1/72 classic Hurricane kit S-B? *** Complete & Archived ***

[Gregers]

Same here. I am getting precious little kit time of late. Not even started my Buccaneer yet. Need to finish my F111 and Matchbox Hurricane that I started two years ago. Had to take my Chevvy van apart because it didn't line up when I tried to add the rear panel. Only got as far as drawings on how to improve the Airfix Bloodhound set Landrover (not a small job on a very small model).
Still. The Hurricane is a quick and easy build (famous last words)

All the best

Greg

[Stuart]

I'll still be in David! (Apologies for the late reply - been a busy weekend!)

[JohnRatzenberger]

So Stuart makes 7.
I'd rather not change the basic structure of an SB (single thread per SB) so I'll go ahead and make a Classic Hurricane GB. We'll see how all this shakes out but I suspect longer GBs will become the new normal, something many have wanted - we'll see.

Is 2 May a good start date or would you rather it later ?

[lancfan]

We now have seven builders and are about become a group Build. Welcome aboard everyone for a trip into the past.
Crashpilot
Gregers
jRatz
Lancfan
MarkyM607
Stuart
TeeELL

John is ready to set this up as soon as the 2 May, this suits me as I have 6 Classic Hurricanes ready to go now. Is everyone OK with that date ? please shout out ASAP as it is the 27 April .

[ucontrol2000]

Lancfan, can you list the scheduled Classic Hurricanes?
Thanks

[lancfan]

Here is a list of all (those I can find) of the suitable kits.
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane IV RP 1957 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1979(all boxings)
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane I/IIB 1972 (all boxings)
1/48 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1979 (all boxings)
1/24 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1973 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Aoshima Hurricane IID 1969 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Frog (and spawn) Hurricane F.IIc 1967 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Heller Hurricane Mk IIc (and spawn) 1977 (all boxings)
1/72 scale KeilKraft Plastic Hurricane Mk.IIc 1969
1/72 scale Matchbox Hurricane Mk II 1972 (all boxings)
1/48 scale Monogram Hurricane 1964 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Revell Hurricane Mk I 1962 (all boxings)
1/32 scale Revell Hurricane Mk.I 1967 (all boxings)

[Stuart]

The 2nd of May is good for me David!

Just looking at your list - are you allowing 1/48 and 1/32 as well? If so that makes it interesting. The old tool Airfix 1/48 Hurricane was a lovely kit and I certainly wouldn't mind building another alongside my Matchbox one.

[lancfan]

They came up when I searched online to compile the list and as fredk has an Airfix 1/24 kit to hand I thought- why not?

[Stuart]

They came up when I searched online to compile the list and as fredk has an Airfix 1/24 kit to hand I thought- why not?

Cool!

[lancfan]

I was surprised at just how many classic Hurricane kits there were.

[Stuart]

I was surprised at just how many classic Hurricane kits there were.

A few more than I realised, but I guess it's an eternally popular subject. What I do find interesting is how well most of the old kits I've built go together.

[lancfan]

Probably because they were not OVER engineered.

[DavidWomby]

I was surprised at just how many classic Hurricane kits there were.

I'm not. After all, YCHTMH.

David

[lancfan]

True, very true.

[ucontrol2000]

Here is a list of all (those I can find) of the suitable kits.
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane IV RP 1957 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1979(all boxings)
1/72 scale Airfix Hurricane I/IIB 1972 (all boxings)
1/48 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1979 (all boxings)
1/24 scale Airfix Hurricane Mk I 1973 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Aoshima Hurricane IID 1969 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Frog (and spawn) Hurricane F.IIc 1967 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Heller Hurricane Mk IIc (and spawn) 1977 (all boxings)
1/72 scale KeilKraft Plastic Hurricane Mk.IIc 1969
1/72 scale Matchbox Hurricane Mk II 1972 (all boxings)
1/48 scale Monogram Hurricane 1964 (all boxings)
1/72 scale Revell Hurricane Mk I 1962 (all boxings)
1/32 scale Revell Hurricane Mk.I 1967 (all boxings)

Great project. I will follow with great interest. Thanks