1:48 Hurricane Mk.I

The real subject

The Hurricane Mk.I was a British single-seat fighter of the late 1930s. Its fuselage was built on a welded tubular framework with a covering, which was an older route than an all-metal shell, but a damaged machine was easy to repair. Its widely splayed landing gear gave it confidence on grass airfields, the powerplant was a Rolls-Royce Merlin twelve-cylinder V engine and the armament was eight 7.7 millimeter machine guns in the wing. In 1940 Hurricanes were more numerous with the British fighter squadrons than Spitfires.

What the set offers

Photo-etched metal parts in 1:48 scale. Photo-etching carries a thickness in tenths of a millimeter, so covers, meshes, clasps and small flat pieces look like sheet metal on a model and not like a board. Which parts of the aircraft the set covers and which kit it is tuned to are given in the manufacturer's instructions; go through them in full before you cut the first part off.

Working with photo-etched parts

The elements are held on the carrier fret by thin tabs. Separate them with a sharp blade on a hard backing; scissors would bend the edge. Make the bend over a sharp edge or in a bending tool, along the whole length at once, otherwise the edge will ripple. Degrease the parts before gluing; fingerprints stay on metal even under paint. They are glued with cyanoacrylate glue or with two-part epoxy, which gives a longer time to true them up. Apply the paint onto a base coat, as it rubs off on bare metal.

Terms of supply

The aircraft kit, paints and glue are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.