1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane I
This is a Hurricane I flown by Robert Stanford-Tuck. I added elevators and wheels by Ultracast, Falcon rear canopy, a Yahu instrument panel, and a pilot figure bashed together from my parts box. Not happy with the snow base. Too heavy-handed. Better next time I hope.
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Matt Minnichsoffer said on February 8, 2018
I really like all that you did with the bird and the base. Snow looks good to me. We’re all too critical,of our own work.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Matt
Matt Minnichsoffer said on February 8, 2018
And 1:48 on the pilot? Hell yeah you did awesome.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Lol, thank you again.
Tom Cleaver said on February 8, 2018
Really nice!
A note to those building Hasegawa Hurricanes: you need to add some filler to that area of the razorback just aft of the cockpit and the sand it down to get rid of that “step”. Of course, if you use the better and cheaper Airfix kit, “ze problem, she is solved!” 🙂
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you.
david leigh-smith said on February 8, 2018
John, how on earth do you get a likeness like that from “a figure bashed together from parts”? Voodoo?
Brilliant work.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, David. The trick is choosing a subject that already looks like the parts I have. Basically I cheat.
Vassilis Morellas said on February 8, 2018
Very nice work. Snow texture looks fine for me. I would suggest to add little mud and dirt on the base. Also the plane should have a slight more weathering and chipping effects (based on the original photo)
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Vascilis. I prefer the under weathered look. I have 4 other photos of this aircraft and the chipping is fairly minimal except in major wear areas like the wing roots.
Tom Bebout said on February 8, 2018
Looks good John, at first I thought you had a crooked decal until I saw the pic. However, tell me you usually don’t use power saws in cutting up pilot figures. Especially like the way you paint those guys, they’re very realistic.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Tom. I just use a hand micro saw to separate body parts, this one was head, torso, legs, and arms but they were already separate parts. I just looks through my body part collection to find ones that worked. Call me Dr. Fraunkensteen, I left off the young part for obvious reasons.
Robert Royes said on February 8, 2018
Excellent work! the snow looks fine, nice touch with actual photos.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Robert
Craig Abrahamson said on February 8, 2018
Looks good to ME, my friend. Nice all-around presentation (maybe it snowed a lot that morning). 🙂
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Maybe it did! Thank you, Craig.
Jeff Bailey said on February 8, 2018
Looks great, John! The snow is fine & not too heavy handed, in my opinion. As Craig said, it might have snowed early that morning! I like that you included the actual photo … it certainly cleared up the crooked Burma flag issue!
Well done, Amigo!
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Jeff. I have a Claude in the stash with tail codes that are slanted like that flag too.
Greg Kittinger said on February 8, 2018
Looks great!
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thanks, Greg
Gábor Szabó said on February 8, 2018
Fantastic Hurry! Nothing wrong with that snow I like it – actually You ought to write a tutorial. Congrat for the pilot figure too.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Gabor. The base is simply Sculptamold painted white. I let it set up too long so when I put the footprints down I had to push and it made them too deep. Lesson learned.
Louis Gardner said on February 8, 2018
John, your Hurricane looks fantastic !!! The pilot figure is one of the best I have seen in a long time. I like everything about this build.
John Clark said on February 8, 2018
Thank you, Louis.