Airfix 1/72 Hawker hurricane MK.I

I couldn't have my collection of WW2 warbirds without the venerable Hawker Hurricane so I grabeed this one off the shelf. Only took 3 days to build so it was a quicky.

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The kit was pretty good. I did have one problem where the wings didn't quite match fitting up into the fuselage and left a ridge that I had to fill with milliput. Other than this, the kit went together very well. There is also a weird overlap of the bottom wing pieces compared to the top wing half. The bottom is bigger and sticks out. I don't know if this is intentional, but I left it that way just in case it was. (being a fabric covered plane this may have been an effect).
I did stuff up a few things though. Put the canopy on and forgot to paint the fuselage underneath it. I also put testors dullcoat over a Mr Hobby Semi-gloss (I had run out of Tamiya Full Gloss for the decals) and the dull coat went all speckly. Really disappointing, but something to watch for in future. Its given the plan a weathered kind of look which I am not unhappy about.

Rating:
Instructions - 3 - very easy to understand

Assembly Complexity - 3 - Very straight forward, just follow the instructions.

Quality of Molding - 3 - Excellent quality, fine detail, no flash

Part Fit - 2.5 - Pretty good, most parts fitted together perfectly, just that one area with the wings meeting the fuselage near the engine.

Overall Score 11.5/12

Paints Used
Fuselage - Tamiya AS22 Dark Earth, Tamiya AS30 Dark Green (RAF)
Underside - Tamiya AS16 Light Grey (USAF)
Cockpit- Tamiya XF71 Cockpit Green
Wheels - Tamiya XF-85 - Rubber Black
Wheel Wells - Tamiya XF16 Flat Aluminium
Clear Coat - Testors Dullcote 1260 (DO NOT SPRAY OVER MR HOBBY SEMI GLOSS)

Airfix 1/72 Junkers Ju87B-1 Stuka

Got this one in the stash coming up. Every collection needs a Stuka. Seen some nice reviews so this should be a great build.

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Great kit, didn't have any problems whatsoever. Nice clean plastic mould, crisp detailing and every part went together perfectly. Whats not to love. makes up into a very fine example of the Stuka. I did a lot of research for colours for this one as the dark green and really dark green was had to match in the Tamiya rattle cans. But I think I came up with a combination that works for me.
I also got to use my Celco circle template for drawing the yellow ring around the propellor. This worked surprisingly well, just using a yellow paint pen.

Rating:
Instructions - 3 - very easy to understand

Assembly Complexity - 3 - Very straight forward, just follow the instructions.

Quality of Molding - 3 - Excellent quality, fine detail, no flash

Part Fit - 3 - Excellent, all parts fitted together perfectly.

Overall Score 12/12

Paints Used
Fuselage - Tamiya AS24 Dark Green, Tamiya TS2 Dark Green
Underside - Tamiya AS5 Light Blue (luftwaffe)
Cockpit- Tamiya AS29 Gray Green

Wheels - Tamiya XF-85 - Rubber Black
Clear Coat - Testors Dullcote 1260

Bandai 1/500 Space Battleship Yamato

Yes that's right fans, I am going to do the 1.500 starblazers yamato. A favourite cartoon of mine when I was young, I couldn't resist this big box when I saw it in the hobby shop. Truth be known I've been thinking about getting one for many years, but have never been able to find one. I know its something completely different from by 1/72 aircraft fetish, but I think its time for a break and do something completely different. This version is the latest tooling from Bandai, cost me $179AUD which is huge but I have heard great things about the quality.

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