That Revell dark earth is a pain in the a… for airbrushes, at least as the Aqua version.

Hi Felix @fxrob. I'm very pleased with Revel Enamel colors. I was using mainly Humbrol which were not what they used to be and then shifted with Revel. Since then I tried to use only this brand (never tried Acrylics). The paint can be mixed very easily (I use a drilling machine with a piece of sprue) and thin it with Tamiya thinner about 40 pc of the total mixture. The drying time is quite fast.

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I have to say I do not understand how you managed to get to such a bad place with this kit. I've done six of them and never used any filler other than a bit of CA glue along the cowling centerline. One thing that has to be done with all these modern kits is to clean off all sprue nubs COMPLETELY because the fit is so precise. One thing I have discovered (the hard way) with this and other modern kits is to take time to very carefully mate jointing surfaces; the slightest little imperfection on the mating surface will throw things off, and then it's like rolling a snowball downhill, the problems just expand and grow.

You've done a good "save" here, but I think the future solution is to be really precise with getting the parts off the sprue and cleaned up. It's a never-ending fight. I was just working this past week on an Eduard Spitfire and couldn't get the wing and fuselage joined (a notorious tight fit) and then when I looked closely I saw the tiniest bit of sprue nub on the inner edge of the upper wing. smoothed that and sanded down, and - bingo! - everything came together.

Hi folks, not much on the hurricane this week. just masking the upper part in order to apply the RAF dark green.

@yann - so long as you are having fun, that's all that matters.

Modern kits really require care. I was (again!) having a fit problem with another Spitfire the other day, and checked the situation and - sure enough! - there was a tiny bit of @#$#!@! sprue nub. They have to be clean as the proverbial hound's tooth.

Looking forward to the rest of the paint, @yann. Nicely done.

I forgot to mention the the sky paint has been redone. With only sky and none with a mix of white. It was to clear and too contrasting with the camo. And, again, during the handling I broke the SB aileron which gave me the opportunity to place it back in the correct position