I was finally able to get the decals applied on these two Hurricanes. Here are a few pictures to show you how they look at the moment.

First up is the Classic Airframes "Cloth Wing" early Mk 1.

I'm not too happy with the slight white "Ghost ring" that is visible on some of the roundels. To me it looks like the white was not centered properly and it is a little noticeable. I don't think I have anything in the decal spares to replace these, and I don't want to risk damaging them by touching this problem up with paint.

I'm calling it a night.

As usual,
Comments are encouraged.

Thanks for looking.

The pair is looking good Louis.

It’s been some time since I drop by this thread and you made some serious progress. Going last to paint the luminous underside is a very wise idea, considering how fragile that paint is to handling, but masking the whole upper surfaces of the Hurricane must have been a pain 🙂

Tom suggestion is a good one. You can get ride of those tiny white rings with a fine brush a steady hand and some circular mask. Just make sure the whole area of the roundel has received some varnish to seal and protect the decal. Keep it up!

Earlier today I sprayed on the matt clear finish on these two Hurricanes. I wanted to seal the decals and get them ready for the next step.

I still have not decided on what I'm going to do as far as the white rings on the roundels of the metal wing Mk 1. Now I can safely mask and repaint them, or if I'm fortunate enough to get a few replacement decals, I can simply add them over the top of the existing ones.

Here's how the metal wing Hurricane looked after it's matt finish treatment. I parked it next to the cloth wing to demonstrate the difference.

Here's how they look at the moment.

As usual, comments are encouraged.

Thank you Paul for the compliments, but especially for the spare decals !

Our good friend Paul sent me some spare RAF roundels from his stash... and saved the day on the Airfix Hurricane. What a good fellow !

I can sincerely say that I have been very fortunate to make some great friends here on this web site.

Good to see you learned that lesson. It's the only way to take up decals.

Pretty nifty work on replacing those decals Louis!
Super finish on both aircraft, I find its not always easy to get matt finishes right, but I like yours - what matt cote did you use?
The undersides are both quite striking - the look of the clothwing with the roundels and codes and aluminium dope finish is superb.

Thanks gentlemen for the compliments.

As far as the type of luster less clear coat, I use a home brew mix that I came up with.

I use Tamiya X-21 which is a flat acrylic base. Make sure that you mix it up very well. If you don't then you take the chance of having a bunch of little white specs trapped inside the clear. I sometimes add a little 70 percent rubbing alcohol into the Tamiya X-21, as this helps you to get it mixed better.

I use a small disposable plastic cup to stir everything together.

The more X-21 flattening agent you use mixed in with your Future, the more flat the appearance is going to be once it dries.

I typically use a 50 / 50 ratio between the future and the alcohol. The rubbing alcohol will evaporate out as this dries. The idea is to allow the clear to float out evenly as it dries. The alcohol helps to do this by extending the drying time. The longer it takes to dry, the better it will flow out.

Stir the concoction very well and spray it on in very light coats. It can also make the overall colors look a shade or two lighter once everything dries.

You need to be careful about not spraying on a dry coat, as this will also cause the finish to look white, almost a frosted look.

I highly recommend you try this out first on a scrap part or a junker model. ( No not your beautifully finished ICM Ju-88 A-5, even though it is technically a Junkers too ).

Hopefully this will help.

Thanks

Thanks Allan and I hope that someone else can benefit from the posting about the matt finish clear.

I mixed up some more of it earlier today...

And promptly sprayed it on the new decals that Paul sent me. I had a little extra left in the air brush so I did a little touch up work on the BP Defiant too.

I had the "mojo" going full speed ahead and got in the zone with the Airfix Hurricane. Before I knew it I had the exhaust painted and installed.

So this part is in the spares bin now.

All this one is lacking is the radio antenna mast, and the rest of the clear parts. It's almost finished !

I also painted the kidney exhaust for the CA Hurricane.

Possibly tomorrow I can wrap these two up.

As usual comments are encouraged.

Thanks for looking !