A while ago, in a moment of madness, I decided to build three 1/72 Hurricanes at once. The builds went fine until a flat varnish was applied to the two MkI Hurricanes. Something went wrong with the Tamiya TS80, the varnish bubbled whilst drying and even stripped some paint off one. I left them there in that state for two weeks, very disappointed that my hard work had been destroyed. Then a few days ago after reading the hate and love threads, I decided to try and save the situation. Carefully restoring the paint work and protecting the decals, followed by a new coat of flat TS80, and everything worked out. The MkII had no such issues, but waited until the varnish issue had be resolved. I wasn't risking a third victim. Here are the finished Hurricanes.
Airfix A2082A, the mount of FLTLT Ian Gleed at the time of the Battle of Britain. This is the Hurricane which lost some paint in the varnish episode:
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Airfix 02042, Mk1 303 (Polish) SQN RAF, Battle of Britain. This one also suffered from the bubbling varnish, but suffered no major paint damage. A few touch ups and she was ready for another varnish and completion. The thin and rivet-pierced underside roundels are off the Academy MkIIC kit, as I was doing a bit of a kit bash.
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Academy 2259, a MkIIC kit which is an absolute pleasure to build. I converted this one to MkIIB standard by converting the wings and filling in wing cannon holes. The rest is standard OOB, except the decals, of which some were from the Airfix 2042 kit. The bomb racks and bombs are from the Airfix kit.
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Airfix A2082A, the mount of FLTLT Ian Gleed at the time of the Battle of Britain. This is the Hurricane which lost some paint in the varnish episode:
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Airfix 02042, Mk1 303 (Polish) SQN RAF, Battle of Britain. This one also suffered from the bubbling varnish, but suffered no major paint damage. A few touch ups and she was ready for another varnish and completion. The thin and rivet-pierced underside roundels are off the Academy MkIIC kit, as I was doing a bit of a kit bash.
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Academy 2259, a MkIIC kit which is an absolute pleasure to build. I converted this one to MkIIB standard by converting the wings and filling in wing cannon holes. The rest is standard OOB, except the decals, of which some were from the Airfix 2042 kit. The bomb racks and bombs are from the Airfix kit.
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