur Victor Clowes was with No 1 Squadron flying Hurricane's in France prior to the Battle of Britain. However a week after the start of the Battle of France (May 1940) his squadron were bombed out of their French base. Several retreats later it was decided on 18th June to evacuate back to Britain. On 23rd June they returned to Tangmere.
By the time of the Battle of Britain, Clowes was a 27-year-old, married man. He was now an experienced fighter pilot who had learned how to kill and how to survive. He was also an official fighter ace with, up to now, 8 confirmed kills (plus one shared unconfirmed), 3 ‘probable’ kills and two ‘damaged’.
When Clowes took on P3395 as his personal Hurricane, near the end of August 1940, he painted a fearsome looking wasp motif on both sides of the aircraft’s nose underneath the exhaust stubs. Clowes had some skill as an artist and he painted the device himself. The 1 Squadron Hurricanes also had distinctively marked propeller spinners, with a ring of ‘roundel yellow’ painted on the front of the black spinners. For every kill he scored a yellow stripe was added to the wasp.
On the first day of the London Blitz (7th September 1940) Clowes claimed 2 destroyed, 3 ‘probables’ and 2 damaged.
In September 1940 Arthur Clowes was granted a belated and well-deserved commission. By November that year he had already reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant. His final combat with 1 Squadron, which resulted in what was to be his last kill of the war, occurred on 24th October 1940, when he and ‘Hilly’ Brown shot down a German Do-215B. The German bomber crashed to earth near St Neots; 3 of the 4 crewmen were killed when they bailed out too late.
Clowes’ time with 1 Squadron ended on 23rd April 1941. Six days later he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to add to his DFM. The citation read: “This officer has displayed great skill in his engagements against the enemy, and he has destroyed at least eleven of their aircraft. His coolness and judgement on all occasions have been an inspiration to his fellow pilots.” Following this he was made a Wing Commander.
After spending some time as an instructor on Hurricane Operational Training Units, Clowes returned to operations. He served briefly with 145 Squadron before taking command of 79 Squadron (Hurricanes) in December 1941, with promotion to Squadron Leader. In April 1942 he commenced a series of staff appointments in various parts of the world, in between which he took command of 601 (County of London) Squadron (Spitfires) for three months from August 1942. He then commanded 94 Squadron (Hurricane Mk IICs) in Libya from June to September 1943, after which he was posted back to England.
An ill-judged bout of overly high spirits in the Officers’ Mess at RAF Uxbridge in November 1943 resulted in Clowes losing his left eye, which effectively put an end to his flying career. He was employed as a staff officer until, in late 1944, he accepted a permanent commission in the Secretarial Duties Branch, remaining in the RAF after the war.
Tragically, this brave, skilled and tenacious fighter pilot, who had somehow survived all that the enemy could throw at him, died in December 1949, aged only 37, from cancer of the liver. He was buried with full military honours in the quiet churchyard of St Mary Magdalene, Brampton, three days later.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Is this their new tool offering? If so it's great little kit.
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It is indeed Toby. I'm looking forward to this one.
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Crooked cops. Do they come any other way? If I'd been just a little dumber, I could have joined the force myself.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Wow, local history (if this is Cambridgeshire), as I live in the St Neots area and Brampton is a little way down the road!. Better build something!. 
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!! 
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Well my son smashed the TV this morning so now I've no excuse not to get started on this one this evening. In fact the next opportunity I'm going to have to get a new TV will be Friday so I could get a lot done on this this week!
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
So to the kit. The new tool Airfix Mk. I Hurricane.
As with the new tool Airfix I have seen the instructions got a bit of an upgrade. Pity they don't name each part though.
Nicely detailed parts on the sprues. I forgot to photograph the clear parts.
The decals I got are quite sparse but along with the kit I have most of what I need. Most.
What I don't have are the fuselage roundels. The ones that come with the kit have a thin yellow outer ring. This should be thicker for this aircraft. I can rob a set from another kit anyway so no loss there.
Something I did notice when doing research on the aircraft was the yellow stripe on the spinner. This isn't on the decal sheet, the nose appeared all black.
And so it begins.
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As with the new tool Airfix I have seen the instructions got a bit of an upgrade. Pity they don't name each part though.
Nicely detailed parts on the sprues. I forgot to photograph the clear parts.
The decals I got are quite sparse but along with the kit I have most of what I need. Most.
What I don't have are the fuselage roundels. The ones that come with the kit have a thin yellow outer ring. This should be thicker for this aircraft. I can rob a set from another kit anyway so no loss there.
Something I did notice when doing research on the aircraft was the yellow stripe on the spinner. This isn't on the decal sheet, the nose appeared all black.
And so it begins.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
One of the BBMF Hurricanes wears that exact paint scheme - they're usually a good reference.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
I don't think the colour scheme shown on the decals matches the actual aircraft judging by the picture of the plane itself. The tail looks wrong for a start. There were scheme A and scheme B markings for Hurricanes. Not sure which is the correct underside either, sky or sky and black. So I'll do some further research on that.
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
The photo shows the Hurricane wearing the A-scheme, which was usually applied to aircraft with an even-numbered serial.
The BBMF aircraft wears it correctly. It is also sky only underneath.
The BBMF aircraft wears it correctly. It is also sky only underneath.
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Good choice. I've done the early Mk1 version of this and it's a very nice kit. Are you going to do the pilot in a white flying suit? It makes a nice bit of variety ....and you know that it's accurate
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Those were the colours / scheme I was thinking alright. Thanks Daren.DazDaMan wrote:The photo shows the Hurricane wearing the A-scheme, which was usually applied to aircraft with an even-numbered serial.
The BBMF aircraft wears it correctly. It is also sky only underneath.
Well I wasn't going to do the pilot but now you mention it, it would be rude not to really wouldn't it?Purplethistle wrote:Good choice. I've done the early Mk1 version of this and it's a very nice kit. Are you going to do the pilot in a white flying suit? It makes a nice bit of variety ....and you know that it's accurate
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Re: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I
Narayan,
I don't know how accurate you want your model to be, but wasn't Clowe's Hurri a metal wing one? The Airfix one has the fabric wing. There are also some differences to the shape of the windscreen between early and later Mk 1s, and it looks like Clowe's machine had the blunt Rotol prop and spinner, rather then the more pointed de Havilland one.
Are you cross-kitting, or is the above just JMN nonsense from me as usual?
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Martin
I don't know how accurate you want your model to be, but wasn't Clowe's Hurri a metal wing one? The Airfix one has the fabric wing. There are also some differences to the shape of the windscreen between early and later Mk 1s, and it looks like Clowe's machine had the blunt Rotol prop and spinner, rather then the more pointed de Havilland one.
Are you cross-kitting, or is the above just JMN nonsense from me as usual?
regards,
Martin
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