Finished! 1/72 Airfix Hawker Hurricane (and extras)

[Thumbs up]

The finesse of your lights make those elevators look a little.....mmmrr mmmr mmm clears throat

[pepperman42]

Looks great!! Clear handled tooth brushes are a great source for those wing tip lights and  clear red, green and blue for those that have coloured covers.

Steve

[Brad Cancian]

Hello everyone! After a hiatus of two years with this project, I have decided to dust it off and get on with finishing it

Other than a couple of moves of house in between, one of the aspects that killed the mojo previously on this project was the canopy. The sliding portion of the Airfix canopy is too thick to sit nicely in the open position.



Hmph. I searched for a while for a commercially available vac canopy but surprisingly couldn't find one. Without a viable alternative this one wasn't going to be able to progress. One of my good friends however came to the rescue with a Pavla vac canopy to help me out. This one fits much better and will allow me to display the canopy open (it's actually a bit large so doesn't quite sit right on its own, but I can manage that):





With that issue resolved, I can now progress. There's still some areas on the airframe that need tidying up, but I should be getting close to my next favourite point; priming.

Cheers!

BC

[NigelR]

That's going to be a stunner - glad she is back on the bench! Amazing detail work in such a small scale.

[RAGIII]

That's going to be a stunner - glad she is back on the bench! Amazing detail work in such a small scale.

My thoughts exactly!
RAGIII

[Brad Cancian]

Thanks chaps!

One of my favourite stages is now complete - priming! This for me is where the blank canvas really comes together, and I get excited about some actual painting I only had a couple of areas to tidy up and re-prime, which is always nice.




Now, to paint...!

Cheers,

Brad C

[DaddyO]

Great to see this one on the move again Brad. Looking forward to some colour being added now

Paul

[Brad Cancian]

Hi all - slow progress but she now has some paint. I used SMS paints for the colours (dark earth and dark green, and super-silver for the underside). It was the first time I used the super-silver as my favourite "RAF High Speed Silver" Alclad is no longer in production. It's a tad too bright, but I am hoping the subsequent flat coats will tone it down.

Using the Airfix decals as a guide, I masked and painted the roundels and numbers, as I was afraid that the decal film would show up on the underside in particular, which basically meant i'd need to paint all the roundels to keep the red/yellow/black colours consistent across the air frame.  There's still a couple of touch ups to do here and there. The squadron "thistle" markings and stencils will be decals.






Cheers,

BC

[NigelR]

That's a lovely paint job Brad, she is coming together nicely.

[WD]

Very nice Brad! I love the colors. What Alclad did you used to use for High-Speed Silver? Did you design and cut your own masks for the roundels, or are they a commercial product?

Warren D

[Alexis]

Really nice work on the fading the camo and I sure do like the SMS super speed silver , are these paints lacquer base ?
Did you do the fading by lighting the mix in layers or is this done by pershading ?



Alexis

[WD]

Yes, what Alexis said.

Warren D.

[Brad Cancian]

Thanks all!

I did used to use Alclad RAF High Speed Silver, but Alclads are not in production any more, sadly. The silver in this case is SMS super-silver. These are acrylic lacquers, so they are thinned with normal lacquer thinner (I use the Tamiya stuff). I am very much converted to these SMS paints as they spray beautifully (and are a local Australian brand to boot!).

For the other colours, I did a combination of pre-shading with black along the panel lines, then the base colour, and some selective spraying with the base colour lightened with white. This is the first stage of weathering. Next, after I clear coat and apply decals, I'll do more weathering with some more oversprays and oils... but that's a bit of a ways off yet

I drew up the masks myself and used my Silhouette cutter to cut them out, using a scan of the Airfix decals as a template for the cutting pattern.

Cheers again!

Brad C

[WD]

Thanks Brad. We still have Alclad here in the US, but I don't recall that particular color in their range. I thought that maybe you had used one of their other metallics.

Warren D.

[RAGIII]

Lovely work on the Camo and markings Brad! Outstanding build to date!
RAGIII