Italieri 1/48 hawker hurricane

[Alan 45]

This is the engine I won't be showing it in the complete build but I will show it in the MKIIC I have but I think it's a nice little thing to show View attachment 82999

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[eddiesolo]

Looking good Al, some nice details.

Si

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers Si on the one I will show it in I'll paint all the wires and tubing to give it more detail

Glad you like it cheers mate

Fuselage and wings now on and a little bit of filler needed on the port wing and the realisation that this is why it's best not to paint an aircraft on the sprue View attachment 83002

 

[dubster72]

Nice engine Alan, surprisingly detailed! Maybe I'll take back some of my negative views about Italeri

Hmm I did wonder what the perceived advantage was of painting on the sprue!

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers Patrick , I won't do it again I can tell you

 

[Alan 45]

Update she now complete just got to finish off the painting put decals on and weathering View attachment 83018

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[dubster72]

The more I look at it, the more impressed I am that you've brush painted it Alan!

It's coming together very well.

 

[Alan 45]

Thank you Patrick

Got one side of the plane decaledView attachment 83020

 

[dubster72]

Speedy Gonzalez! I'm still thinking about doing something & you're nearly finished!

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

Even though I spent most of yesterday faffing around with an AB I did manage to do something on this , it's a quite detailed cockpit and you get the pe for the instrument panel and the seat harness both are detailed although you have to manipulate the harness to get it in the seat and the instrument decal goes under the pe for the panel and it doesn't match properly but is hardly noticeable View attachment 83185View attachment 83186

Yep, I have done that before when I first started using my AB lol fascinating things they are....

John

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

Great build mate! As others have said, they have steered clear of Italeri. Funny because I also have not built an Italeri kit since I built their P-51F mustang. Found it was a terrible tooling with sparse cockpit detail, raised panel lines...... But your build has really made me rethink my opinion about it. Never knew they had multi media kits for aircraft.

John

 

[flyjoe180]

Really good work Alan, this is looking the bees knees mate. As for Italeri, I have built a few of their aircraft and helicopters now and am generally impressed. Yes they have a few bad ones (which model company doesn't) but a quick online read of some honest reviews can help you to avoid the bad ones. Their decals are top quality too. Some weird little errors on some of their aircraft, but nothing that can't be fixed.

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers lads I'm glad you like it

This kit is not without it's problems , the first one I made wasn't a bad kit to build but it said it was new moulds and was ok this one although looks the same isn't , I've had a few problems with the fit of parts and had to fill some areas but on the whole it's not the worst kit I've made

Next up will be the hurricane IIC which will be the sea version as I've nicked the parts from it to make this one a MK I

 

[Alan 45]

Decals are all on , I don't like these decals they are strong but they take a long time to stick I had to do one side then leave it overnight

Final pics in this thread the next time you will see it will be in the completed section mounted on a base with a Douglas Bader figure View attachment 83041

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[eddiesolo]

Very, very nice Alan, looks superb mate. Great detailing and workmanship.

Si

 

[Alan 45]

Very, very nice Alan, looks superb mate. Great detailing and workmanship.Si

Cheers mate but just one question

Are you referring to the model or the box art :D

 

[eddiesolo]

Cheers mate but just one questionAre you referring to the model or the box art :D

I have the right to remain silent...anything I do say may be used to show what a plonker I am. :D

Oh, okay, the box art...:rolleyes:

Si

 

[colin m]

Even though I spent most of yesterday faffing around with an AB I did manage to do something on this , it's a quite detailed cockpit and you get the pe for the instrument panel and the seat harness both are detailed although you have to manipulate the harness to get it in the seat and the instrument decal goes under the pe for the panel and it doesn't match properly but is hardly noticeable View attachment 83185View attachment 83186

I had that with mine. Too late now, but the answer was just cut the decal up into a couple of pieces.

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Alan. Your decals would adhere better on a gloss coat which you can then cover later with a flat/matt varnish to seal it all in.

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers joe I did coat it with a matt clear so that could be the problem thanks for the input