Mk 11C Hurricane winter build

Started to do a bit of weathering

Well 500 hours of work and the hurricane will be ready to take to cashmoor on Sat for Jon to hopefully sign off the paperwork for the build and radio install
Finished the weathering to- day and will be cutting the paint mask's tonight for the roundels to be painted on tomoz.Had a real disaster this afternoon with the canopy,spilt thinners all over it :evil: ruined so a replacement is on order.I found some pictures a while ago of the full size hurricane i am modelling and it was in a very weathered state and i thought that's for me,as it had 14 kills to it's name it had been around for a while.Another thing i had noticed after looking at hundreds of pictures of the full size is how badly finished some of them were,i know they were not expected to last long but still surprised me a little,the spitfire on the other hand was very neat and tidy.
Anyway i am trying to replicate all of this in my hurricane and so far i'm pretty pleased with it.Will get some pic's uploaded when the roundels are on.

Pete

Can't wait to see her Pete, I should be there on Saturday if the weather forecast is right, looking forward to it. See you there

Someone take a couple of photos of it rigged?

Couldn't make it today,last minute change of plans

One more

Proper nice...

That looks great Pete, we were all waiting with baited breath for your arrival today!
Hopefully next time.

Thanks for your positive comments. I know the scheme and weathering will not be be to everyone's taste.For me there is nothing worse than seeing a nice warbird with a pristine paint finish.It was difficult for me to attack the airframe with wire wool after spending days on the paint work,but I am more than happy the way it has turned out.
The only thing now,is to find my bike clips for the maiden lol

Not too far away now,finishing paint on the cowl and spinner, paint and fit new canopy