BASIC BUILD
HURRICANE Mk.IBASIC BUILD
HURRICANE Mk.I42 Airfi x Model WorldM
uch has been
written about
the Hawker
Hurricane, which
was a stalwart of the Battle of
Britain, albeit overshadowed byits more glamorous stablemate,
the Supermarine Spitfire.
Many of its pilots preferred it
over the Supermarine machine
despite it not being as fast or
easy to handle, but it could
turn tighter, which was vital in
the desperate dogfights oversoutheast England in the summer
of 1940. Its design made it a more
stable gun platform and it had
more concentrated firepower
as the eight machine guns were
grouped together, rather than
spread along the wing and it could
absorb more punishment due
to its robust construction. Most
importantly to the RAF and theMODELSPEC
Hurricane Mk.I Expert Set
By: Arma Hobby
Stock Code: 70019
Scale: 1/72
Price: £16.99
Available from:
http://www.armahobby.comArma Hobby’s newly
tooled Hurricanes
are examined in
this double build by
Jamie Haggo
M
uch has been
written about
the Hawker
Hurricane, which
was a stalwart of the Battle of
Britain, albeit overshadowed byits more glamorous stablemate,
the Supermarine Spitfire.
Many of its pilots preferred it
over the Supermarine machine
despite it not being as fast or
easy to handle, but it could
turn tighter, which was vital in
the desperate dogfights oversoutheast England in the summer
of 1940. Its design made it a more
stable gun platform and it had
more concentrated firepower
as the eight machine guns were
grouped together, rather than
spread along the wing and it could
absorb more punishment due
to its robust construction. Most
importantly to the RAF and theMODELSPEC
Hurricane Mk.I Expert Set
By: Arma Hobby
Stock Code: 70019
Scale: 1/72
Price: £16.99
Available from:
http://www.armahobby.comArma Hobby’s newly
tooled Hurricanes
are examined in
this double build by
Jamie Haggo
Unusually for an aircraft, the first task was to assemble the main undercarriage bays,
which featured excellent detail for the scale. Moulded detail in the fuselage was sufficient to satisfy most modeller’s tastes, but to be
fair, Hurricane sidewalls weren’t the most detailed anyway.