Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Spey Phantom on July 19, 2012, 02:25:11 AM
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Hawker Hurricane Mk.VI, Royal Air Force, 28 Squadron.
Dalbumghar, India, South East Asia Command.
in march 1944, the Japanese forces contineus to wreck havoc in South East Asia, the US forces could barely hold them back, the British were running low on effective aircraft. SEAC has asked war office in London to replace its Hawker Hurricane Mk.II's witch were becoming oudated, and requested large number of Hawker Tempest Mk.V's. but London denied that request, saying the aircraft were already urgently needed on the European and South-American front. however, RAF Fighter Command has issued Hawker Aircraft Ltd. with a request to improve the Mk.II aircraft to a new standard, using lessons learned from the ill fated Hurricane Mk.V, many of the flaws of the design were ironed out with they're newly proposed version, the Hurricane Mk.VI.
improvements being made on the exsisting Mk.II variants include a new 4-blade propellor, a more powerfull Rolls Royce Merlin 65 engine, strengened wings and additional armour arround the cockpit. the improvements in performance were significant and SEAC took delivery of 360 Hurricane Mk.VI's between september 1944 and March 1945, witch included some other additional converted Mk.II's from the african command. these fighters served as a stopgap, untul more improved fighters as the Mustang Mk.VI and Hawker Tempests.
the aircraft were very succesfull in the ground attack role, especially during the Battle of Dheli in January 1946, when the Japanese invaded India. Hurricanes destroyed over 1500 Japanese tanks and by August 1946, the Imperial Japanese Army was forced to withdraw from the area.
after the defeat of the Japanese, the Hurricanes were widely used to shoot down incoming Okha kamikaze rocket-fighters, in witch it played a vital role.
the Mk.VI stayed in frontline service until the end of the war in February 1947, witch after then they were used at target towing aircraft until being retired in 1951.
Model:
the model is a Revell 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc, with the engine exhausts and rocket tubes from a revell P-51B, the 4-blade prop came from a scrapped Heller Spitfire Mk.XVI. decals are pretty much OOB from the revell Hurri IIc, the sharksmouth came from revell's 1/72 P-51B.
its only a modest what-if model, but its nice to have a first SEAC aircraft on the shelves 8)
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn292/Nilssteyaert/what%20if/Luft46/huricanemk61.jpg)
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn292/Nilssteyaert/what%20if/Luft46/huricanemk62.jpg)
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:)
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Hurricanes rule, spitfires drool :)
Four blade propeller on the Hurricane looks like it belongs there and those rocket launcher tubes give it a very menacing and purposeful appearance.
Now you have got me thinking about the need for a couple of the old 1/48th scale Monogram Hurricane and Typhoon kits to come up with something similar.
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I've got to agree. That four-bladed prop is great and the shark's mouth is truly inspired.
Nice one, Nils!
Brian da Basher
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Always been a massive hurricane fan ! In fact im building one right now... Yours is a inspiration ! :)