Dear all

Having just finished my Vickers Wellington i wanted to get started with my next build, which is this lovely 1/72nd scale Airfix kit. It's a small project before i dive into the new Airfix Lysander.

So here is my question to you all: Airfix describes this as a Hurricane stationed in northern France in the Spring of 1939. Wikipedia says, Squadron No.1 was sent to France (together with three other squadrons) only in late August of that year.

Therefore, can this scheme be considered acceptable for this group? If you think not, please let me know! Then i will choose something else for this group.

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To me this is a perfect kit for this group, Felix @fxrob
Looking forward to see your progress on this one.

Guys, thanks a lot!
Alright, i started the kit. It is nicely detailed and yet not overly complex. I painted the interior but did not bother weathering it. Some Eduard seatbelts were added. Closed up the fuselages and primed, sanded, primed again, etc. You know the drill!

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A great start already, Felix @fxrob

Merci beaucoup, John @johnb, Gary @gwskat and Spiros @fiveten. The mold has been used extensively as there was quite some flash. I did not have this with earlier editions of the kit. Nothing too bad though.

I added a first layer of white as preshading on top of black by using my AK interactive stencil mask. I then added Sand Desert and Ochre. The underside is the classic, beautiful black & white scheme.

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Very nice painting and preshading, my friend @fxrob!

Nice start, Felix (@fxrob). When looking at paint schemes in diagrams, they usually give you a date that is a specific point in time. I always figure that the paint scheme existed for a period prior to that time, as well as after that time. So, I think you have chosen a great scheme. Pre-shading looks great.

Serious paint work, Felix @fxrob
Looking forward to the dark brown being applied.