The
next in the parade of year-end completions is part of another long-standing
series project. I do have a number of these on the boil at any given time,
since they are especially useful in restoring modelling mojo. They provide you
with a familiar kit, thereby minimizing the construction disasters that
occasionally come up, and give your display case a nice capsulated history of
markings.
This
is a Hasegawa Hurricane 2B. I had two of the Hasegawa kits in the stash and
decided that now was the time to get them built. Both of these (along with two
Hobbyboss kits also in the queue) were 2s. That didn't bother me much as the
new Airfix Hurricane will likely be producing a set of metal wings to go along
with the already-released ragwing variant. So my mark 1 needs will be amply
taken care of. That's actually a good thing, because the Hasegawa early marks
have gotten a bit expensive and elusive.
Since
I have done most of the variations of RAF and RAAF Hurricanes, I've been
working my way through the foreign air force examples. And since I had run
across a decal sheet with a captured Japanese Hurricane, that was the decision.
I had to think a bit about whether I wanted to paint on the thin white fuselage
stripe, but came to the conclusion that I would try the decal and if it didn't
work I could always do a quick mask and paint job. Luckily the decal was very
opaque and adhered well to the paint.
This
is completed model #433 (#14 for the year), completed in November of 2013.
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