Subject: Re: Hurricane Submission
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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:32:55 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:23 PM
  Subject: Hurricane Submission

  1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.IIc 

  by Burt Gustafson

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  Hello everyone. Here is my OOB 1/48 scale Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane. The quality of this kit was quite good, nice and easy to build, not much filling and sanding. The panel lines were nicely engraved. I air brushed Model Master Paints for the paint job and used PARAFILM to create the masks for the camouflage. After painting, I air brushed the model with a coat of Future Wax, then enhanced the panel lines with a pin wash.

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  For the final finish, I air brushed the model with a mixture of Model Masters Semi Gloss Clear and Flat Clear Laquer Finish to give the model just a bit of a sheen. I am not much for weathering model aircraft. I prefer them with a factory fresh paint job as if they were in a museum, which of course they are, my model aircraft museum.

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  A History Note:  In the "Battle of Britain" (the summer of 1940), what RAF fighter was the best? Was it the Hawker Hurricane or the Supermarine Spitfire?

  In Winston Churchill's the Few, the Many, the Finest Hour speech, he said the Spitfire was the airplane that won the "Battle of Britain". Well, not exactly. That statement leaves out the Hawker Hurricane, the other RAF front line fighter. In July of 1940 (the start of the battle) the RAF had 396 operational Hurricanes and 228 Spitfires. That's a ratio of 3 Hurricanes to two Spitfires, and held through the summer.

  Fighter Command tended to send Spitfires against the German high altitude fighters and sent the Hurricanes to attack the slower lower flying German bombers. By the battle's end (the end of October); Hurricanes had claimed 656 enemy aircraft, versus 529 for the Spitfires. Yet the Spitfires got top billing. So which aircraft was the best fighter? The debate still goes on today, some 60 years later.

  Photos and text © by Burt Gustafson