By: Mark V - 18th March 2005 at 08:22
This photo is scanned from ‘Combat Colours – Number 2 – The Hawker Hurricane 1939 to 1945 in RAF, Commonwealth and FAA Service’, by H C Bridgewater, 2001. The photo is uncredited but there is also an excellent three-view colour profile in the book – well worth buying.
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th March 2005 at 22:53
The US 8th Air Force had three Hurricanes in Green/Grey camo for fast liasion duties, but I can’t remember what mark. It is in one of the Freeman books on the 8th AF.
Steve
By: Corsair166b - 11th March 2005 at 03:18
LF390…not too far from LF 363, huh?
The Hurricane took its base coat of paint tonight….I finally got a proper air tank at the auto parts store and filled it with 60 psi of air then came home and hooked it up to the airbrush, and off we went…a slight air leak where the hose connects to the tank but nothing a little bit of pipe tape won’t fix….anyway, the underside of the Hurricane is now a ‘sand’ color and REMARKABLY similar to some of the photos in Dibbsy’s book ‘Flying Legends’ (actually I’m basing the paint scheme on the Duxford based ‘XR-T’ with the fighting Eagle painted on it…repainted last year as HA-C, I know, but the photos are great to work from) and the upper surfaces are now a medium tan and waiting for the right color brown, which I don’t have here at the house…so I continued on to my Birdcage Corsair and finished its upper surfaces in dark blue before I ran out of air pressure…unfortunately I was’nt able to make any headway on my Wildcat which will take a good bit of the same color of dark blue, but let me fill that tank again and I’ll get to her…
Mark
By: dhfan - 11th March 2005 at 00:49
Not a very good pic to start with and quite small so this is the best I can do.
Scanned from Hawker Hurricane by Francis K Mason.
By: Corsair166b - 10th March 2005 at 22:39
Tony-
Much appreciated…yeah, let me see the paint scheme, you never know….might be interesting…have seen the PV202 thread and like that Spitfire, very different looking….might approach Greenwood about redoing his like that one some time when I see him this summer…
Currently out of action while I try to rig up an air power source for my airbrush, FINALLY bought all the fittings I need to adapt it to a tire valve stem system so all I have to do is fill a tire inner tube with air when I want to use the airbrush….took LOTS of searching through air tool parts at Home Depot and the bicycle store to find what I needed, but I think I’m ready to go….the alternative was to buy a $100-$200 compressor and go that way, but I seem to be short on funds and Airshow season is coming up…maybe a request for X-mas next year if my Tire system does’nt work out!
Mark
By: Tony Kearns - 10th March 2005 at 22:29
Mark,
There is an Irish chap here in Ireland who has produced Irish Decals so it should not be a problem for the Spitfire and Hurricane. His name is Joe Maxwell and he markets them as Max Decals www.maxdecals.com/ I can organise a Hurricane photo to give you an idea for the scheme. The Spitfire 161/PV202 is well covered on this forum following its restoration by HFL in its original Irish colours.
Regards
Tony K
By: Corsair166b - 10th March 2005 at 22:02
Tony….might do a Spit as a Irish air corps bird (especially since we have Bill Greenwood’s plane out here and it’s ex IAC) but probably basic British on the Hurricane….Decals would be a pain to find…
M
By: Tony Kearns - 10th March 2005 at 21:50
Mark,
Would you be interested in finishing it as an Irish Air Corps 2C Hurricane ?
Tony K
By: PNK - 10th March 2005 at 21:14
Would any of the Eagle squadrons used them as hacks during the change over?
Or any of the training units pre-Torch?
By: Corsair166b - 10th March 2005 at 20:27
Yeah, DH, that would be a cool scheme, if you could find a pic of it…gotta have the cannons though, as that’s what my model came with….I already messed it up as opposed to the box pic above because I did’nt put the Vokes filter on the chin on mine….just left it plain (plane?)….
Mine is 1/48 scale…might look into the Portugese thing, thanks…
Mark
By: dhfan - 10th March 2005 at 20:20
Without going back to the book I can’t remember the mark but is one with invasion stripes of interest?
I’ve never heard of one before.
By: ...starfire - 10th March 2005 at 19:17
Mark, I think Portugal aquired a batch of Mk IIc. Some of those saw action for the filming of “Angels One Five”. 1/48 decal-sheet:
(Or ist yours 72nd scale?)
By: Corsair166b - 10th March 2005 at 18:41
Hmmm…interesting….I was convinced that none were ever painted as such, but once again, surprise rears its head….I was looking for a different paint scheme for my Mk IIc cannon armed Hurricane model here, but these planes are earlier marks of the Hurricane…
Maybe I’ll just paint it the way the box portrays it, as a SEAC Hurricane…
Mark
By: dhfan - 10th March 2005 at 15:59
That’s the nearest I can find too.
According to Hawker Hurricane by Francis K Mason, all Allied shipborne fighters were painted with US markings to avoid confusion by American gunners and pilots who weren’t familiar with British and French designs.
There’s a pic of a MkX and a MkXII.
By: DazDaMan - 10th March 2005 at 08:38
Indeed, if you look in the Squadron/Signal publication, “Hurricane in Action”, on page 47 there are pictures of Sea Hurricane MkIIBs with RAF roundels and flashes painted over with stars on a blue circular background, with a yellow ring around the edges – but still with “ROYAL NAVY” painted ahead of the fin.
By: tbyguy - 10th March 2005 at 04:57
Mark, the only Hurricanes I can think of in US markings were the Sea Hurricanes of 800 Squadron of the FAA during Operation Torch. To my knowledge none were actually flown by Americans though! Can’t find a photo now, but here’s a model currently for sale in those colors:
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