1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.IV

by Will Hendriks

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This is the Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.IV from Hasegawa. It was built using the kit markings for an aircraft based in Burma in 1944.

The kit comes with a resin replacement armoured coolant housing, which along with the "e" universal wing, was the defining feature of the Mk. IV. I also added a host of
Ultracast resin replacement goodies, including the seat and cockpit armour, exhausts, wheels and control surfaces. A Squadron sliding canopy was also added to allow viewing of the detailed cockpit, as the kit comes with a one-piece canopy. 

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The landing light lenses are drops of clear five-minute epoxy applied to the kit items.
 

For the most part PollyScale Acrylics were used for the finish of Dark Green and Dark Earth over Sea Grey Medium. Various details were painted with PollyScale, Testor's Acryl, and Citadel Acrylics.

 Weathering was accomplished with a wash of Raw Umber oil colour and pastels.

 This was a great kit to build, the only problem area I encountered being the lower wing to fuselage join. I am looking forward to building another, hopefully a Battle of Britain Mk.I.

I built this kit as part of a local SEAC group build with some club friends (See Allan Wynrib's SEAC Thunderbolt elsewhere on ARC).  Click on image to the right to see Allan's P-47


 
Will

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Photos and text © by Will Hendriks