Polish Hurricane

[Roger]

You can't beat a good aftermarket decal!

[Pen-Pusher]

To illustrate the good 'fit' of this kit, photos below show the completed fuselage minus the lower section (Photo#1) and with it fitted but not glued (Photo#2)

[Bigkev]

That Sir, is looking a very nice piece of work.
Bigkev

[Pen-Pusher]

Seats and seat straps have never been my strong point. Usually I follow the same procedure of laying down a strip of masking tape with two cross strips before painting the buckles on. Tamiya tape is about right for WWII strap colour and will darken with some wash and varnish anyway...

[Pen-Pusher]

The Airfix 1/72 Hurricane has a pretty good bucket seat anyway but I drilled out the indentation to accommodate these straps (Thanks Flint-Pete for the birthday present). Scaled down, the straps are 0.80mm wide so the hole in the seat needs to be 2.5mm wide (Give or take a gnat's whisker!!). A dry run before any painting gives you the idea.

[Pen-Pusher]

... at the end of the day, when fixed in the cockpit hides a multitude of sins.

[Pen-Pusher]

Finally.... my tribute to the Polish airmen who fought so valiantly during the Battle of Britain. My Airfix 1/72 Hurricane in the markings of RF+F of No 303 Squadron as it and the remainder of the Squadron were deployed to RAF Leconfield for 'rest'. I have also included the options for an open canopy for display. Lovely kit to build.

(PS. A little weathering will be applied later)

[Pen-Pusher]

(Open canopy) No 303 pilots went on to fly many types of Spitfires from January 1941 (Mk.1) until July 1945 (Mk. HF IX's) when they finally converted to Mustang aircraft.

[zak]

Very nice too.

[Haddock]

Neat that, very neat!
Haddock.

[Wizzel]

 Nice to see the completed aircraft at the meeting and again, I'll be referring back to this when I start mine.  Niceness.

[Pen-Pusher]

Thanks for that.... it's now on the Airfix homepage!