Hurricane article in Scale Aviation Modeller

[Graham Boak]

The Dutch Hurricane can be found on one of the Dutch Decal sheets dedicated to the NEI, possibly this is where Richard Caruana obtained his information. I do not recall seeing a photo to justify this, but it is hardly unreasonable to assume that the Dutch source may well have.....

Given the production rate of RC and other professional artists, it is hardly surprising that they don't always get the research from the finest sources. However, it is something else to accuse him of pure invention. We are all guilty of, at times, favouring ideas that suit our earlier assumptions.

[FalkeEins]

..perhaps not pure invention, but I read on another board that he was utilising a 40 year old issue of Scale Modelworld as a source for his Buffalo drawings...perhaps not a good idea, when the definitive work on this type was published only a few months ago..

[Alex Smart]

Hi,


Thank you Steven and for your offer to search out photo.

Graham, thank you also i was unaware of the decal set.

Also falkeEins for you bit on Scale modelworld, i will have to look if I still have any .

Manny years ago i had made a modell of a Hurricane and the result was almost the same as the profile so I was not far off, my a/c had traces of old RAF colours under and above the wings though.

The Iraq bit is odd though, personnally I beleive he got mixed up with Iran, then again did Iran sell some on to iraq ??

night all and thanks

Alex

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[Graham Boak]

Given that the Buffaloes handed over directly (unit to unit) grew red/white/blue flags rather than the triangles, I do wonder a little about this scheme. However, some of the Hurricanes were handed over straight from the ferry, so these could have had the earlier markings. I don't know the date of the changeover.

[Tony Kearns]

Hello,

I have to say that I am really not qualified to comment on the Hurricanes other than the Irish Air Corps. Over the years I have seen many illustrations of former Irish Air Corps aircraft in different magazines. The depiction of Richard Caruana's Irish Hurricane 103 is the most accurate that I have ever come across. It follows his Lysander in an earlier edition which is equally good.
Regards to all
Tony Kearns