Hurricane panel lines?
 

Hi guys Ive been admiring Olegs hurricanes but something just didn't look right to me, and after a while I realised it was the panel lines on the cowling, there is just simply too many of them. Obviously these are only WIP's but i thought i would point it out so it can be resolved later. I know that the Mk11 Hurricane showed these panel lines but these only appeared in September 1940 and in small numbers.

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2687/hurri.jpg

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/4585/bb2a601.jpg


http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7872/mk1hurri.jpg

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8325/1754654.jpg

Well ive been looking all over the net at wartime pics of mk1 hurricanes and i cant find one pic of a hurri with that many panel lines on the cowling...so you might have something here Tree.

Those are shadow lines representing the lines of rivets that secure the metal skin to the structural ribs underneath. Slightly heavy handed compared to the real thing, but certainly not representing panel lines as such. Two of the seven lines you indicated (number 3 and 7) are panel edges. The rest are rivet shadows.

Not so sure about the 'aluminium' showing around bullet holes in the fabric though...

Do we know if we are getting both Mk1 and Mk2 types in SOW?

You could be right buddy but i cannot find any images of Mk1 Hurri's that replicate those shadow lines. :confused:

Here's a pic showing the position of the rivets as an example. I think they were puttied over normally though, but it gives an indication of the position of framework under the cowl panels. The in-game shot is just heavy handed skinning I think.

http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/...a_11_of_31.jpg

Yeah definately see it on the first part of the cowling there Feathered but nothing on the second part that goes towards the cockpit. :grin:

Looking really closely at the pic that Richie linked in the other thread, you can make out the faintest of shadow lines that correspond to the "panel lines" you mention.

Also the wip pic of the Hurricane parked by the hanger, you can actually see that the central line IS a panel line and the others are more shadowed. So I'm inclined to agree with Feathered that it is heavy handed skinning.

So far we've only seen the Mark I but it wouldn't take much to see a Mark II show up. They came into service in November or December 1940 if I remember correctly. Not sure when the Mark IIb specifically arrived.

Are we going to get a different nose cone for the hurricane? Looking at photos on the net from then and now, usually only 1 in 5-8 have the spitfire nose cone.