Hello again and this model was completed on December 2012. This one
depicts a Hawker Hurricane flown by an unknown pilot from an unknown squadron as
the instructions offered no information at all about this particular aircraft.
This is a pretty old Revell Model (1988) and to my pleasant surprise, it was a
rather well fitting mold offering no major problems during the build. It was an
OOB build and I used Model Masters, Humbrol, and Tamiya paints to paint the
desert cammo scheme. The underside of the aircraft was painted medium blue, and
the top colors included matt earth, matt dark green, and matt desert sand.
The
propeller spinner was a 50% combination of matt red and matt yellow. I
pre-shaded the panel lines with black paint and due to the light upper colors it
really shows through the lighter colors of the camo scheme.
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The only
improvements made on this build were drilling the cannon tips to add
realism and adding the antenna wires made out of very fine fishing
filament line. I added the squiggly lines depicted in the front of the
aircraft as shown in the cover box of the model. Although I like the looks
of it a lot, my family turned out to be haters of it (oh well I still like
them ;-)).
The biggest challenge that I had during this build was the condition of the
decal sheet. As it was a 1988 kit, they were pretty dull and bristle looking and
I had no real hope to be able to use them. As I failed to find a suitable
replacement, I decided to treat them by applying the Micro Scale decal film
restorer (two coats). That stuff really worked beyond my wildest expectations
and “renewed” the color and texture of the decal sheet. I only lost two
minor decals during the build as they fell apart even after applying the Micro
Scale liquid. The big drawback of using the liquid is that every decal has to be
trimmed down before applying it, but the results were well worth the time and
effort. Had I not pre treated the decals with it, all of them would have
disintegrated as soon as I dip them in warm water. All things considered, this
old kit came together rather nicely and in my opinion it looks great. I hope you
enjoy the photos and a different look of this venerable WW II aircraft.
Victor De Jesus
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