I have finally decided to depict my Hurricane as a mount of 501 Squadron, particularly one of the two Hurricanes flown by James Harry "Ginger" Lacey. It seems that all of the 501 Squadron Hurricanes that flew during the "Battle of Britain" were equipped with Rotol propellers and Spitfire spinners. Thankfully, the Revell kit comes with a Rotol propeller which, for a kit of this vintage, has well rendered blades. However, the kit spinner looks nothing like anything I have seen on a Spitfire, Hurricane, or any other RAF fighter. Luckily, I had a Spitfire Mk.I spinner left over from my Revell/Hasegawa Spitfire build (I choose to build the Mk.II version). One problem I discovered was the spinner's back plate was of a smaller diameter than where it would meet the fuselage. So out with the plastic card, rod, and tubing. A little cutting, fitting, shimming, contouring, and sanding and before I knew it, I had a decent Rotol propeller with a Spitfire spinner. During the time I was getting the propeller together, I also added detail to the undercarriage doors and made the small hatch that covers the port for accumulator trolley access.

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Yeah, that's a very nice prop alignment tool. Want one! Is it available commercially?

A very elegant solution Seamus, looks great.

Your dad was right, but if you have what you need and can't find it in the clutter, what then? 🙂

Two countries separated by a common language - when you say "accumulator" to me, I think of a device used to store air under pressure as a backup to a hydraulic system. Never would have thunk it was a battery...Took me a while to figure out what a trolley acc was.

Looking good so far Seamus!