tiffy!!!! hawker typhoon academy 1/72

Wow!!  That's a lot of added detail on the little Guy.  Nicely done.

Regards,  Rick

Nice job so far. Can't wait to see the rest.

Looks like Italy has bred another ChuckW, albeit it just a starting ChuckW.

Great to see stuff from you again Bsyamato it looks great!

thanks men!!!

Nice to see you still alive smeagol.... but.. who is ChuckW??

Who is ChuckW!!! Oh dear... Another great scratchbuilder on here. Have a look in the aircraft section for a Me410 build. There is some amazing stuff in there.

Your Typhoon is shaping up nice. I built the same kit, probably 8 years ago, out of the box. Keep up the great work Bsyamato,

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That is the build he means.  Chuckw is a an professional artist who is an extreme detail freak about realism on his planes, but it ends up with them being absolutely stunning works.

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thanx for the compliment friend!!!!

I tri to put on this scale (and other kits that you know ) all i can do for realism and details but..

sometimes here comes some error .. when i replace the main gear weels ,put the structure strips in wrong way as show this picture of the real at the primeportal site .

Soon i'll put a computer on workbench ,for reference consulting, that will allow to finish also the he-177 twin engine .

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Long time without updates.. finally a bit of time to post something:

Started to detail flaps and to correct the orizontal rudders:

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rudders was a little under dimensions with draws that i have, then with plastic sheet and CA glue some correction was needed

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flaps stuctures and rudders correction done:

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and flaps movable parts done from scratch :

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Engine!!

Engine scratching starting from these pieces:

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then using tamiya glue:

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at this point surely this not seems the napier sabre engine...looking at others airplanes engines i think this is one of the wrongest to start my first scratch a of an engine...

Tons of pics of real needed to understand how to do it. Founded good pics at Engine History org

Then proceed to shape the raw plastic:

Unfortunately i was without camera for long time, so i have no pics of intermediate work

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I have detailed only one of thetwo sides of engine, theother side where valves are, is not visible.

used a great variety of plastic heet and rods .

Engine castle completed whit rods joined even with internal metal pin to fortify the structure.

In all steps needed to try the fitting with the rest of kit:

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Time to face the complex compressor:

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that's all for now, lots of others update are done but few time to write.

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Very impressive on what you have done so far.  I just picked up a 1/48 rendering of this from Hasegawa.  I like the level of detail you put into this scale....I look forward to the finished product.

One of my favorite airplanes.  Very nice job.  I really like how your seat belts came out.  I will have to try doing more things like that.

Looking great so far.  Keep us posted.

Regards,  Rick

many thanx for comments !!

Time to put some color on the fuselage:

from now i've changed camera to take pictures.. left the nikon d50 ,  i've brought a kodak z981.

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i preferred to not use decals for invasion stripes so i painted it whit enamels.

all colors are from humbrol and model master enamels.

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Firts i draw contours whit a pencil, then as ever, used  50 cents brushes to paint it.

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After drybrush whit darkest colors:

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Flaps and gear doors

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Wings yellow stripes

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That's all for today, i wish to soon finish this little fighter and put next target on my he-177 that need two engines to scratch

For typhoon engine i'm not sure for the correct color of it and relative bay. Pics i have show the engine painted in orrible green and others in light steel ......

Soon others updates

Awesome work mate, and brush painted OMG, I have trouble doing as well as yours with an airbrush .

As for the camera how do you find it? I used to have a Kodak P880 and loved it to death, until one of my kids spilt a drink on its focusing/lens area, would of cost me more to fix than it was worth.

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Thank for comments Andrew.

For z981 question: first of all d50 it's a digital SLR , and z981 it's a bridge class camera, then she have a lowest image quality but not so low respect the nikon . kodak have more than double of pixels (d50 6MP, Z981 14MP).

I have it from few time and actually try the manual settings to take pictures and need more study on it.

Can made even HD video. I brought the kodak because the D50 is not only mine but shared with a friend for work, then needed a camera free of work duty.

I hope to learn more about manual settings, latest pictures of napier engine is toke with completely manual setting with manual focus and macro subet.... she have lots of setting to discover . I found it at a very lo price ,195 € with battery, battery charger and other accessories.

Thanks for the information, when I replaced my P880 (seems like an earlier model of the z981) I didnt know Kodak still did the psudo DSLR, might keep an eye out when I replace my current camera IME they do a better job than the low end canon/nikon DSLR at a cheaper price.

Andrew

Super-impressive, more so considering it is 1/72.  I consider the Typhoon one of the better looking British aircraft of the WWII. Looking forward to seeing the completed article. Thanks for sharing.

thanx deattilio, even for me typhoon is one of the better aircraft from ww2.

Updates:

adding and scratching others details:

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pilot ladder:

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.. very little piece..

Radiator rear cover

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Flaps and gear doors painted:

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Starting to fill wing lights bay

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others pieces on the engine and the rockets:

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Passed two layer of gloss cote, then decals.... damned academy decals:

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i'll corret the decals after passing second last layer of matt clear

that's all for now, hope to finish soon

I wish mine looked like that in 1/48.  That's just awesome work, especially in 1/72.

Fantastic work! 

thanx to all for comments

The plane is actually finished but need to collect all the typhoon pictures:

Finishing the 24 cyl napier engine:

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added others bended plastic rods to simulate various tubes etc etc..

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24 ignition wires on 12 valves (on the opposite side i'll do only partial detail of it)

Again copper wires on the top

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....And painting:

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..then putting on tiffy!!

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that's all for now at the next for last part of thi work in progress

I am still shocked buy the amount of detail you are able to add to 1/72 aircraft!

I hate you and i quit lol. i cant even imagine doing what your doing. Utterly amazing my friend, that sir deserves a handshake and a beer. 

Scorpiomikey

I hate you and i quit lol. i cant even imagine doing what your doing. Utterly amazing my friend, that sir deserves a handshake and a beer. 

thanx for comments VanceCrozier and Scorpiomikey for the beer  .... and after posting last typhoon scratchd part , the left engine pipes (original pipes was drilled out becauuse was part of left fuselage) :

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.....posting the complete plane (skip some natural step as minor parts painting and gluing all parts):

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and outdoor:

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Rockets have electrical connectors unplugged

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with his soon , the tempest:

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That's all for this post, i hope you enjoy this plane, in future i wish to build the older version of typhoon , the "car door type" version

Incredible...

Thats a lot of work on a 1/72 scale. Nice job. I'm looking forward to the final product.

many thanx for comments

Beautiful work!!

Long time no talk man.  That plane is a beauty, when I was skimming the finished pics the first time before taking a closer look I thought the outside pic from behind was a reference photo. top notch job!