#106 Hurricane MkI

No. 501 Squadron RAF over Dover in August 1940. Depicted with the Arma Hobby 1:72 kit and a Pit-Road 1:700 wingmen. No electronics in this one.

Build

Notes

The Hurricane Mk.I was the first production version of the iconic fabric-covered aircraft.

The first few hundred had a wooden two-bladed, fixed-pitch propeller and 1,030 hp (770 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk.II engine. These were followed b the more common three blade two-pitch propeller and Merlin Mk.III engines.

Markings

The Arma Hobby 70019 kit offers 4 schemes:

Hurricane MkI , serial P3059, fuselage code SD-N from 501 Squadron RAF, August 1940. Aeroplane piloted, among others by Polish fighter pilot Sgt Antoni Głowacki
Hurricane MkI , serial V7234, SD-A from 501 Squadron RAF, August 1940. The most successful aeroplane of Sgt Antoni Głowacki. Credited with six shoots down and one damaged aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Glowacki has achieved five kills in one day (24 August 1940) and became the only „one day ace” in Battle of Britain select scheme
Hurricane MkI , serial R4175, fuselage code RF-R From 303 Polish/RAF Squadron, pilot Sgt Josef Frantisek has shot down seven of his seventeen kills during the Battle of Britain. Unfortunately, he was killed when accidentally crashed this aeroplane on the ground during patrol flight on 8th October 1940.
Hurricane MkI trop, serial 284, fuselage code „yellow J”, 3 Squadron SAAF, Kenia 1941. Pilot Lt. Robert Kershaw has rescued his shot down commander, Cpt. John Frost, after Diredawa (Ethiopia) air raid on 15 March 1941.

Paint Scheme

Feature	Color	Recommended	Paint Used
A Interior Grey Green	FS34226	HTK-A025/C025	H73
B Night Black	FS37038	HTK-A041/C041	70.950 Black
C Gun metal	FS17178+FS37038	HTK-A106	H76
D Matt Silver	FS37178	HTK-A003/C003	H8, 70.997 Silver
E Sky type S	FS34583	HTK-A026/C026	H74
F Dark Green	FS34092	HTK-A016/C016	H64
G Dark Earth	FS30118	HTK-A009/C009	H72 + drop of H6
H Insignia Red	FS11136	HTK-A219/C219	70.909 Vermillion
prop tips	Yellow		H4

RAF Schemes?

Color	AK	Hataka	Mr Color	Aqueous	Vallejo Model Color
Interior grey-green	AK-2018	HTK-A025	C025	H73
Raf Sky	AK-2015	HTK-A026	C026	H74	70.885 Pastel Green
Raf Dark Green	AK-2011	HTK-A016	C016	H64/H330	70.894 Cam Olive Green RLM 80
Raf Dark Earth	AK-2012	HTK-A009	C009	H72 + drop of H6	70.921 English Uniform