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The infamous Airfix panel lines are present in all their Matchbox-esque glory. Since, they're both going into my display case forevah, I didn't bother weathering the bottom of the kits. This was the first time I used Humbrol paint in many, many moons! As you can see, despite several coats, it's translucent in some places on the clear parts. Somewhere along the journey I stressed the Revell canopy there are micro fissures along the the top. The Revell kit depicts a Mk IIC in the China, Burma, Indian theater.Ī few comments about this build. The Mk IID is a special release under the "Airfix Club" label and contains the 40mm gun pods. So, here is a Hurricane Mk IID tank buster in a revisit to my first modeling project. As time went on, my modeling interest settled on post-WWII aircraft I was never much interested in WWII subjects.īut, when I came across a Revell kit visiting a hobby shop, the nostalgia bug bit me! Along the way I, also, came by an Airfix kit being sold on a modeling forum. The cannons are perfectly casted in grey resin, with a bubble-free, smooth finish.
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Consequently, I've always been fond of the Hawker Hurricane. The 40 mm cannon are a high visibility part in a Hurricane MkII.D and Quickboost has produced another 'quick' way to 'boost' your model, by producing a seam-free, flash-free reproduction of the 40 mm cannon for the tank-buster hurricane. I guess that was the real start to my life long hobby.
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This was the first model I built as a replica and not a toy to play with. However as the Vickers S was mostly used against early to mid war models of the PzIII/IV in North Africa it was good enough as it was.Long ago when I was between the 6th and 7th grade, I received a Monogram Hurricane kit for my birthday. Trials using the so called LittleJohn adapter would have put the Vickers S closer in performance to the BK3.7 but it never got accepted into service. Penetration against an armor plate with a 100 kg/mm2 yield strength (Panzerplattenfestigkeit): Projectile weight: 405 g with 8 g tolerances 1942 has some info on the 37 mm APCR used for the 3,7 cm BK.ģ,7 cm Hartkernpanzergranatpatrone Leuchtspur ohne Zerleger (3,7 cm H-Pzgr.Patr. An overall much lighter round but made from a high density tungsten alloy with a very high melting point. The comparable German BK3.7 cannon fired its APCR anti tank rounds at 1150 m/s. In the case of a 240 mph attack speed, this amounts to 107 m/s." These figures appear surprisingly high, given the low muzzle velocity, until it is remembered that the velocity of the firing aircraft must be added to that of the shot. "The 2½ lb AP shot first used in the "S" gun could penetrate 47 mm / 360 m /30 degrees (from the vertical), the later 3 lb shot improving this by 9%. I do wonder about its penetration performance, a quick search gave a muzzle velocity of just 570 m/s for the 3 lbs shot. I guess we might be able to replicate this on the Tobruk map.Ĭannon were capable of taking out just about any tank when firing from the rear at the deck over the engine.Ĭannon could fire AP rounds or HE rounds against soft targets. 'this was not as dangerous as it sounds as the aircraft would only collect 1 or 2 rounds, but a bullet in the glycol could bring the aircraft down, and once we knew about the trick we would make a point of banking away just before the tank'
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Has a whole chapter on the IId / 6 Squadron and discusses this tactic. Not sure how effective this was but it must have been reasonably effective to make it into a book i suppose.Įdit - found the reference page 103 of 'Hurricane and Messerschmidt' by Chaz Bowyer and Armand van Ishoven. i think the crafty Germans figured out the likely attack direction and thus could anticipate the direction the IId would fly. The IId would make its run over the damaged tank firing its 40mm and the MG would start firing upwards at the same time hoping to hit the IId as it overflew the damaged tank. The crafty Germans used to set traps for the IId by sighting an MG immediately behind a damaged tank (but not too damaged, otherwise it wouldnt invite an attack) in a shell scrape pointing directly up. Fun fact (I read in one of my desert war books)