1/48 Hurricane Mk IIB Z3029 SA-R, 486 Sqn RNZAF
Jan 3, 2014 17:42:16 GMT 12
Dave Homewood, ams888, and 1 more like this
Post by dewobz on Jan 3, 2014 17:42:16 GMT 12
Due to a series of commissions, several being vintage kitsets supplied by the client, my focus has turned to RNZAF ETO aircraft, perhaps fitting for this year's 70th D-Day Anniversary.
The most vintage of these kitsets was a genuine 1964 Monogram Hurricane Mk IIC/IV
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 005 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
The subject aircraft is a Mk IIB Night Fighter with 486 Sqn RNZAF at RAF Wittering in July 1942
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 001 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 002 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
Z3029 SA-R in which F/L Harvey Sweetman scored the squadron's first kill on 23/24 July 1942, a DO219 shared with an RCAF Beaufighter
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 007 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
The wonderful old Monogram kitset is very basic, with raised panel lines and rivets, no wheel wells and no cockpit except the rear half-wall. I set about scratch building some cockpit detail -
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 016 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 026 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
- largely unseen in the narrow confines of the fuselage and with the one piece canopy closed ... but, it's there. I didn't do anything about the wheel wells.
With the exterior the objective was to retain the kit's original integrity so I finished it as a heavily weathered example with the raised panel lines and rivets picked out in bare metal.
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 010 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 011 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 008 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 012 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
Days after Harvey Sweetman's kill on 31 July the squadron began its conversion to Typhoons and Tempests in which they and especially Sweetman would later become famous
Thanks for looking in
Wally.
The most vintage of these kitsets was a genuine 1964 Monogram Hurricane Mk IIC/IV
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 005 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
The subject aircraft is a Mk IIB Night Fighter with 486 Sqn RNZAF at RAF Wittering in July 1942
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 001 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 002 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
Z3029 SA-R in which F/L Harvey Sweetman scored the squadron's first kill on 23/24 July 1942, a DO219 shared with an RCAF Beaufighter
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 007 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
The wonderful old Monogram kitset is very basic, with raised panel lines and rivets, no wheel wells and no cockpit except the rear half-wall. I set about scratch building some cockpit detail -
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 016 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
48 HURRICANE 486 Sqn 1 026 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
- largely unseen in the narrow confines of the fuselage and with the one piece canopy closed ... but, it's there. I didn't do anything about the wheel wells.
With the exterior the objective was to retain the kit's original integrity so I finished it as a heavily weathered example with the raised panel lines and rivets picked out in bare metal.
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 010 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 011 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 008 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
HURRICANE & Ventura II FinV2 012 (Medium) by Wally Hicks, on Flickr
Days after Harvey Sweetman's kill on 31 July the squadron began its conversion to Typhoons and Tempests in which they and especially Sweetman would later become famous
Thanks for looking in
Wally.
