Author Topic: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF  (Read 5346 times)

Offline The Big Gimper

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1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« on: August 09, 2019, 08:34:06 AM »

Hawker-Hurricane-Floaty-01
by Big Gimper, on Flickr


Hawker-Hurricane-Floaty-02
by Big Gimper, on Flickr

Rescue of a partially built Revell IIC. Floats from a Matchbox Fairey Sea Fox. I made the float struts.
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2019, 11:23:50 AM »
Beautiful start!! 

Offline Robomog

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2019, 10:55:32 PM »
Looks good   :smiley:

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Offline Brian da Basher

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2019, 02:52:43 AM »
Sure looks sleek! I'd never expect floats to lend an air of speed, but here we are.

Hot right outta the gate!

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2019, 04:52:08 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2019, 07:20:56 AM »
Great job! I thought those were Spitfire floats  :smiley:
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Offline ChernayaAkula

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2019, 08:26:11 AM »
Nice!  :smiley:
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Offline ericr

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2019, 03:08:27 AM »
 :smiley:

Offline Dr. YoKai

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2019, 11:31:39 PM »
Looks like a natural! How's it coming along?

Offline Kerick

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2019, 05:16:22 AM »
Looks great and it looks like you have the floats positioned right. Nice work! Colors?

Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2019, 09:07:36 AM »
Good grief! How'd I miss this? :o

Brilliant start, TBG! :smiley:


Are you going to finish her off for us? ???
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Offline The Big Gimper

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2019, 09:49:02 AM »
Thanks guys. It's getting there. Hope to get it done.

Have been sidetracked with the sale of my parent's house. Both my parents have dementia so my my brother and I are the designated Substitute Decision makers in their POA.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2019, 09:58:52 AM »
Thanks guys. It's getting there. Hope to get it done.

Have been sidetracked with the sale of my parent's house. Both my parents have dementia so my my brother and I are the designated Substitute Decision makers in their POA.

I completely understand. My Dad asks me what I do for a living almost everyday and I’ve had the same career for 25 years. My siblings and I are learning to just let comments and questions go by. Many times it’s just the dementia talking.

Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2019, 10:56:28 AM »
Thanks guys. It's getting there. Hope to get it done.

Have been sidetracked with the sale of my parent's house. Both my parents have dementia so my my brother and I are the designated Substitute Decision makers in their POA.

Sorry to hear that, mate. I can only imagine what it must be like losing the person you knew to something as insidious as dementia.

If you can, you can: If you can't, you can't. Family first, always! :smiley:
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2019, 09:50:31 PM »
Thanks guys. It's getting there. Hope to get it done.

Have been sidetracked with the sale of my parent's house. Both my parents have dementia so my my brother and I are the designated Substitute Decision makers in their POA.

Sorry to hear that, mate. I can only imagine what it must be like losing the person you knew to something as insidious as dementia.

If you can, you can: If you can't, you can't. Family first, always! :smiley:

Thank you.  We see the same behaviour Ken.  The same message on an endless loop. Insidious is the same term I use as well Guy. We missed the early signs which pisses me off.

Another friend's mom also has dementia. She calls it the long good-bye.
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Offline kitnut617

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2019, 10:19:46 PM »
Sorry to hear about your parents Carl,  mrs kitnut's Grandad had it so I'm keeping an eye on her, her short term memory is starting to get a little wonky --

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2019, 02:57:32 AM »
I was lucky only insofar as both my parents died before they could succumb to it. But the first job I ever had was orderly in a Nursing home - at least they have you there with them.

Offline dy031101

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Re: 1/72 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIF
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2019, 03:18:50 AM »
My thoughts are with you, man.  :(
Forget about his bow and arrows- why wait until that sparrow has done his deed when I can just bury him right now 'cause I'm sick and tired of hearing why he wants to have his way with the cock robin!?