Fuselage Painted! — Mk XII Hurricane

North Bay … CCF …
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Dave O’Malley, who authors all the stories on our website, is a graphics genius, and has a great sense of humour. He sure got me on this one, hook-line-and-sinker.

Anyway, you’re right. The Hurri looks wonderful. And since the Vintech team finished with the Spitfire IX last year they’ve been pushing ahead with this new project at a great rate.

I hope to fly it this Fall.

I looked at every caption for some explanation about the roundels and finflashes to suggest it was an April Fool’s gag, so well-done is the photo retouching! Bravo to all!

Also the real deal looks fantastic. It must be an exciting time to be at VWoC working on her.

Good call, and I sort of fell for it

😀

Got’cha.

Nice one. 🙂

Try clicking the video at the bottom of the page….shows them painting it!!! 😮

April fools as it says on their website ….

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/620/AprilFools2019.aspx

Other sources suggest the more usual insignia.

There is no way, is there, that the colours somehow got mixed up between drawings and application ?

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/done-1-48-hurricane-mki-willie-mcknight-defense-of-britain-atlantic.43719/

Did not this Mk Hurricane actually have a PT 6 engine, like some of the late-production Swordfish ?

I must be missing something, but I always associated the red outer ring and blue inner circle as the roundel of the French Air Force.

Sincerely hope that is an April fool joke and not a proper paint job !!!!

Was just about to post that. The roundel looks well off !

I am slightly puzzled by the fuselage roundel colours. On the masked photo it states a red centre, white, blue and then the yellow outer, however, the finished roundels appear to my eyes to have a blue centre, white, red and then the yellow outer. Or is it because it’s April 1st?