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.

Box Art

Sprues

 
Completed Model

Comments
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)