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  • AZModel Hawker Hurricane MkI Early

    I built this kit back in 2010 and posted the build on the 72nd Aircraft website. For completeness I decided to post it here as well. My subject is a well-known Mk I, L1697/JX-G, 1 Squadron British Expeditionary Force, France, May 1940. P/O Paul Richey. Reference is Aviation Workshop On Target Profile 12, page 9.…

  • Early Hurricane Season Begins

    This started as a simple batch build of my 5 remaining Airfix Mk I kits that I wanted to do quickly.  Since I had a 4 day weekend over Easter I had hoped to pretty much complete construction of all 5 kits to the point you see here.  Well, my eyes were bigger than my modeling time……

  • Airfix Blenheim I / IV

    I know these are probably already arcing around the web, but I took a few photos of their new tooling Blenheim I/IV at the Shropshire Model Show this year. The clear bits are thin. Most of the bits are there on the sprues for multiple variants.  If one buys 3-4 kits (2 each I and…