**** DONE: No. 175 Squadron Hawker Typhoon Mk. 1B

[Airframes]

Surely would make you regular in the toilet department!

[dirkpitt289]

Surely would make you regular in the toilet department!

What's up with this? I go away for a little bit and come back to see "Toilet" talk going on in my thread? What's up with that? How could anyone show such disrespect for my Typhoon?

Just kidding.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, and to Terry for catching the paint error. (Damn guy is costing me money. Now I have to go spend another $4.30 for another jar of paint)

Rochie, Thank you for that photo. The bottom picture is the bird I'm building. Was there any reference to the pilot or other insightful info about the plane?

Now that all of that is done we can get to the reason I am posting tonight.

Harrison, Jan. Keep your eyes in the rear view mirror cause I'm coming for you guys. All it takes is the first bit of paint and away we go.

On your left (attached to the spree) is the Academy Mk.1 compared to the Airfix Mk.1 on the right. To make up for the lack of detail Airfix decided to give us our moneys worth by adding more plastic to the model. If it seems like I'm picking on the Airfix model its because I am. All joking aside I think the Airfix will dress up well.



Airfix, Look at that cockpit detail...



Academy




Till next time, thanks for taking the time to look at my work.

[109ROAMING]

Sweet a start!

[Vic Balshaw]

Harrison, Jan. Keep your eyes in the rear view mirror cause I'm coming for you guys. All it takes is the first bit of paint and away we go.

The gauntlet has been thrown, the challenge is on and may the best Typhoon win....………… Heck, it's a Typhoon, they'll all be winners. .......... Good start Dirk

[Wayne Little]

Go Dirk!

[B-17engineer]

4.30 for a jar of Model Masters I assume?

That's steep.....it's 3.30 in Maplewood.

Oh BTW I like Airfix's attention to close detail

Great start!!!

[lesofprimus]

$4.30 is steep Dirk.... Lookin forward to this kit, as well as the other Tiffys....

[rochie]

Dirk , there was no info about the pilot but what it did say was that the aircraft was fitted with a tempest style taiplanel which overlapped the sky fuselage band, later MN series airframes had the band moved forward to clear the larger tailplanes.
you might have noticed that already in the picture but i thought it was worth mentioning

[dirkpitt289]

Dirk , there was no info about the pilot but what it did say was that the aircraft was fitted with a tempest style taiplanel which overlapped the sky fuselage band, later MN series airframes had the band moved forward to clear the larger tailplanes.
you might have noticed that already in the picture but i thought it was worth mentioning

Thanks again Rochie

$4.30 is for the Poly scale not the Model Masters. When you need a certain color you do what you have to. Most of the time I get the MM. The thing I like about the Poly scale is you mix it with Distilled water rather than thinner. That means little to no fumes.

[B-17engineer]

Thanks again Rochie

$4.30 is for the Poly scale not the Model Masters. When you need a certain color you do what you have to. Most of the time I get the MM. The thing I like about the Poly scale is you mix it with Distilled water rather than thinner. That means little to no fumes.

Amen...

[Airframes]

Nice start Dirk, and the pics really show the improvements in moulding technology between the 1950's and the late 1990's!
Karl is correct about the (slightly) larger Tempest tailplane (horizontal stab only, NOT the fin and rudder), and these MN serialled aircraft would also have the four bladed prop. In 1/72nd scale, the difference in chord between the two types of tailplanes is miniscule, and to be honest, not worth bothering about. If the kit has the four-bladed prop, then the tailplane is probably correct anyway.

[dirkpitt289]

In fact it does have the 4 blade prop.

[Airframes]

So you're better off than Jan then !

[Lucky13]

Blasted b*ll*cks!

[dirkpitt289]

Well Its time to start working on the Typhoon. I was thinking about the difference between the two kits again and I decided that the Academy interior was pretty lame so I broke out the tools and set to work.

I started by removing the interior detail.





Styrene rod to the rescue



.020 Aircraft Safety wire was used to complete the frame work.





Repainted the interior













Till next time, thanks for taking the time to look at my work.