Hurricane Mk I, “3”, Royal Rumanian Air Force, 1940 I chose this scheme simply because it was colorful. The Subject This was one of 12 Hurricane Mk I’s delivered to Rumania just at the war started in September 1939, out of a total order for 50. Given the timing of the deliveries I decided to […]
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Hurricane Mk I, L1766/P, 73 Squadron, F/O Edgar James “Cobber” Kain, France, April 1940 Another of my Hurricane Season batch build; this choice being special in that Cobber Kain was a famous pilot in the early war years, especially during the Battle of France and generally a household name. The Subject L1766 represents a transitional
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Modifying the Airfix rag wing to the 8 gun metal wing I’ve read on line and in mags where folks have taken the Hasegawa or other metal 8-gun “a” wing kits and grafted it to the Airfix fuselage, but after looking closely at my kit I realized it cannot be too difficult with my modest
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Hurricane Mk I, L2006/Y, 11 Group Pilot Pool, RAF Sutton Bridge, August 1942 This is another of my Hurricane Season models. I chose this one simply because I had the decals, and it was a colorful subject. The Subject As pilots progressed through training they eventually got to fly ever higher performance aircraft in order
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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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