Joel ,

For earth tones have you thought about using white instead of the light grey for the molting over the black base ? . Maybe even flipping the colours around . White base with black molting .

I seen a few folks trying different methods with the basing and playing around with it .

Anyway Joel , she is looking very sharp so far . Very nice job on the camo



Terri

I'm cross posting this question as I just can't find a picture of the leading edge of the Hurricane Mk1 wing. The Airfix kit has the .303 MG barrels stopping halfway through the wing spar. There is no barrel that goes into the leading edge so you can actually see the front of the barrel. The leading edge does have deep recessed depressions for the barrels, but no barrels.

Were the gun openings taped, have a plug, or did they in fact remain open where you could see the front of the barrel?

Any and all info especially any pictures would be great appreciated.

Joel

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I'm cross posting this question as I just can't find a picture of the leading edge of the Hurricane Mk1 wing. The Airfix kit has the .303 MG barrels stopping halfway through the wing spar. There is no barrel that goes into the leading edge so you can actually see the front of the barrel. The leading edge does have deep recessed depressions for the barrels, but no barrels.

Were the gun openings taped, have a plug, or did they in fact remain open where you could see the front of the barrel?

Any and all info especially any pictures would be great appreciated.

Joel

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For the Hurri Mk I the gun barrels were recessed from the leading edge. Typically they were covered by doped (red / brown) fabric to prevent object/dust/ice ingestion. Ground crew would know if the guns had been fired before being post flight briefed by the pilot by the flapping fabric remains accordingly.

well that certainly makes a huge difference. The colours look spot on Joel!

well that certainly makes a huge difference. The colours look spot on Joel!

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well that certainly makes a huge difference. The colours look spot on Joel!

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Agree with Russell Joel , much better

Terri
Thanks for checking it out. Just goes to show you have a simple thing can cause major issues.

Joel




Terri

Looking very nice indeed Joel - I admire your photography and lighting knowledge and your work ethic in making them right . I am afraid that even if I had your skill set in these matters I would not put that much effort into it- for me it is simply try to minimize shadows an take the shot with the I pad !

Regarding Nor'easters - I have lived on a small barrier island year round all my life (65 years in July )and have experienced more of them than I can count and I'm pretty well sick of them. I am amused by the weather pundits terminology regarding storms like Sandy - they refer to them as " Hundred Year Events " . I have experienced and thankfully survived 3 of them . My math makes them closer to
" Twenty-One Year Events ". Let's see how the media will sensationalize this new one.
Cheers -Richard

Gee Whiz Joel,
You are ripping along with this one.
I'm still plodding along with the 'stang, I can start decaling
now so that's good.

It's been raining heavily here. While the weather has been exceptional we have been hit by the tail end of 3 big low pressure systems so wind and rain then she fines up and its nice.

Chris

Looking good Joel.

I’m at about the same stage with mine 😊
Biggest problem is the 1/24th Hurricane tempting me from the stash now,
compounded by reading Tom Neil’s “Gun Button To Fire”

Can I resist?

Joel, your Hurri looks really nice now with the decals on, though I'm still sceptical about your Dark Earth ....

Airfix decals were always good to work with, even in the times when their kits weren't. Last weekend I've got 2 new Airfix kits, the decals are made by Cartograph, so they are good and look very tasty btw. It's a Spit Vb and a Hawker Sea Fury I bought and the Sea Fury might even approach on my workbench soon for the HOOTM Campaign ....

Torsten

Awesome job on the decaling Joel , she is really starting to came together as a whole . Love it !


Terri

Hi Joel

Great progress. I must admit I share Torsten's concerns about the colours, but I've never tried the Mig paints myself - and it's what you see in front of you that counts, not how it comes out on screen. If it looks good through a Mk.1 Eyeball, that's all that matters.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Joel.
I am with Rowan regarding "Eyeball MkI" when it comes to colours. Official colours have come to mean little to me regarding model paints. As an artist of little talent it is obvious for the need to approximate tint and hue to the circumstance of the subject and modelling is really art in 3-D.
The Dark Earth-Dark Green scheme is very familiar to me as the "Battle of Britain" is where my main interest lies. Having painted British model aircraft in prescribed, original tones I soon became disappointed by dark, ugly blobs of plastic. Only when I started to look at paintings by excellent aviation artists did I realise the natural colours appeared quite different from those mixed in a laboratory. Humbrol 30 and Humbrol 26 became a base-line, with different mixing of greens or browns to them to suit the subject in hand. I simply apply the impression of a camouflaged aeroplane that may be fresh or worn. No two are exactly the same. Dark Earth on a model "appears" different when the Dark Green is applied, so the green I use for Bf109's is the same as for a Hurricane, the grey changing the green to the eye.
Colour is something easily done if you take your time, and above all trust your own judgment.

Cheers

Karl.