Nice pick, Louis. That kit is definitely still worth building. Looking forward to seeing it take shape.

Good choice, Louis. Those decals look almost brand new. The white in the roundels hasn't yellowed at all. Hobby Craft did a good job there. I vote for Red Spinner LK-A. More colorful. I'll be watching your progress.

Question: Is aircraft ZY-V restored and currently flying?

John Healy (@j-healy)
Thanks John. I have started working on this one now, and you are absolutely correct. The fit has not been too bad so far. I'm actually pleasantly surprised by this.

Spiros Pendedekas (@fiveten)
Thanks my friend. I hope to get this one done soon. And then I want to tackle my Korean War Hobbycraft Sea Fury. It has been placed in the "queue" to get started soon. I wanted to build it for our Korean War Group, as it will be drawing to an end soon.

Erik Gjørup (@airbum)
If Erik is OK with it, I would like to make a double entry, and post it here as part of the Hawker Group as well.

Eric Berg (@eb801)
Hello Eric ! Yes sir, I am very pleased with how the decals look. I have kept most of my stash squirreled away in our closets over the years, so they have been kept in a smoke free air conditioned setting, which I think helped tremendously. Time will tell me soon enough if they are as good as they look. I'll scan them first before I soak them in water just to be safe...

I am going to do the red spinner plane. I have it built and painted now, the prop is ready to install when the time comes. I had to add a touch of LQS filler on the back sides of the prop blades because there is a small sink mark at the base of each blade. It was no big deal and it only took a few minutes of sanding once the LQS had fully dried. I'll try to post up some progress pictures soon.

Yes the ZY-V has been repainted into the colors you see here. My understanding is that it was one of the Hurricanes that was flown by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. They decided to give the old girl a facelift and she really looks sharp. They did a wonderful job with it. It was a close toss up over which one I wanted to do. In the end, the more colorful version won...

John vd Biggelaar (@johnb)
I agree with you 100 percent. In fact I have already completed the spinner, the fuselage is assembled and I have the cockpit ready to be installed. Hopefully I can get some pictures posted up soon.

Thanks everyone for stopping by.

Please stay tuned, I'll try to get some pictures up here soon. 🙂

I have been working on the Hurricane. I was “in the zone” and I had completed a lot of work before I noticed that I had not taken too many photos along the way.

The cockpit is very basic. There’s not much detail but it has a closed canopy so it will not be a problem for me.

The canopy was then glued in place.

Here are some pictures showing the assembled airframe.

I pre painted the main landing gear wells using a "Flat Aluminum" color. I also thought it might be better if I had pre painted the area surrounding the wheel wells using a Flat Black. I'm hoping this might make it a little bit easier later on when the finish painting is done.

The multi part propeller was assembled. I painted the spinner first, then installed the individual blades. I used some LQS to fill in a small sink hole that is present on the back side of each propeller blade near the base where it "plugs" into the spinner.

This was a quick fix and now you can't tell there ever was a problem.

The main landing gear was also built and painted.

The tires were assembled, and I sprayed the wheel hubs at this time.

This one is going together quickly. There's not a whole lot of detail, but so far the fit has been pretty good. It's not a Tamiya or Hasegawa quality fit, but it has only needed a little bit of LQS along the fuselage center seam on the spine.

It's building up as I would expect a Hobby craft kit to. I actually enjoy building them. It's a nice change to do something nice and simple every once in a while. Good for the "mojo".

As always, comments are encouraged.
Thanks for stopping by.

Many nice little tips in this build Louis. A joy to follow.

Great work, Louis @lgardner
So many tiny elements make it a challenge to not brake them, but they would look much nicer when painted together with the airframe.
The exhaust shield are a nice addition, never noticed them before on a Hurricane.

Thanks gentlemen for the compliments. I made some more progress in the past few hours.

The canopy was masked off. I painted the frames using RAF Interior Green in preparation for the final coat of Black.

I decided to go with a Gloss Black for the final color. I did it because it will hopefully make it easier for the decals and possibly eliminate any silvering.

I can always come back and tone down the shine. I have plans to do this on the fabric covered portions of the Hurricane.

This will have to sit for several days so that the paint will have ample time to completely dry. If this is rushed then I take a chance of smudging the paint or possibly leaving fingerprints on it.

I decided to take a pair of exhaust from one of the Hasegawa Hurricane kits I have in my stash. The Hasegawa parts look much better than the ones that Hobby Craft have included in the kit.

I’m getting closer !
As always comments are encouraged.
Thanks