I never saw very much wrong with the Hasagawa kit, yes the fabric affect was slightly over done, but it was a nice kit to build and it looked like a Hurricane. I can't say that I ever measured the thickness of the wing tips, seems like a measure too far to me!

It can hardly be worse than either. The Hasegawa has wingtips about five times thicker than actual, Italeri ten times... All the Hasegawa kits I have seen look like the wingtips are pointing down, owing in part to the weird wing taper that makes the wing far too thick overall... This even on builds by well-known award studded builders... Gaston[/quote] well as I now have access to a real hurricane that saw combat in ww2 maybe i'll do a bit of measuring... or maybe i'll just take a bunch of pictures and draw lines over them.....

Do all the kits mentioned look like Hurricanes? I'm pretty sure they do. Thanks again for tbe laugh Gaston!

To see if they look like a Hurricane you will need to look at the fuselage in profile. Apparently the wings are soooooooo thick that you can't actually see the fuselage from side-on ! I haven't built a Hurricane for years, will certainly grab one of these when they hit the shelves. Cheers, D

Good news. The recent Airfix kits seem to be quite good quality. I would have wished for more deal options though. Does anybody kow the story behind the box art? Seems like it is a real historic moment being pictured.

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Hi Antoni, thanks for sharing the links. Interesting story.

It can hardly be worse than either. The Hasegawa has wingtips about five times thicker than actual, Italeri ten times... All the Hasegawa kits I have seen look like the wingtips are pointing down, owing in part to the weird wing taper that makes the wing far too thick overall... This even on builds by well-known award studded builders... Gaston[/quote] well as I now have access to a real hurricane that saw combat in ww2 maybe i'll do a bit of measuring... or maybe i'll just take a bunch of pictures and draw lines over them..... [/quote] That would be a good start I'm always impressed by aircraft modelling's high standard and refined perception of critical issues... For instance, they always make sure you can tell the make of the model better than the make of the subject... It is very important to make sure you never confuse the real thing with the model: This is the wingtips on the real thing for instance, same on all variants: This on the other hand allows you to tell it is a Hasegawa kit, perhaps not five times thicker but a good three or four...: So Italeri had to go a few steps further, or else what would be the point of issuing a newer kit? (Tamiya here is happy to concur and re-issue it, as they are known to out-do all others, though not usually in the wingtips I have to admit): But you have to agree that, on that measure, the Hasegawa is holding its own with the newer kit quite well, especialy if you take account the bluntness of the leading edge radius: It just is so neat when you can tell right away this is an aircraft that would have trouble flying, with very draggy unprofiled wingtips, so everything is clear and does not lead to confusion you know? BTW, good work by some of these modellers on fixing the dihedral: Some big names forget... Gaston

has anyone noticed in the sprue shots that there is a desert air filter...and the sea hurricane arrester hook