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First in! 
Tha last vehicle for the dio' - ready for the thin perspex on this one. Another nice kit, not many parts.
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The Hurricane is really coming along nicely. I had no idea they were used in photo recon. Blue is a lovely paint scheme.
For a while I had been looking for suitable nose weight for my Hunter. The model shop had weights, but I would need a hack-saw to separate the bits. That's not possible for me at the moment. I considered using clay, but I settled on pennies. I realized there was plenty of space behind the cockpit for weight. I simply folded the pennies in half and since I don't have epoxy, I used bits of sprue to hold them in. Although it doesn't look it, they are very secure. Yeah, it is illegal to deface currency, but don't tell anyone 
Here you can see the instrument panel nicely.
I'll glue in the seat after final painting, but now I can glue the fuselage together! 
Thanks Jagdgeschwader, when I bought the model I knew almost nothing about this plane. As it turns out, it's really quite interesting, and I am really appreciating its lines more as well.
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I've laways had a soft spot for the Hunter. It ranks up there with such classics as the F105.
Here is a little video to inspire you. Even those who are not interested in jets will get a kick out of this. It starts with Hunters in a multitude of colors and markings taking off and then a huge formation fly past followed by high speed fly pasts and some aerobatics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ture=player_embedded
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Neat video. 
Always liked the Hunter too - lots of colour schemes if you get addicted Romanator. Looking good. 
Lovely Hurri pit - another work of art on the way. 
I thought of hot-rodding when I saw the body shape too.
At first thought an unusual vehicle, but would be at home in many dioramas from France to the end of the war, I can't stop thinking of that scene from 'The Great Escape' where James Coburn meets the resistance at the pavement/sidewalk cafe.
Getting used to Tamiya paint - not too enamoured of it's self-stripping capabilities, the previous coat must be just applied or very dry indeed, no middle ground. Smells like burning electric wiring too - maybe that's just me (and yes - I've checked the whole house out, it's the paint, I'm sure). Back to Revell for the panzer grey exterior.
Checked and double checked the 'tan' interior colour as recommended in instructions, looked a bit impractical, but they were requisitioned civvie cars, even most of the French army ones - reminded me of an old pub, so I tried a nicotine staining 'damp patch' effect on the ceiling, not too bad, most of it won't show when assembled (just as well with a bloody great Tamiya maker's mark there). I might leave a door or two open and have the officer figure (spare from the Steyr) with his meagre lunch spread out on a handkerchief on the Citroen's roof, looking sideways at the passing piggy. Dithering about having the notek light away from the Dragon T-34, I've got refs of the Citroen with and without, might be nice finishing touch.
Going for the kit's engineer battalion decal option, so off to check out my 'big book of German shoulder straps' for the figs.
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For those of you in the UK if you are unaware ModelZone has a sale on....
You can pick up the huge 132cm 1/72 Gato Sub for £29-99 down from £69-99
http://www.modelzone.co.uk/gat...rine_kit-details.htm
The NEW AFV Churchill MK111 tank is at £17-99 reduced from £32-99
http://www.modelzone.co.uk/chu...l_mk_iii-details.htm
The newish Trumpeter 1/48th Wellington Bomber
reduced from £49-99 to £29-99...
I know it says its 1/72 on the page, but it isn't, the part number is the 1/48th one and lots on Britmodeller have ordered it online or collected it in person.
http://www.modelzone.co.uk/tru...llington-details.htm
amongst others...... browse the site.....just giving you a heads up, that sub is over a meter in length
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How much time it take you to finish one plane?
The last kits I made took me between 2 and 4 month, but I really don’t know how many hours.
For my next project I’m going to try to build this kit recording the number of hours that will take me to finish it.
So far I was able to spend 45 hours in the last two weeks (and I usually don’t have that much spare time!)
This is what I accomplish so far: (It’s a 1/32 Trumpeter Hellcat f-3)