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Feb 10th, 2020 at 4:01pm
 
Sandy's pilot will have a rude awakening when he discovers that he landed at a field that is full of planes with black crosses.

Oops  Smiley

His plane is black and white because i'm not sure of its current status.

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Reply #1 - Feb 10th, 2020 at 4:17pm
 
See Sandy, It's not just me  Roll Eyes
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Reply #2 - Feb 10th, 2020 at 4:50pm
 
All right you two!!!

I openly admit the MKIIc is way behind.  Figuring out how to attach the outer panels had me for a long while - even though the thing won't be super scale I didn't want bolts down through the top of the wings, although I did look at camoflageing (?) them. I settled on the Merwyn locks, and am in the process of finishing up those. To quote some one at the field sometimes, when he's not sailing, "They'll work a treat!".

The cannons were another thing. Those 4 great honking spring loaded barrels had to look somewhat right...I have copies of Tech Manuals from the War Department. I've scaled up 3 view drawings. Others have searched their files (thanks Mike, your 1.7" was about dead on). Finally the curator of the Cosford Museum sent me a nice sketch he made while eating his lunch out in the hanger  Raa Raa...Using all that, a guy 3d printed some guns. The final product wasn't the same as the prototype, so I turfed most of the results, just saving the barrel ends.  Sad

the final product isn't super, but will work for now. The best part is that Glen suggested magnet mounting, so I can use them in the interim, take them off easily, and replace them as/if I improve.  But WTH, at 50 feet and 50 mph they'll work fine.

Sooo  take that unscrupulous modifilers. And I won't be landing at any German Fields...........poop  Angry
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Reply #3 - Feb 10th, 2020 at 6:16pm
 
I think the 20 mm canons look just great!

Guns with an attitude; cool.
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Reply #4 - Feb 10th, 2020 at 8:23pm
 
Thank you sir! by the way, the photoshop job is excellent  Smiley

And as for attitude, maybe the guns don't have it, but I sure did after I received my package!!! Cry
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Reply #5 - Feb 14th, 2020 at 5:34pm
 
Here are two pics that you may find useful.  It's a Mk IIc that is on display at Manston on
the south east tip of England.

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Reply #6 - Feb 14th, 2020 at 7:08pm
 
Those are great Mike, thank you, Plus I have this taken of the Hurricane when it was in Saint John.  I have a copy of this one scaled to the 1/5 scale I'm working from, and size wise I got pretty close. Have some straps to put around the casing, then paint the whole thing. My guns omit the second step in the cover, but there are likely only 3 guys who would notice.
I think matt black will be the final......
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Reply #7 - Feb 14th, 2020 at 7:26pm
 
I like the cannon cozies on the Manston sea Hurricane. I think you shold do them too sandy  Tongue
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Reply #8 - Feb 14th, 2020 at 8:02pm
 
Sigh  Undecided  And which are those kind sir?  I thought Manston hurricanes were MK1's only switching to MKIIc'c when they moved to Stapleford Tawney. Of course I could well be mistaken so please illucidate and illuminate myself. Wall Bash Beating A Dead Horse WEEEEE Silly Aviator Colin Bell Plane Cool
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Reply #9 - Feb 16th, 2020 at 2:00pm
 
Look under the cannons in Mike's pictures, there's a hook assembly bolted on.
Pretty sure that's where the catapult hooks onto the plane, so it's a sea hurri. Smiley
Or it's got wings from a sea hurricane.
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Reply #10 - Feb 16th, 2020 at 2:34pm
 
Hurri's with SN's N23... were built as MKI's. A few were converted to Sea Hurricanes IA but need the whole # to track it. MIKE????

But, to put this in prespective, I believe you just like the knitted booties on the barrels.... Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #12 - Feb 21st, 2020 at 9:36pm
 
I checked the images that I took of the Hurri while I was at the Museum in Manston; no luck finding a serial number.  Then I found this on the web.

https://www.spitfiremuseum.org.uk/hurricane

The article says that the the serial of the actual aircraft is LF751.  But the serial on the plane as displayed is BN230.

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Reply #13 - Feb 21st, 2020 at 10:45pm
 
Hah! LF751 isn't in my book of numbers.Planes on both sides, but not that one.  The range is for a MKIIc, but pffffft. Thank you for the effort Mike, but no Gold.
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