1/72 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk IIc

by Joe Youngerman

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The story of Hawker Hurricane is a well known one, so I won't go into that here and now. The Hasegawa rendering of this great aircraft in 1/72 scale has been out for some time and is still my favorite over the Revell offering because of some shape issues with the latters radiator intake and the very unrealistic main wheels that Revell provides. The Hasegawa kit's fabric areas are a bit overdone but that can be addressed with a little light sanding.

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The model was built out-of-box and only seat belts and radio antenna wire were added. I used Pollyscale acrylics for the finish on the aircraft with the exception of the wheel wells which are Alclad II Aluminum...in line with the Hawker practice during the period of leaving this area bare metal. The decals came from the kit though Aeromaster decals were tapped for the national insignia and went on without drama, thank goodness. The weathering was achieved by preshading and pastels then a final flat coat of Testors Flat was applied to seal the finish work.
These kits are a joy to build really...good fit, accurate, and with most versions of the aircraft having been released by Hasegawa and with so many countries having flown them in every theatre of the war, it will take a while to get bored with the Hurricane!
The aircraft modeled is a Mk IIc, s/n LB957, flying with No.34 squadron in India during 1944. A great color profile of it can be found in the superb book : "Aero Detail 12 Hawker Hurricane".
Hope you enjoy it!
Joe

Photos and text © by Joe Youngerman