Category: World War II
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Group Captain Dudley Honor’s Hurricane
Hurricane Mk I, W9266, 274 Squadron, Gerawla, Egypt, 25 May 1941 This is a contentious scheme as no color photos exist (yet) and the descriptions of the “sand and spinach” leading edge and nose are inconsistent. They range from green and brown, green and yellow, to purple and aluminum. At the time of the build,…
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Hurricanes in Norway
Hurricane Mk I, PO-N, 46 Squadron RAF, Bardufoss, Norway, May 1940 This subject begged to be built mainly because of the history. I chose the scheme based on a profile, and while it is probably fictious, I like it as a unique scheme on my shelf. The Subject 46 Squadron deployed aboard HMS Furious to…
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82 Sir!
FG-1D, VMF-511, 82, USS Block Island, 1945 This was built as my contribution to a group build, “Who’s the Boss?” wherein we had to build any of the then new Hobbyboss kits. I chose this subject simply because the side number was 82, my graduating class. Additionally, the Block Island was used at the Naval…