Hurricane Mk.I landing flaps 1:48 is a photo-etched set from the manufacturer Eduard that replaces the plastic landing flaps of a Hawker Hurricane Mk I model with thin metal parts. It is an accessory, not a kit.
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This item is a photo-etched detail set from the manufacturer Eduard focused on the landing flaps. Flaps are among the parts where the difference between plastic and photo-etching shows most. Because of the technology, a molded flap has a thickness that in miniature corresponds to several centimeters of the real structure, and underneath it is usually smooth. A photo-etched part is thin to a fraction of a millimeter and carries the rib structure, so lowered flaps look like a sheet-metal pressing and not like a plastic plate.
The Hawker Hurricane Mk I was a British single-seat fighter with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and eight 7.7 mm machine guns in the wing. Lowered flaps are a typical sight on a machine standing on an airfield, which is why they are often built in the lowered position on models. A model with the flaps lowered feels caught at a particular moment rather than a static mockup.
First the original plastic flaps are usually removed from the model and the edges are leveled with a file so that the metal part seats. Cut the photo-etched parts off the fret with a sharp knife on a hard backing, not with nippers. Form the bends and ribs in a photo-etch bending tool, or over a steel ruler; shape the small parts with round-nosed pliers. They are glued with cyanoacrylate glue applied with a toothpick, and on the larger joints with slower-setting epoxy. Go over the metal with primer before painting, otherwise the paint will not hold on the smooth surface. Glue the flaps on only after the wing has had its base coat, as they bend easily.
The set is an accessory to a plastic kit. The model itself, glue and paints are not part of the package.
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