DECALS:	Again, pictures show that in the chaotic situation that the Allied forces faced in Greece and Crete, little time was available to paint the squadron letters. So I only applied the standard roundels (from Techmod (48036B0 ) , the serial numbers (from Carpena set no 48.38 ) and some stencils from Classic Airframes fabric wings - Hurricane. The gun muzzles covers came from the spare decals box.
Applying decals.

Finishing the model:	A coat of Humbrol Matt coat was given to all surfaces. The propeller blades were glued to the spinner, which in turn was attached with epoxy to the nose due to the nose section being resin. The boarding step was glued in the deployed position and the scratch build cover of the hand hold was painted and placed in position at a 90 degree angle. I punched holes in the muzzles covers to show the holes of the resin pieces (if not, what would have been the use of copying this part?) The exhausts came from the Classic Airframes Hurricane (I will build the version with kidney exhausts later so I did not need these at this stage). They were painted with Humbrol 113 Matt Rust and drybrushed with a shade of copper. The holes in the exhausts were painted black. The internal and external handles of the canopy were scratchbuild, as were the gun sight and the tail support for the antenna. As I am not good at building the antennas, my model does not have the correct variant fitted at this stage. Using transparent sprue, I manufactured the wing tip lights (hollowed to paint the green and red bulbs), the light before the cockpit and the tail beacon. The reflective gun sight was glued and the kit was finished when I added the canopy to the fuselage. After 6 months of work (basically because of little baby requirements of time!) my Hurricane Trop to remember Pat Pattle was finished.
Canopy handles.
Exhaust, spinner and nose section detail.

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The author would like to dedicate this model to the memory of Pat Pattle and Squadron personnel, who fought for a free Europe.