Tag: Hawker hurricane

• Hurricane Night Fighter – Part One – The Leftover Matchbox

  

  Orphaned on the club’s Shelf Of Neglect. Donated to yours truly, and eagerly seized upon. The kit was minus a canopy, but I have an extensive spares box. So this Hawker came to life. The Matchbox kits are sometimes criticised for having pronounced panel lines. As this was to be a semi-matt coal black finish…

  Dick Stein

  October 23, 2025

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, frugality, Model Airplane, Model building club, Scale Models

  Hawker hurricane, SMCWA

• Australian Hurricane – Part Two – The Fairly Green Machine

  

  The RAAF wartime colours of Foliage Green and Sky Blue were not shown on the DK decals sheet that prompted the construction of this Hurricane, but they crop up in innumerable other sets of decals and aircraft profiles. As I have not done one exactly like this, it became the logical choice. And fortunately most…

  Dick Stein

  August 21, 2020

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World

  Foliage Green, Hawker hurricane, RAAF

• Australian Hurricane – Part One – The Oncer

  

  I was surprised as I could be to see a set of markings on an Australian 1:72 decal sheet that were purported to be for a Hawker Hurricane. I thought the RAAF never had them here in Australia. As it turned out, I was nearly right – they had one. The plane, V7476 was sent…

  Dick Stein

  August 20, 2020

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models

  Hawker hurricane, Hobby Boss, RAAF

• Hawker Hurricane Mk II – Part Five – The Newfie

  

  Those of you from the Dominion of Canada will know I speak with affection about Newfoundland – The place where this Hawker Hurricane was based. Specifically at Torbay in 1943 when German U boats were feared. They had successfully sunk ships nearby in the previous year and the RCAF needed to have a quick-response answer.…

  Dick Stein

  August 31, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World

  ASW, Canadian fighter, Hawker hurricane, Newfoundland, WW2

• Hawker Hurricane Mk II – Part One – How Do You Gild A Lily?

  

  It must be increasingly difficult for planners in the Chinese model making industry to think up what their next move is going to be. a. Which model shall we make – an old favourite in a new box for another 3 years of decreasing profit or a new venture that might become a cash cow…

  Dick Stein

  August 27, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  ASW, Canadian fighter, Hawker hurricane, Hobby Boss, model kit