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

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Geoff

 

[yak face]

Well done getting yours sorted Tony

At least I know that it’s a problem with the kit and not something I did wrong.
It puzzled me really as like I said I have built Arma’s Mk.II version and it went together ok

Geoff.

The mk2 is a slightly different tooling from what ive seen geoff , the tail fin isnt seperate for a start , so maybe the cockpit is differently tooled too .

 

[Geoffers]

The Mk.I was Arma’s first release as I recall so I assume they must be tweaking and improving the kits as they go along.

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Looking good Geoff

Cheers Joe

Geoff.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great work Geoff

 

[Geoffers]

Thank you Steve

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Latest progress

Not very exciting but necessary stages along the way.

Navigation and landing lights added and masked. Cockpit canopy also added and masked and all the seams cleaned up.
The pre-cut mask set was a great help to speed this stage up a bit, had to use masking fluid for the nav lights though.




After giving the canopy a covering of Interior Grey/Green it was on to priming with my usual choice of Mr Surfacer 1500 thinned 50/50 with SLT.




All done, no dramas the ancillary parts have also had the same treatment.

I’ll leave it for a while for the primer to cure properly then onto the best bit of painting the proper colours.

Another update soon, thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[Ian M]

Looking very sharp. A well detailed kit for its size. Fun starts soon.

I have bowed down and ordered a set of camo masks. I have painted a dozen or so Spitfire and no problems at all. The camo on the Hurricane is very much the same. but I just couldn't get the pattern to fit!

 

[yak face]

Looking excellent geoff , im at about the same stage with mine , cheers tony

 

[Geoffers]

Looking very sharp. A well detailed kit for its size. Fun starts soon.

I have bowed down and ordered a set of camo masks. I have painted a dozen or so Spitfire and no problems at all. The camo on the Hurricane is very much the same. but I just couldn't get the pattern to fit!

Thanks Ian, camo masks seem a sensible idea
Not something I’ve tried yet but I have a Spitfire set in the stash somewhere that I must give a go.

Looking excellent geoff , im at about the same stage with mine , cheers tony

Cheers Tony, yours is coming on great

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Bit more done

I’m going to try some hairspray chipping on it so first thing was a coat of Vallejo Metal Colors Dull Aluminium followed with a coating of Tamiya Semi Gloss varnish to seal it in.

As you can see it’s mainly around the areas likely to suffer from chipping damage, the panels which are frequently removed and the wing leading edge.
Once the hairspray has dried properly I will start the top coat of paint.


Cheers

Geoff.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, looking good Geoff
I'm at a similar stage with mine too!

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Looking good, and after all that work in the cockpit you are going to seal it up - shame to hide so much work.

 

[Geoffers]

Yep, looking good Geoff
I'm at a similar stage with mine too!

Cheers Andy, yours is looking mighty fine

Looking good, and after all that work in the cockpit you are going to seal it up - shame to hide so much work.

Thanks Mike,It’s only tacked on so I may change it to the open one once the painting is finished but to be honest hardly any of the cockpit can be seen even with it open

Geoff.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Nice updates Geoff. Aircraft looks great.

 

[Mickc1440]

Nice work Geoff, look forward to seeing the colour going on

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work so far Geoff, looking very nice, even with the fit issues it gave you.

 

[Geoffers]

Nice updates Geoff. Aircraft looks great.

Cheers Lee, appreciated

Nice work Geoff, look forward to seeing the colour going on

Thanks Mick, I’ve already started painting it so it shouldn’t be too long until the next update

Very nice work so far Geoff, looking very nice, even with the fit issues it gave you.

Thank you Ian, yep I managed to bash it into submission in the end

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

More progress to report

Underside has been painted with AK Real Colors RC-290 RAF Sky.




Once dry it was all masked off then the upper fuselage camo applied using AK Real Colors -287 RAF Dark Earth and RC286 RAF Dark Green.


Masking on.

Masking off



I’m pleased with out it’s turned out, there is a little bit of touching up required then onto decals and weathering

Thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[Lee Drennen]

More progress to report

Underside has been painted with AK Real Colors RC-290 RAF Sky.

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Once dry it was all masked off then the upper fuselage camo applied using AK Real Colors -287 RAF Dark Earth and RC286 RAF Dark Green.

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Masking on.
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Masking off

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I’m pleased with out it’s turned out, there is a little bit of touching up required then onto decals and weathering

Thanks for looking

Geoff.

Camo is beautiful. Your knocking this out quick