Geoff’s 1/72 Arma Hobby Hurricane Mk.I

[Andy the Sheep]

Nice results Geoff.
I'm going to use the same set of colours and what I see has a relaxing effect on my expectations. Now I can only blame myself in case of blunders.

 

[Geoffers]

Camo is beautiful. Your knocking this out quick

Cheers Lee

Nice results Geoff.
I'm going to use the same set of colours and what I see has a relaxing effect on my expectations. Now I can only blame myself in case of blunders.

Thanks Andy, they go on really nicely so I’m sure you will have no problems

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

Your Hurricane looks very smart after your great paint job Geoff

 

[Tworrs]

Looking brilliant Geoff.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking very nice Geoff

 

[Geoffers]

Your Hurricane looks very smart after your great paint job Geoff

Cheers Joe

Looking brilliant Geoff.

Thanks Garry

Looking very nice Geoff

Cheers Steve

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Hello chaps,

Latest update.

After the camouflage had had chance to cure I went over both the brown and green with a highly thinned mix of a lighter green and brown to fade it a bit.

Once this had settled it was time for the transfers to go on.

Not too many to put down and they all settled nicely with Micro Set & Sol.

There was a choice of a light aircraft grey or yellow code letter.
I couldn’t find any information to confirm either so went with yellow to give a better visual effect







Chipping and weathering next, thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[vizenz]

Geoff, great paint job and the lady looks fine with the decals!
Yellow “J” was the aircraft of Bob Kershaw of SAAF 3Sqn.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, coming on a treat Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Geoff, great paint job and the lady looks fine with the decals!
Yellow “J” was the aircraft of Bob Kershaw of SAAF 3Sqn.

Thanks Andreas, I’ve had a bit of a read about Bob Kershaw, what a brave man

Yep, coming on a treat Geoff.

Cheers Andy

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

I’ve hit a bit of a snag

Just finished spraying the propeller and wheels and popped the aircraft down in the spray booth ready for a flat coat to seal the transfers.
I then realised I’d caught the one wing on the mixing pot I’d thinned the black paint in.

Unfortunately I’d thinned with Self Levelling Thinner so any attempt to wipe it of started to remove the top coat.

I’ve put it to one side now to have a think about how to repair the damage

Aargh!

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

After a bit of a think I have come up with the following plan to try and repair the damage.

1/ give it a clear coat to seal in and protect the stencils which will need masking over.

2/ mask round the area and carefully sand back the damage.

3/ re-prime and re-spray the area.

The main problem is the roundels, if it was the standard RAF version it would be easy as I have several spares. Being an orange centre is a problem but I do have some orange paint so may see what I can do with that.

I may spray the orange straight onto the wing then carefully cut out the red centre of a standard roundel before applying to let the orange show through.

If anyone has any alternative plan please feel free to share

Cheers,

Geoff.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Geoff that is a real pain. It looks like that thinner has really eaten into the pain work. The only consolation is that it is on the underside of the model so any repair you do will be hidden. I have just checked my spares bin and the roundels I have also have the red center. I would put the shout out in the Market Place (Bits Bin) of the forum with the dimensions of the roundel and maybe some one will have one. A lot of the lads on here are printing their own decals so I am sure someone will be able to help. Good luck and keep on with it.