1/24 Trumpeter Hawker Hurricane MkI

 by Angelo M Picardo

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Trumpeter's Hurricane is a joy to build.  This was built straight out of the box and I experienced no major problems in its assembly.  The level of detail is more than adequate for a kit of this size, infact some of the detail included can not be seen in the completed kit!  Having built the Airfix Hurricane aswell, I couldn't say that there was much in it if I had to choose a favourite.

They seem to have different strong and weak points, so I would not say one is all that better than the other. 

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The airplane depicts Bob Stanford Tuck's machine that he flew during the Battle of Britain.  The half black, half sky underside appealed to me.

It was meant as a means of easy identification of friendly forces for anti aircraft crews but, aircrews hated it as it ruined any camouflage effect achieved by the sky paint. 

Angelo 

Photos and text © by Angelo M Picardo