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Building Pat Pattle's Hurricane |
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Written by Pablo Calcaterra- IPMS Toronto, Canada
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Sunday, 22 August 2004 |
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Page 5 of 6 Colour scheme: | | | Well, why did I decide to go with this cammo pattern? First, AS988, the aircraft in which Pattle was shot down according to his fitter, was one of the last MkIs built. This particular Hurricane, in all probability, only served at Sqdn level for a couple of months before it was shot down and destroyed. Being so, all the Hurricanes in Greece but for one that I have found so far had the temperate scheme. The two colour underside demarcation came into being again around this time, but most of the aircraft in my photo references and the replacement aircraft like V7795 had the lower part painted in sky. So far, nothing quite out of the ordinary. The “spaghetti” lines were used by several planes in this theatre and North Africa in the beginning of 1941 (however some aircraft were still wearing this cammo in 1942). Approximately 40% of the surviving pictures of planes in Greece that I have found (mainly the ones left behind during the retreat) show different versions of this “experimental” design. So it is not farfetched (again, some of the replacement aircraft had the “spaghetti” nose and wing leading edges) to think that Pat Pattle’s AS988 was painted this way. I guess we will never know as most of Pat Pattle’s records were destroyed during the retreat. |  Primer showed minor imperfections followed by the first colour.
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 Lower surfaces.
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|  Basic camou pattern. | Undersides were painted sky (the light under the fuselage was protected with Maskol). Upper surfaces received the usual Humbrol 30 (Matt Dark Green), including the wing leading edges both under and above the wings and the spinner. When dry, these edges were masked and Humbrol 29 (Dark Earth) completed the basic upper camouflage. To make the wavy lines of the “spaghetti”, I used thin rolls of Blu Tac that were applied over the green on the leading edges, nose and spinner. The rest of the cammo was masked and a coat of Humbrol 84 (Matt Mid Stone) + Matt White was spayed. When all the masking was removed, the leading edges and nose had green lines over a light sand/brown background. The vents on the fuselage for the tropical filter were scratch built (two on each side in the cockpit area). The propeller blades were painted in Matt Black with Yellow tips. A silver pen was used to simulate chipped paint in the gun bays area, walk ways on the fuselage and some engine areas. Black chalk made the guns streaks. All the paint was given several light coats of Future (first time I used this product). | |  |
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