Dutch Typhoon
Let the show begin!
A nice clean workbench!
All documents and add-ons.
The big box filled with lots of parts
Bag 302
Bag 304
Bag 305
Bag 306 E&M
Bag 306 J&K
Bag 307
Bag 308
Bag 309 Q
Bag 309 R
Decals
The first frames
Construction has started
The first parts assembled!
It's surprising to see how easy all parts fit together. Some parts even fit without glue!
The next frames supply the first parts for the bulkhead behind the seat
Some more parts for the cockpit on this frame
In December I bought an airbrush and experimented with it, painting the Typhoon 1/72 and a F-86D 1/48. Today I continued working on the big Typhoon. A lot of small parts for the cockpit, but the instrument panel is missing! So waiting for Airfix.
The buckle, made of five parts
One of the seatbelts
Cockpit is nearing completion, only a few controls need some colour and of course, I'm waiting for Airfix to send the missing instrument panel
A picture from the cockpit to show the seatbelts
The contents of the next bag
Is this going to be an engine?
The first parts assembled and primed. Some small gaps to fill
Engine and supercharger
Lots of parts and the painted engine
Close up of the engine. Still some work to do in detailling it
The underside of the engine
The underside of the wing, to test if the engine fits to it
Underside of the installed engine
Starboard side of the engine
Top of the engine
Port side of the engine
Cockpit and engine testfitted to the wing
Another layer of details added to the engine. Again surprised by the perfect fit. It's a bit tricky to get the parts in place, but suddenly they fit and everything is nicely lined up.
Top of the engine with the beautifully detailed Coffman starter
Starboard side of the engine
The engine controls can be seen in the traingle of engine supports. I wish I had those for my Mosquito, since I still have to make them for those engines.
Another selection of parts and yes, they also have to be fitted to the engine
The next frame of parts
The radiator added to the engine
The radiator with the RB Productions mesh fitted
More parts added
And suddnely it's beginning to look like a plane!
The engine is finished and now the wings are next.
Look ma, no glue! All the parts that form the interior structure of the wing, fit so well together that you almost don't need any glue!
Some paint added
Parts for the Master cannons
The smallest parts I've ever used in a model: four nuts for the cannons scale 1/24!
The assembled cannons. They were not easy to assemble, seeing the size of the parts
Four guns, painted and ready for installation. I needed to enlarge the holes where the barrels go. It wasn't possible to get the cannons in place, otherwise.
Finally received the missing instrument panel
Yes, another Typhoon in my stash. This one will be finished with the panels closed to show the beautiful lines of the Tiffy
The cannons and ammunition boxes installed
The next sprue with fuel tanks
The sprue with the wheelbay covers
The ribs for the wheelbay cover
The instrument panel finally in place
I bought some nice aftermarket cannons, only to find out that only 2 mm would be visible! So I removed the front piece of the shrouds, to reveal the cannon as if undergoing maintenance
The port wing with covered cannons
A pity that so much detail is hidden for ever! I wanted to open up the wing, to show the fuel tank, but I didn't find any pics showing this in real. Only one pic of a Tempest showed the fuel tank from the underside.
I saw pictures of the side panels from the cockpit removed for maintenance, so I decided to do the same with the model. I'm only not sure about the oil tank. Can the panels be removed or were they fixed in place?
The parts for the landing gear
Rudder and elevator added
The gear bay with lots of details
Flaps and ailerons installed. Again a perfect fit! They haven't been glued in place, so the aileron will fit better.
The cockpit sidewalls, the gunsight and the tailwheel
The sidewalls installed. There was a nasty gap at the wing root. After studying some pictures and the panels, I saw that Airfix fitted the wing root to the engine cowlings. So I cut them from the panels and added them.
A view from above. A pity that so much is hidden inside! Even the cockpit is hardly visible and certainly not the effort I put in the panel 🙁
The underside covered. I thought the suggested Vallejo paints were too dark, so it took me some time to find the correct colour. Recently Vallejo issued new colours and they are much better.
The upper surface. The first time I used an airbrush on such a big model!
After almost three years, I picked up the Tiffy, this time to finish it. Today I added the invasion stripes and just a little touch-up is required.
The final result
The beast got his legs. Halfway the build, I discovered that some had problems with the undercarriage. I decided to use the metal gear. But I already used some plastic parts. Fortunately the merger of metal and plastic went without problems!
Starboard side with cockpit panels removed
The port side. The canopy needs still some attention
Front view of this impressive aircraft
Wing and gunbay
The gunbay with gunbay panels
If you look closely, you see some imperfections, but it is my first 1/24 airbrushed model
The gunbay with ammunition boxes
This time I removed the panels that could be opened in service. My next Tiffy has all panels closed, to show the impressive line of this big plane.
Comments
1 10 January 2015, 22:37
Holger KranichHell yeah, thats something i ,like to watch! Great start and i agree with Lionel, happy modeling
7 February 2015, 13:20
Wouter RoerdinkThanks! It is an amazing kit. I built the 1/24 Mosquito some years ago, but the Typhoon stands lonely at the top. I'm now working on the engine. You have a lot of tiny parts and tubes and when you put them in place, the fit lovely. Whereas the Mosquito needed a lot of scratchbuilding, the Typhoon can almost be built straight from the box. I wish Airfix would redo the Mosquito with the modern techniques they have!
17 February 2015, 07:39
Wouter RoerdinkI showed it to my wife and told her that I think it a pity that you have to choose between either hiding it all behind panels or show it but missing the nice lines of the Typhoon. She came up with a solution: why don't you buy one which you finish with all panels closed! So off to the shop tomorrow 🙂
15 March 2015, 20:15
Choppa NuttaThe engine is immense !! what a kit !!
too late to make the cockpit surround removable as a separate piece so it can be removed for viewing ?
14 June 2015, 21:16
Wouter RoerdinkI already removed some parts, but I want to build a real model. Some people remove lots of panels, including the wing structure, but my aircraft should look as if it is in service.
15 June 2015, 05:16
Choppa NuttaI meant removable as in you can take it off and put it back on as you want to on a whim,
so you can see the detail properly when you want to and once you put the lid back on it looks back to normal 🙂
15 June 2015, 05:22
Wouter RoerdinkNo Choppa: it was difficult enough to ge everything in place with glue. This kit is so close to the original, that everything fits, but there is no room for deviations! They even added gun heating pipe, but found out that there would not be place enough in the model, so they removed them from the instructions
15 June 2015, 10:51
