Hurricane Mk I, H-22, Squadron 2/1/2 Aé (Le Chardon or “The Thistle”), Belgian Air Force, Schaffen, Diest, May 1940 This is another one of my Hurricane season builds from this Summer. The Subject Belgium, along with a few other countries, purchased some Hurricanes either just before war started or shortly thereafter. Belgium, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Finland, […]
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Hurricane Mk I, L1584, 111 Squadron, 1938 My Hurricane season is ending. I’ve had 6 of the Airfix Mk I Hurricanes in work as part of a batch build all Summer. Time to put them on the shelf. The Subject 111 Squadron RAF was the first Hurricane squadron, receiving their aircraft beginning in late 1937.
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Hurricane Mk I, W9266, 274 Squadron, Gerawla, Egypt, 25 May 1941 This is a contentious scheme as no color photos exist (yet) and the descriptions of the “sand and spinach” leading edge and nose are inconsistent. They range from green and brown, green and yellow, to purple and aluminum. At the time of the build,
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Hurricane Mk I, PO-N, 46 Squadron RAF, Bardufoss, Norway, May 1940 This subject begged to be built mainly because of the history. I chose the scheme based on a profile, and while it is probably fictious, I like it as a unique scheme on my shelf. The Subject 46 Squadron deployed aboard HMS Furious to
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FG-1D, VMF-511, 82, USS Block Island, 1945 This was built as my contribution to a group build, “Who’s the Boss?” wherein we had to build any of the then new Hobbyboss kits. I chose this subject simply because the side number was 82, my graduating class. Additionally, the Block Island was used at the Naval
Seafire F.XVII, SX273/So50, 709 Squadron, RNAS St Merryn, 1945 In my quest for a collection of Seafires I decided this would be my only model of this mark. The Subject My research, albeit not first hand nor with clear documentation to support my suppositions, led me to conclude that a squadron whose number began with
