Hawker Hurricane IIc Academy 1997 tool

Guy Rump
Next one to build is the Hurricane IIc. An Academy model from 1997, this will be OOB. 🙂

Jan Peters
Cool subject, I like the Hurricane, as it has always stood in the shadow of the Spitfire. Gotta love the underdog 🙂

Guy Rump
Agree Jan, I do like the Hurricane (as well as the Spitfire! ) 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air interior grey green added to internal to fuselage, cockpit and wheel wells. 🙂

Guy Rump
Fuselage together. propeller Vallejo Model Air black and Humbrol yellow tips. Nose Vallejo Model Air Sky. 🙂

Jan Peters
Nice progress Guy.

Guy Rump
Thanks Jan! 👍

Guy Rump
Tail plane on, cockpit on and masked. 🙂

Guy Rump
Primer on and pre-shading 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Dark Earth added on top of fuselage. Dark green camouflage to go on next. 🙂

Jan Peters
Looking good Guy, the pre shading is nice.

Guy Rump
Thanks Jan, I tried to balance the amount of paint but still show the shadow of the pre-shading. 👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air BS Dark Green added to top and Model Air Sky Type S to underneath. 🙂

Jan Peters
Looking as smooth as silk Guy.

Guy Rump
Thanks Jan 👍

David Januska
Nice piece of classic bird 👍.

Guy Rump
Many thanks David 👍

Rui
I just completed this kit in FAP markings…

Hawker Hurricane IIc, Esquadrilha VX, Aeronáutica Militar Portuguesa | Album by GrenadeBait (1:72)

The project was a lot of fun. The kit is relatively decent quality given the low cost, but the build sequence having the propeller on really makes other work like sanding and painting difficult, and I see you have had to mask off the propeller as I did.

My prop was fully finished when it went on so I encased the whole unit with a paper and tape envelope. It was left on until the end when I applied the final sealer overall.

For this scale and cost the cockpit detail is great but the canopy is a problem because there is no easy was to pose it open to reveal the great cockpit detail.

I'm watch you build with interest and to see where I could have done better. So far so good. It looks like a great bird. Looking forward to the markings and weathering, as I have a second kit that I plan to do in RAF markings.

Cheers, 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks Rui for the tips and your kind comments 👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo gloss varnish applied. Decals were affixed, a couple of issues as some of the decals tore so had to be realigned. 🙂

Saeed Jamali
very nice👌👌👌

Bruce Huxtable
Looks very smart indeed. Great work, Guy 👍🙂

Bas Tonn
Aha, the classic Hurricane vs. Spitfire discussion 😉
Following !!

I vote Spitfire, but i have a Hurricane in the stash (got it as a gift)

Robert Podkoński
Looks really good already. Keep it up, Guy!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Saeed, Bruce, Bas and Robert! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Great build Guy...but the decals seem still out of register, no problem indeed,👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Changed the roundel decals as wasn't happy with them. ( I agreed with you Moreno, the roundels as supplied had a white border which didn't seem right)
Applied matt varnish.
Added undercarriage and cannon.
Panel washed with Ammo Mig black. (I think I left it to dry for too long as it was difficult to get off the excess). I have decided that is now part of the weathering.
Added some chips to wings and prop blades.
Added some weathering using Tamiya and Vallejo weathering powders.
I now declare this complete. The aircraft denotes a 3 Sqn RAF aircraft flying from RAF Stapleford Tawney in 1941. 🙂

Gary Kitchen
Great finish Guy. My 303/Zumbach one is almost done-just fiddling with the canopy. Also taking useful reference points from your Airfix Stuka for one I'm doing too. 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Great finish Guy and perfect job on the new decals👍🏻👍🏻😀

Guy Rump
Very many thanks Gary and Moreno. 👍

Jan Peters
It turned out great Guy. Maybe you can touch up the fin flashes with some paint, as there seems to be a bit of white showing either side.

Guy Rump
Thanks Jan, Unfortunately, the decals provided had white showing on the upper wing and tail flashes. I replaced the wing ones with roundels I had. A good point though! 👍

Charlie Spitfire
like a lot of people i tend to love the spit over any other aircraft but still have a soft spot for the hurricane but very nice build looks good

Rewop
Very nice. Well done.

Guy Rump
Very many thanks Charlie and Rewop 👍

Jan Peters
Its always disapointing when decals are out of register, we've all been there. Seems a shame on such a lovely paintjob.

Charlie Spitfire
love the detail

Guy Rump
Thanks for your kind comments Jan and Charlie. @ Jan, I agree, the decals weren't the best. I'll see if I can dig out replacements for the tail. I'll get back to you. 👍

Rui
Looks good. Like the weather; especially around the casing ejection ports 👍
I built my copy in FAP service, so I did not use the kit decals, but I had a look at mine and they are not that great either. Generally I have found the Academy decals to be ok; not bad, but not good either.

Moreno Baruffini
I recently did an error applying decals on my Spitfire and I easily found some spare in the Italeri box. They are quite common, but it's to be considered if they worth the effort

Guy Rump
Replacement decals have now been added to the tail. I think it has improved the look. 🙂

Jan Peters
Yes, it makes a difference, worth the fuz🙂

Moreno Baruffini
I agree with Jan. Good job!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Jan and Moreno. Happy Christmas mates! 👍