1/48 Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 - Extended Build
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In this video I build Airfix's 1/48 Hawker Hurricane in the markings of 242 SQN of the "All Canadian Squadron" during the Battle of Britain. The 1/48 Airfix Battle of Britain Hurri kit is out of production but the Tropical Hurricane and Sea Hurricane all contain the same parts to build any of the three variants.
Wow over 100,000 views! I did not expect this when I launched this channel.
A huge thanks to all of you :)
Just wanted to say that I, for one, have never considered the Hurricane to be an underdog. In my view, I am glad we had both the Spitfire and the Hurricane as I feel there was a natural "division of labour", where the Hurricane was more suited to tackling the bombers, while the Spitfire was more of a match for the fighters.
That's not to say that either couldn't do the other role...
My father was a rear-gunner in Lancasters in the late stages of the war. He once told of how, when they would go up for aerial gunnery practice with RAF fighters playing the enemy, he had less trouble tracking the Spitfires but found it almost impossible to stay on the Hurricanes.
The source of the Hurricane's agility was also the limiting factor as far as speed was concerned - the thick wing chord. Lots of lift, but also lots of drag. The Spitfire's wing chord, while not quite laminar, was a lot thinner.
Enjoyed that very much. I have the Airfix Sea Hurricane Mk. 1B in my stash awaiting it's turn. The Douglas Bader story impacted me early in my childhood. Incredible story. I too love under dog stories and over looked aircraft, tanks, ships, cars even for that matter.... the Hurricane sure stepped up way above it's weight class. Thanks for your efforts, again...educational and entertaining, while definitively inspirational.
Beautiful job as always I love watching your builds your a true craftsman I live in Florida and have a real hard time finding any aftermarket items to add to my models do you have any suggestions thank you Scott Tappan
I usually head over to the Spruebrothers website. They're very fast and have sales every Friday
After thus Video i think i schould go back to aircraft Models...
Music is way too loud.
Do us a favour and lose the music next time
I did if you follow the channel. Have not had music in two years.
@@TheModelGuy fair point
The Hurricane propeler is wood bro...
BTW - it is pronounced Douglas Barder, not like Darth Vader... He fought near here and was based at Tangmere just around the corner. Our 'house' is named after him at school, Bader House, that's Barder!
Sir the build was fantastic, but the music was TOO loud, I could not hear a single word you said, SHAME. Its sick.
I could hear him perfectly you need to get your hearing checked mate!
I was thinking the same. Just the mixing levels need adjusting. But yes a great video.
A muted play of the score from "Battle of Britain" would have been much, much better!
@@billywalsh2003 Even with my hearing aids in, the music was too loud! Actually, I think it's that the narration isn't loud enough.
This has to be my favourite history channel, a bloke called the Model guy gives a history about an aircraft and at the same time some random bloke builds a model of that aircraft.............amazing! Seriously you build amazing models.
but the music is TOO loud and you can`t hear the bloke talking because of it, still you Americans love your music instead of telling us what you are doing
@@rodgercox2770 the model guy is canadian : /
Really nice build. Just one note - the fuselage roundels should be in alignment, if viewed from above. Their frontmost tip should be set slightly back from the antenna mast. The squadron and aircraft ID letters should be built around the roundel, not the other way round. Basically, the aircraft serial number and roundel remained constant through an aircraft's life, but if that aircraft was moved to another squadron, the three letter ID code could be painted over and repainted quickly and easily. But really, really good build. Well done!
The music is too loud. Had to turn it down but then had to turn it back up when you spoke. As others have said, otherwise a good video. Also, the red tape over the gun ports served two purposes, 1) to stop cold air entering the gun ports and freezing the guns and 2) the ground crews would instantly see if the guns had been fired after the aircraft returned and would know instantly if the guns needed re-arming.
I agree with Brian on this one, commentary volume should have been a bit louder, music volume lowered to serve as background
Enjoyed watching the build...this is one of the aircraft on my list to build
As others have said, I would go further. Please don't add any music at all. It constantly fights the narration and there's no need for it. Please, though, take it as constructive rather than critical since I would certainly watch more of your videos.
Thanks for your feedback! I made a few changes based on what was posted in this video while editing my P-47 build video.
You do have the best intro "music", from the 27 litre V12 orchestra
I enjoyed this the spitfire is my favorite and also the bf 109 and loved the video
Initially I thought , strange , an American acknowledging another country partook in the 2nd World War . Ah hah , Canadian . Tricky .
Great model, others have said about the music but Bader is pronounced Barder. I wish I had your skills and patience.
The open gun bay brings to mind that scene from BoB, "Skipper sure hates jerries!" "You'll 'ate me if you don't get that gun fixed, then wrap up this little lot!"
@@mbabist01 .....'repeat please'......'repeat please'.......😉
@@jonathansteadman7935 :-D
Bader is pronounced bader if you're normal, barder if you're posh
@@paulnutter1713 LOL!
Always was a Hurricane man "the forgotten fighter". You brought this one to life beautifully, congratulations sir.
Absolutely and in all honesty the Hurricane had more success in the war than the Spitfire which seems to get all the glory. But then we must never forget how much these young men gave in the air, on the ground and at sea. It was such sacrifice that allows us to enjoy the freedom we take to much for granted today. For this I am internally grateful to them all. May they all rest in peace forever more.
The Hurricane is terrific, great treatment. The biggest kit plane I ever made as a young lad. I would do a better job now, of course we didn't have Internet tutorials to guide us in them days..
It would be a good video if it wasn't for the intrusive backround music, why is it there at all.
I have two model hawker hurricanes from new ray I needed four more from new ray
Love the new Airfix kits, such a massive improvement from when I grew up in the 70's, a couple of Battle of Britain Hurricane and Spitfire's is a must! Another thing on my to do list are two Lockheed PV-1 Venturas, which are forever linked to each other....the first one went missing on a flight to Kiska Harbor and the second one, is the Ventura that was sent out to look for the first one, but in doing so....it also went missing....on the same day!
Love the finished Hurricane! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
One thing I forgot to mention is that the reissued BoB Hurricane has markings for the 303rd (Polish) Squadron. "Repeat, please!"
2:36 Yea I had problem with that when i was building mine. Had to sand away alot of material and it still didnt fit properly. I wasted time trying to figure out how to do it so it wouldnt be ugly. Thats for anyone who would want to build this model, take some time to make it right.
The new Airfix molds are a great improvement, but I feel that when companies try to make an aircraft posable a few different ways it can create issues downstream. Kinetic has done the same thing with their models and my E-2C wings did not want to align in the spread position.
The royal air force and netherlands air force nice fighter plane
really good video but the music is very distracting
In my stash. One of these Hurricanes (the real thing) was found hiding in plain sight in India recently. Luckily, the IAF quickly took it over for restoration. Other such planes found in India have mysteriously "disappeared" and "reappeared" in the UK/USA, including a Battle of Britain BF-109E. The latter was gifted to a local maharajah by an RAF squadron as a gate guardian but it was taken down years later and dumped in a backyard. It is now flight worthy.
That’s awesome! I love the story and it’s amazing these things are still found and restored. The Hurricane is one of my favourites, so rugged looking.
This kit deserves another visit, so maybe we’ll see a “re-dux”
I'm with you friend, I've always liked the "less successful" aircraft like the Hurricane and P-40 and P-39, although in reality, the Hurricane and the P-40 were hardly unsuccessful. They both gave great and long service.
GSR In WWII - Battle of Britain - most people focus on the spitfire and its glory. But really, the hurricane did a lot more in shooting down germans. People think the hurricane was like a plane that helped England but only help the parts that the spitfire couldn’t do, which it could do a lot.i think the spitfire takes most of the hurricanes glory, the hurricane was a successful aircraft but no one ever took a blind bit of notice.
GSR - I’d say ‘underrated’. The P-40 and Hurricane will never have the glamour of the P-51 or Spitfire, but they’re all wonderful planes.
No RCAF Sqns in England during the Battle of Britain you say??? You need to check your history. No. 1 Sqn RCAF flew in the UK throughout the battle, eventually being renumbered as 401 Sqn on March 1, 1941. 401 Sqn still serves and still carries the battle honour, "Battle of Britain 1940". As for 242 Sqn, it had a few Canadians serving with it, but they were not all Canadians serving on the squadron......just as 44 (Rhodesian) Sqn wasn't staffed with just Rhodesians.
#1 SQN did not start operational flying until August 24. They also accidentally shot down two Blenheims the same date. Their Hurricanes were not on par with the British made Hurricanes until mid August and they were not authorized for combat initially.
242 Sqn was formed in 1939 with mostly Canadian members and was in action in February 1940. They were known as the All Canadian Squadron.
#1 Sqn was not a stand-alone fighter squadron and was under British command. So my statement is true, that no RCAF squadrons participated in the Battle. It wasn't until they changed to 401 Sqn were they identified as a Canadian unit.
Great video and build, yest the music was a little loud but almost appropriate for the era of your build, again many thanks for sharing.
I agree with the others about the music but it won't stop me saying one of your best videos yet. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely build. Panel lines etc. are very subtle.Not too sure about the staining around the guns and ejector ports, just a bit too heavy for my taste. I also think that any ground crew applying the red tape over the gun barrels at odd angles would probably end up on a charge. I won't mention the music (that's been addressed) learnt a lot of useful techniques.
Very nice build. Like the bits of history. Photo's show hundreds of levels of wear and tear. That's why some modellers build from a specific picture; to dismiss the nitpickers. Nuts.
I really enjoyed this. I’m thinking about starting the hobby and you have helped me a lot.
It's a great hobby to get into. You'll definitely meet some interesting people but it's great having something you can have on the shelf after
Personally I enjoyed the music and the video! Interesting to know the you understood the different characteristics of the hurricane compared to the spitfire! The hurricane was considered the workhorse of the R.A.F COOLER!!
Paint those roundels next time. Then you can incorporate some of that tasty tonal variation into them like you did with the rest of the surface.
Especially since you've access to a Cricut.
Good commentary -and Canadian too. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada
And good music as well.
Such masterful work. It was a joy to watch you. Thanks much!
Jeez I haven't built an airfix kit in years and even without the extensive modifications it looks like airfix have gotten all upmarket and dare I say........technical.
This was the best hurricane on the market until Arma dropped theirs.
@TheModelGuy my default model store here in backwoods Australia doesn't stock the arma one so after watching your video I'll do the airfix. We'll it's now on my long " To Buy before I Die " list at least.
Stumbled across, watched, liked and subscribed! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻😎
Not a bad start. One thing I noticed and this is just my opinion, of course, is the area that you're showing the work would be better without all the clutter around it. I found there were to many distractions that take away from what you're showing the viewer. Other than that good job.
Thanks for the feed back! I guess you are referring to when there is a part in the background or other miscellaneous things? I'll keep that in mind for the next one.
Yes exactly.
Nice build. The other reasons why the armourers used to dope & linen cloth the gun ports was to quickly identify those aircraft that needed re arming on return, versus those that did not fire their guns at all (more common than you first expect). Individual guns that failed to fire & to protect from frost & freezing during rapid climb to altitude.
I have to say I absolutely adore your choice of music for this video!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Can I make a suggestion, if you use a paynes grey for black, then it still leaves you room for shading the black areas!
Year late to the video but I've just started the same kit but the MK1 and I want to know where you got the template from for painting? I always struggle with the camo patterns and would like to give this a try
I photocopied the instructions and then resized them.
I’ll also be revisiting this kit in September. Should be fun
@@TheModelGuy ahhh thank you I will give this a try. Do they need much resizing to match?
I'm really enjoying the build so far, fitment is really good on this kit. Taken a few ideas from your build.
I'm not very skilled at the weathering and detailing part so hoping it turns out good in the end
really good workmanship, one criticism its too dark. I once watched a model maker make a model of a type writer, he took the paint used to paint the real machine and added white, I asked what he was doing and he answered ' I'm scaling the paint'
Some time later I understood what he meant. I brought a mid blue Ford Capri and decided to paint corgi model for my daughter. Go a can of touch up paint, but after I sprayed it, it looked black, but put it against the car and the colour was an exact match.
I enjoyed your build great little build, subbed as well
What is the music at 20.56 (starts)?...Sounds very Sousa...Thanks for the vid...Really informative...From the UK
Another amazing build....great stuff. Dave
Bader was also popular - possibly even legendary - with the German pilots, who would come to visit him. The diminutive size of any country's air force pre-war meant that most pilots in europe knew who Bader was and hoe he had overcome the loss of both legs, so he was within the realm of combat pilots quite the celebrity. Not sure if it was the pilot who actually shot him down, but he had lost one of his artificial legs when bailing out, so a German pilot flew over his home base and dropped a note asking them to send another leg so Bader could walk about. The RAF complied and the delivery plane performed the drop unmolested. But when Bader kept trying to escape, the Germans eventually confiscated his legs so he couldn't get very far any more. There's a very good biography of him written during his lifetime - Reach For the Sky, by Paul Brickhill.
Doing my first foray into PE with a 1/72 Eduard Hellcat Mk1. Liked your tips - although you did make that flap bending/assembly look frightfully easy. Continue to enjoy watching your builds, history and music - although the music was winning over your voice a few times.
Wow, great modeling skills!!
Can I ask where you got the riveting tool from?
I ordered it from here:
umm-usa.com/onlinestore/index.php?cPath=21_22
I use the 0.75mm for 1/48 scale
Awesome build, enjoyed the commentary 👌. But the music was a little overwhelming sometimes, hopefully toned down for the next one!
Hi Keith, I think I stopped using music after the P-47 video. Definitely check out the newer builds. This is one that is going to be getting a do-over.
Yep, noticed that, found your channel via UA-cam algorithm last night, subbed, and spent an enjoyable 3 hours or so going through some of your builds...I don't build this type of model, lego is my thing, but you obviously spend time on your craft, nice one. I especially like that its not just the build, you throw in some researched history as well, that sets you apart from some other channels.
@@MrBuyerman I appreciate the feed back for sure. I'm glad you've enjoyed the content as that was the route I wanted to take. I didn't want to be a 4x speed slap together with music knock off :)
"The Great Escape" Theme???
Should've been "The Battle of Britain" Theme, surely!
Marvellous aircraft, nonetheless. Had you fly over my house last week. Perk of residing in Bomber County 😊
Great build. One of my favorite subject The Battle of Britain. I need to build my 1/48 scale kit. A tad bit too much weathering in my opinion, but very nice.
Aside of "PIN WASHES" I don't EVER use overall washes- TOO DAMNED MESSY... Someday, I'll show my own personal technique of "weathering"...
Nice build, the Hurricane is my favourite WW2 aircraft, I prefer it over the Spitfire, just like that strong, chunky sort of look it has. and the wide landing gear track.
Intersting basing technique of painting. Different from the common "black basing" seen in many videos. Also interesting the painting around the panel lines, to create a sort of pre shadow using the darker case color. Bravo
You mentioned that there were no RCAF squadrons in the Battle of Britian only mentioning 242 (Canada) RAF squadron. There was in fact 1 RCAF squadron in the Battle of Britain.
At one time a couple of years ago, a 1/48 scale Hurricane was hard to find. I finally went with a low detail Pegasus issue of a snap together. I did it up in German captured that they toured around with during the war along with many other Allied captured aircraft. Your detail looks hard. Nice kit though & nice job. I hope you had a good time during the build. Thanks for videoing it. I get depressed with future detailed kits. Wicked meticulous. I still try though.
Excellent build. The only issue I see is the exhaust needs to be painted more realistically. It wouldn't be bare metal like that. Needs to be a bit heat treated and have some exhaust blackening added.
Nice work, but, dude, your sound balance is WAY off. To be able to hear you the volume is up on 11, which is a bitch when the martial music kicks back in as it inevitably blows out all my windows and once brought down a low-flying airliner. Fade the choons out when you wanna talk over, and then balance and normalise the entire audio track.
Jebuss, my ears are still bleeding...
Very impressive . Looks like she is ready for duty . RAF Hendon ,1940 . Thank you .
Can’t hear what you’re saying because of the unnecessary music! A good build spoilt by muzak. Build videos never need a sound track.
You truly are a gifted modeler. I’m lucky to build what comes in the box without throwing it away. Now, I know I’ll probably get flamed for this, but the powder stains on the wings are terrific, but from pictures I’ve seen, where the shell casings come out of the bottom of the wing don’t have any or very little black streaks. The powder has been burnt and expended from the end of the gun barrels. Empty shell casings won’t leave those types of streaks. Please understand, I am NOT being critical of how your model turned out and I’d give anything to have your skills. As for the streaks, I’m just going on pictures that I’ve seen and what I know personally from firearms. I worked with the gunners mates when I was in the Coast Guard and I’m also a gunsmith. Now, if I’m wrong in what I said about the streaks where the shell casings are expended, please accept my apologies? Thank you for sharing a great video of your build and your model.
God speed
No worries, I appreciate critique when it's not in a negative manner. I have gone a bit too far with it, but I'll reference this photo:
images.app.goo.gl/SP3cgN9orZvN52KA8
Can you release a video on the tropical version of this aircraft, that you showcased in the Kittyhawk video? It looked amazing!
Just couldn't go through the whole video because of the music... It's disturbing.
So much of interest in this video. The Hurricane, as you say was built of tubes and covered on fabric. They could take a lot of machine gun hits because a lot of the bullets just came in one side and out the other without hitting anything, just making two small holes. Cannons, not so much.
Good build but the guns should be black not gun metal and the whole cockpit should be cockpit green there was very little bare aluminium on the real thing.
Good stuff
Love it ,+ the history lesson as well hopefully I’ll get to that standard one day 👌🏻brilliant
*L E G*
👍🏻 for the Hurricane and another 👍🏻 for your model.
Music is ruining all the video, it’s incredibly loud, and the sound of your voice is barely audible
Stunning piece of modelling. Bader. Rhymes with Larder not Vader.
Without music, please. Otherwise very good
Great video. Not going to offer any critiques because you'll figure it out and I know how discouraging critiques can be right out of the gate. Judging though by how great this first video is the rest will be amazing. Good luck on your journey. Congratulations. Subscribed.
Thanks Daniel! Check out the F-35 and Corsairs as well
Awesome modelling, just great.
The music adds nothing and makes your narration difficult to hear. Otherwise, a nice build.
Great build. The staining from the gun ports are somewhat overdone imo.
Found this by accident, now subscribed. Excellent work Sir! {just get the balance between voice over and music sorted, and it will be perfect!}
The newer videos don't have music :)
Thanks for subbing
You might mention Robert Stanford Tuck?? Favorite of mine...
I've liked this video as I like your results and subscribed as I'd like to see how your videos improve. Other than the sound levels between your narrative and the music, I'd like to have seen more about your use of the photo etched parts. That'd have made your video different from others I've seen. And, because I've got the same kit and keep putting off building it, I'd like to have seen you do the tropical paint scheme. Keep on creating and I look forward to your future builds.
Thanks for your feedback! I'm about to start a group build and will be building both the Tamiya P-51D and Airfix Spitfire XIX PR. Both have a bit of photoetch so I'll be sure to focus on that a bit more in the video.
I was planning on a video at the end of the month, but my two last Kinetic kits have turned into disasters.
WOW an absolutely super build from an everyday mass production plastic kit !! The improvements have made really make this Spitfire stand out with the amazing details that you have added. You have certainly done your research well of the history of this aircrafts active life with the RAF and the young pilots that flew them. Well done indeed.
Thanks Buzz. Make sure you check out the newer videos,. This one is only on here as a benchmark to check my development :)
Enjoyed the build but as comments say the music was too loud and for me was distracting.
Great build!! But you could turn the music down a tic...Cheers!
I always liked the Hurricane. I think I'd like to build one of these.
Absolutely amazing build mate well done 👍
Why did you not extend the power stans of wing guns to the flaps?
Because the stains don't always extend that far back. The pilot may of only fired a few short bursts:
goo.gl/images/X5w5P1
@@TheModelGuy But the stains look very pronounced, that you have shown.
@@vincentfiore2228 that may just be me needing to be lighter on the smoke next time :)
Very strange choice of the background music...
🤔🤗😉😊☺️😇👍👏👌
Can u do a video on using the cricut machine to make custom decals. Thx
Great video and build. Subscribed and looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Hello!
I was amazed by the high percentage of thinner that you used with the Air colors from Vallejo...
May I ask you what thinner did you use?
I used Vallejo's own brand of thinner.
All options for the Airfix Sea Hurricane, Tropical Hurricane and Battle of Britain Hurricane are all in all three of the kits, it's only the decals that differ so if you buy 3rd party decals it doesn't matter which kit you buy but the instruction sheet does not show how to use all of the options but its easy to work it out.
Really enjoyed this and a new subscriber.
What's playing when you unmask?
Nice Hurri! One tip I'd suggest from my own experience would be to use Mr Color's 'Super Clear III' diluted with Levelling Thinner rather than Tamiya X-22 as it dries thinner and more uniform. Also, whilst the chipping on the airframe's metal areas looks really good here, RAF prop blades during the war were made of wood composite material so didn't chip like metal blades. :-)
During the course of the war, the Hurricane used a variety of five different props. This one has the dehavilland propeller which had metal blades.
Thanks for the tip on the clear coat. Since this video I've picked up Mr Color Levelling thinner which made a huge difference
@@TheModelGuy Ah! Fair enough, my bad on the prop then! :-)
@@rifledude303 no worries! I am open to being challenged on the information I provide on this channel. I am going to make mistakes, but I try to reference books and verified sites. But no one's perfect. :)
I don't have the same skills as you but I am finding it impossible to get hold of a 1.48 scale Mk.1 hawker hurricane (BoB). I've seen one on Amazon by Airfix but they want £1,109.04 for it, that would empty my bank account and then some. I'm trying to put together a battle of Britain diorama with refueler trucks and ground crews.
Amazon has the Tropic Hurri and the Sea Hurricane. Both can be used as all three kits have all the parts for all the variants.
the 1812...not very appropriate...to loud