Brad Cancian Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hi folks, After a 4 month hiatus from modelling due to work sending me all over the world, I’ve finally found some time at the bench. I wanted a fairly quick and easy build so I picked up the Italeri 1/48 Hawker Typhoon 1B, which I believe is a re-box of the Hasegawa kit. I know next to nothing about these aircraft so I pretty much went OOB, save for adding some padding and harnesses to the seat belts, the ignitor wiring for the rockets, and the antenna to the rear fuselage. The fit of the fuselage insert and lower wings was not great and needed a decent amount of filler, sanding and some re-scribing. Otherwise the kit was very nice. I went with one of the kit schemes, ZY-Y from 247 SQN, France, June 1944 (I read that the Typhoon only carried the ‘full’ invasion stripes for a very short time during and after D-Day, so I weathered the stripes slightly less). I masked and painted the stripes, national markings and codes. Paint was mainly gunze acrylics, except for the Ocean Grey, which was my first go at using Lifecolour acrylics (which I had no dramas with whatsoever – they even brush paint very nicely). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brad Cancian Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 All up this one took me a bit under two weeks to build. The low parts count helped All comments, criticisms and feed back welcomed! Cheers BC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevehnz Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I like that Brad, you've got it about as "just right" as is possible to my eye. Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Awesome looking Tiffy ! Nice crisp camouflage, tasteful weathering, sharp construction, nice photos. Winner in my books. Well done Sir! Regards, Don. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Your weathering is really well done. How did you do the wearing of the leading edges? Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Very nicely done . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Outstanding model. Great job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
onescale Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Flawless build and great finish! No clue why I missed this until now I saved these pictures and will use them as a guide when it comes to my Typhoon....when....if..... :wacko: Best regards, Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skids72 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 well I would be so pleased if that were mine. Outstanding finish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That is one fine looking build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Beeeeeeeeeee-uuuuu-te-ful, outstanding build in all phases, with emphasis on the weathering..superb!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devo Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Nice job. The Tiffie looks pretty tough all tooled up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
31Tiger Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 SUPERB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polybebber Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Definitely one of the best Typhoons I have seen in this scale - :thumbsup:/> :thumbsup:/> :thumbsup:/> Lothar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Like Lothar (polybebber) said, one of the best Typhoons I have seen in this scale! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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