Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Matchbox Hawker Hurricane IIC

[Lee Drennen]

Got a little done this evening. The guns were still not dry when I took the pic so I’ll have fine tune them when I put the wings on.

 

[adt70hk]

Matchbox two-tone plastic......now that brings back memories! Good luck with it Lee!

Andrew

 

[Lee Drennen]

Ready for paint. I really wasn’t impressed with this build I thought this Matchbox kit would be a lot better to go together than expected there were some fit issues but the fuselage went together nicely.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Good luck with your painting Lee. That must be quite a small model to work on at 1/72

 

[Jim R]

Looking fine Lee. I suppose you have to expect fit problems with a kit which is 50 years old.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Good luck with your painting Lee. That must be quite a small model to work on at 1/72

Yes it is but it will be good practice for me to do more Camo schemes

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looking fine Lee. I suppose you have to expect fit problems with a kit which is 50 years old.

Thanks Jim. I guess I was high hoping being what the reviews were. I don’t think I’ll be building much Matchbox in the future

 

[Lee Drennen]

Matchbox two-tone plastic......now that brings back memories! Good luck with it Lee!

Andrew

Thanks Andrew. I really don’t like this color combo plastic at all

 

[Lee Drennen]

Got some painting done today. First I painted a base coat of gray then I outlined my Camo pattern within a pencil. Next I thought I would try out my New Airbrush my wife bought me last fall. This is my first time using it so I thought I would be good practice on this build. The cordless brush is nice for a beginner like me. I have some over spray on it next time I will mask with Modeling clay. I’ll re-paint the gray to get rid of the over spray by hand painting it after I think about this I wonder if I should just stick to hand painting my Camo like I’ve done for years but playing with the airbrush was fun and a great learning curve.

 

[Geoffers]

Good work with your new airbrush Lee, looking very nice

Geoff.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Good work with your new airbrush Lee, looking very nice

Geoff.

Thanks Geoff I did miss some spots so I’m going back over it on the tail section where I missed. I’ll try some modeling clay for a mask and see if it works.

 

[JR]

Looks fine to me Lee.
Nice to see you have an new ab as well .

 

[yak face]

Looking great lee , cheers tony

 

[Tworrs]

Very nice Lee, that new AB does a great job.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looks fine to me Lee.
Nice to see you have an new ab as well .

Thanks John. I’m really nervous using it but maybe a couple more times I’ll get my confidence built up.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looking great lee , cheers tony

Thanks Tony I appreciate the complement.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice Lee, that new AB does a great job.

Thanks for the complement it’s not bad I just got to learn how to use it lol. I like the cordless compressor a lot.

 

[Lee Drennen]

This morning I finished the airbrushing of the black Camo. Here’s my thoughts about Airbrushing. It’s very time consuming with the mixing, thinning of paint and the cleaning up of the Airbrush. I figured with all that time involved and still did not get the results I wanted is not worth it to me. I could have hand painted this whole thing in in less time it took me messing with the Airbrush. I think the Airbrush would be handy in painting the bottom of Aircraft’s that need a light coat or a fading effect but for me not a basic Camo paint scheme. I’ll go back to my old ways of painting like I’ve done for over 45 years Hand painting model planes. It was a great learning curve. Will I put it away forever????Of course not I will use it when I think it’s needed. Thanks for the complements.

 

[Jim R]

That's looking rather good Lee. Airbrush v hairy stick is so often a difficult and personal choice. Definitely turning out far better than the old kit deserves. Well done. Decals will really make it stand out.

 

[Lee Drennen]

personal choice.

Thanks Jim. Me personally I prefer the Hairy stick of course. Yes I hope the decals work.