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ARMA Hobby has announced that they will be releasing a new tool 1/72 scale Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC over the next month or two

Keeping promises, today we present the new model from Arma Hobby. It has not been three weeks since the release of Yak-1b and the next kit will appear soon. See what we have prepared this time!
The next model from Arma Hobby, with new tools, is: Hawker Hurricane II C!
Why are we going back to Hurricane? The answer to this question is quite simple because we can do it – even better in the next version! Thanks to the experience gathered during the designing of the Mk. I model and the following Yak-1b, I could do “Hurry” again, and I hope it’s even better. The history of our models is a continuous development, acquiring new skills, both by myself and by a team of people in the tool workshop. I wanted to quickly test the knowledge I gained on something relatively simple to design. A kit that we already developed a lot. Aeroplane for which we see high demand from modellers. Therefore, the choice of Hurricane Mk. II c was obvious.

Old or new project?
From the previous project of the Mk. I version I took the shape of the fuselage (rear part), as well as wings and tailplane. However, all the rest is an entirely new project. While maintaining a similar division of kit parts as in the Mk. I, I have improved the new model in many aspects. Let’s see a list of project changes quickly:
●New propeller design, one-piece, easier assembly, with a simplified method of attachment to the fuselage. I kept “kinetic realism” in the form of a spinning propeller, of course.
●A new connector section of the upper surface of the wings, imitating the pilot’s cabin floor.
●Main landing gear bays enriched with rivets. In the review of the model Mk.I in KFS-Miniatures , the unnecessary use of the photoetched plate was rightly pointed out here since the same effect can be achieved in plastic.
●Improved assembly of the undercarriage legs, now they can be glued after painting (in fact, it was possible before, but it required some extra effort)
●Longer fuselage before cockpit, new fish-tail exhausts, a new carburettor inlet, a new (longer) tropical filter cover as well as two variants of cannon barrels are the requirements of the new version.
●The new division into parts in the radiator housing. The radiator itself is here two-piece. Thanks to that we have more details and less risk of sinkholes
●Redesigned cockpit interior. I hope that thanks to the changing division of parts, the assembly of the whole will be more comfortable.
Besides, wherever I could, I added convex and concave rivets and other details. I have made thinner the T-bar and rod. They fit beautifully on one frame. The kit will also include a transparent frame from the previous kit.

More interesting detail.
There are a few things not quite visible in the project, and I hope they improve the kit’s building workflow. Also, I left a gate for a future project. Some modellers may find it out when looking on sprues. I am eagerly waiting for the first injections to see if I was able to make the project at least in Yak-1b quality.
Last but not least are box-art of new kits. The first time we have worked on Experts Set art with Piotr Forkasiewicz, a renowned aviation artist. Model Kits boxes have as usual great looking arts from Marcin Górecki. Hopefully, with much more kits on the way, we could have all box-art ready on time thanks to both excellent artists.

Hurricane IIC release schedule:
●Test shots are planned for mid-November 2019
●Shipments would start before the end of November 2019
●Preorders begin in second week of November

70035 Hurricane Mk IIc Expert Set release is expected in late November 2019
70036 Hurricane Mk IIc Model Kit release is expected on January 2020
70037 Hurricane Mk IIc trop Model Kit release is expected on March 2020

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