1:24 Airfix Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B Car Door (Finished)

Thanks lewbud 

Greg

Excellent work on the big scale Tiffy, Steve.

 

Thankyou kindly Greg. Bit by bit I 'think' I'm getting the hang of this building lark!

Excellent work on the big scale Tiffy, Steve.

Nice work Steve!

Beautiful job - I want one!

Thanks Wingman, guess I'll just have to go check those exhausts and straighten 'em out!  Workspace is a garden shed out back, have run out of room in there so have had to take out and 'old' model to put this one in. Guess the 'old' one will end up in the bin as it is one of the first ones I did upon my return to this hobby and to be honest......it's a bit c***!

Also have a few more in a cabinet in the house.

Looks great man! Nice paint work. Only thing I see are a couple of the exhaust pipes got outta line. Nice work space too! And one BIG shelf. Switching up to something modern I see. I'm sure you'll do it justice. Once again, nice looking Typhoon!

One Tiffy finished.

After a few days hiatus I finally got round to finishing up this model. It's a nice one to build tho have to be careful with the fit as the tolerances are VERY tight, especially the engine/cockpit. Canopy fit isn't/wasn't to great, but hey, it'll do me 

So here she is:

And here she is up on the shelf.........along with my next project on the bench

As always.........comments and critique warmly welcomed.............enjoy and thanks for looking in.

Sorry I missed this Steve.  That's one awesome Tiffy.  One of the best pilots I've ever seen painted up, right down to the eyeballs.  I'm glad your family got through the Covid, scary times.   Oh, and congrats on the retaining wall.  I put in a paver walkway through my yard that I'm proud of too.     

Thanks Wingman & Greg for your kind words and encouragement. Figure painting has never been my thing, usually make a complete 'pigs ear' of it and end up dumping the pilot...........maybe thats why he has such a surprised look 

Not much has happened these last few days, wings top and bottom have had flory wash, will get round to the fuse over the coming week. got to fix one of the landing gear legs, managed to snap it off whilst cleaning up the wash!!!  Loadout has been finished up, painted and decalled. Just need to clear coat it, bit of weathering so that they will be ready to pop on when all else is done.

You are certainly doing this big scale Tiffy justice.

Nice work, and I noticed the surprised pilot too. I think you are completely justified in being proud of him, I think he looks great too, just like the rest of the model.

You're welcome and thanks for the encouragement. I do look forward to checking out this kit. My copy of the Hellcat is like 2 kits in 1. Half of it, everything fits. The other half, nothing fits. But I'll get it. 

The last couple of weeks I haven't done much. Been some family issues to deal with but that's almost done. I did finally get the wings glued up and the first round of working on seams. As of now, fuselage is closed up with a little touch up needed on the seams. Engine with all duct and framework is complete other than more weathering and photoetch at final assembly. All other flying and control surfaces are assembled, cleaned up and ready to install. The wings are gonna require some fitting to the fuselage but then I can get on with assembly and paint. Another year at the most...

I am going to try the hosting service you recommended and then I'll start a thread. I have been taking a few pictures. 

Thanks Wingman.........Good luck with the kit when you get round to it, i'm sure that book will help you out. Just take your time and enjoy it, it's relatively easy to build but the tolerances are really tight!

How's the Hellcat coming along? Sorted picture hosting yet?

Awesome! Can't wait to see her finished. Looks really nice. I found a deal on Ebay and ordered this kit. Will be here next week. Today the mailman brought a copy of the revised second edition of The How To Build book by Brett Green. I couldn't resist. Lol

Tony

Hi All,

Quick update....baby is out of paint and all decalled up. Now the start of an all over dark dirt flory wash.

Wingman_kz

Now I need to set up photo hosting and start posting pics. Keep up the good work!

 

For what it's worth, I use https://imgbb.com/  this is free and easy to use/setup 

I'm sure you will overcome your Hellcat issues, it's a nice kit. WRT the Typhoon, the fit is VERY precise, even paint can mess it up! If you do go for it, then test fit everything first before you commit to glue and paint...............good luck

Contrary to what my nickname might suggest, I haven't built a lot of planes. I've done a few and a few pieces of armor but I mostly built cars. What planes I have built were mostly 1/48 with a couple 1/72. The Hellcat is my first 1/24 and I'm struggling.  lol   I have 2 or 3  1/32 coming up next. Anxious to see how that goes. Hopefully I'll be a little more comfortable with them. I am going to pick up this Typhoon kit though. Now I need to set up photo hosting and start posting pics. Keep up the good work!

Wingman_kz

I like that a lot! Looks good. You definitely got the hang of these large scale kits. Makes me want to go paint invasion stripes on something. lol

 

Thankyou Wingman!

I much prefer the larger scale models as I find them easier to work with. Those smaller 1/72 ones are, for me, just too much like hard work to handle and build. Makes displaying them a challenge, only have room enough for maybe 8/10 so I'm gonna have to start rotating them out soon! Luckily the missus doesn't mind a few of them in the house in out utility area.......not in the living room!!!

Next up is going to be a bit smaller, a 1/32 Red Arrows Hawk. Got a hankering for the Red Arrows a couple of weeks ago as they flew over the house. Never done one before and absolutely adore those little red devils!

I like that a lot! Looks good. You definitely got the hang of these large scale kits. Makes me want to go paint invasion stripes on something. lol

This is the way things stand now after a few spray sessions. Most all of the actual plane is now sprayed and just needs a bit more for final assembly.........just have to do the armourment/loadout.

Enjoy.............

@ Wingman and PJ....Thanks for the kind words WRT the wife. Luckily she just had a 'mild' case of covid, like a tightness in the chest, little cough, weird throaty voice and no energy. Still has little energy but everything else is almost back to 'normal'.

Think the model is coming along nicely despie my amatuer attempts so far.

@TheMongoose, I have preshaded under the stripes, just that I went rather heavy with the white and although it is not apparent in the photos, the preshade is there, just VERY faint to the eye.

Did you avoid preshading under the invasion stripes? Looks like it but thought I'd ask as i like the way it turned out and i have one to do inmy future:-)

Great to hear positive recovery stories like yours, something the media won't do. 

Your Tiffy is looking fantabulous, lots of details, great job. 

I'm glad you and your family are ok. Scary times. Man, with all the other work you've done you're rolling right along with this build. It looks good.

Another small update. It's been a few weeks of bits and bobs as home life reared it's ugly head (due to +ve Covid test for my wife [nurse] so we got 2 weeks proper isolation and lucky me got to relay/extend patio and build new retaining wall [something I've never done before and am quite proud of the results!], thankfully the wife is now -ve as is the rest of the household of 5, and almost back to full health).

Tinkered here and there with getting the flaps and stuff built up, the majority of the plane is now built and have had a few spray sessions over the last couple of evenings and got the invasion stripes on and the underside painted. Bought some masks from Top Notch for the cammo (first time I will have tried masks so could be fun!).

So here is how it currenty stands:

Thanks for looking in, comments and critique welcome.

Thanks Wingman 

So you think that by me ordering it some of my 'luck' may rub off on you eh!

I think I have done most of the Airfix 1:24 models since my 'return' to modelling a couple of years ago. Thinking I might go back and do them again as when I look at them I think, 'yeah....could have done so much better'