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Post by silverfox on Jan 19, 2012 21:00:30 GMT 12
This is the new Italeri Hurricane MkIa straight from the box in the markings of P/O(later Group Captain) Irving S Smith of 151 Squadron.  Smith, used this machine to destroy an He111 on the night od 2nd October 1940. Note the tiki emblem by the side Roundel. i wasn't sure if this is the right place to post it given it is a New Zealand pilot but an RAF plane. please feel free to move it if it is in the wrong section. |
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Post by ams888 on Jan 19, 2012 21:20:08 GMT 12
Wow this looks really neat! Well done
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 19, 2012 22:18:18 GMT 12
It's in the right place as far as I'm concerned. Is that 1/72nd scale? Nice to see a different kiwi Hurricane scheme. Well done.
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Post by silverfox on Jan 20, 2012 1:45:40 GMT 12
Glad it is in the right place, I should have said it is 1/48th scale and comes with the engine detail and etched seat belts etc. It also has six sets of markings.It is £30 in the UK but the Hasegawa Hurricane will be that by the time they re-issue it.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 20, 2012 8:38:41 GMT 12
Nice Hurricane silverfox, did you make the decals yourself or were they part of the kit?
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Post by silverfox on Jan 21, 2012 0:05:36 GMT 12
Flyjoe 180,
the decalsare in the kitset
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 21, 2012 9:35:55 GMT 12
Okay, I was curious, the markings are quite unique.
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Post by silverfox on Jan 21, 2012 22:37:03 GMT 12
There is a great clear photo of Smiths machine on page 105 of Ospreys Hurricane Aces 1939 -40 which shows the kit markings to be accurate. The spacing of the D and Z is unusal but correct.
The companion volume Hurricane Aces 1941 -45 shows Smiths' later machine, as both a profile and a photo( pag 17), in overall Night coded DZ D with a white/silver Fern leaf and the letters N Z intertwined on the lower cowling. I did that machine a few years ago for the 60th Anniversary display at Telford.
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