Right then Mayfield and Rigby

This is a ,,ahem,,cough cough..."speed build" of the new mould Airfix Typhoon. I must say it's a little beauty of a kit, and I love the approach Airfix/Hornby are taking to our hobby!.
By "speed build" I mean a straight OOB fun build, no intense research, just building for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Made a start tonight on painting the cockpit and few other bits and pieces.



Nige

Go Nige go!

So, the time starts.....now

When you say speed build how many months/years, do you expect it to take? I reckon that you have got the neighbour in to build it while you are working

I'm not going to get drawn into a timescale hahahaha.

Lets just say I want to try and at least do something on this everyday I'm home, even if it's only 10 or 15 minutes.

I'd forgotten how small 1:72 is!

Nige

Hi Nige,

..just started this one too. Looks superb (in the box). Juggling all the various bits to go inside the fuselage halves before closing up is proving a little tricky though.

By the way, if looking for Typhoon refs, if you haven't got the 4-volume Classic 2nd TAF series there is a marvellous selection of 2nd TAF Typhoon pics in the Imperial War museum's "Air ministry collection 1943-45", pages of 'em

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/listing/object-205012634?items_per_page=10&page=9

Oh, ok, a disclaimer before we even get started.

Looking forward to following this one mate, best of luck with the build. Compared with the big VFS Jug, almost anything will be small !

Cheers, D

Just orderet it from hobbyshop.cz. Just €4,65. Can't wait to get my fingers on it, as it looks like a beautiful kit! I just love the resent offerings from Airfix. (I hope a FW 190 and a P-47 is in the pipelines, and maybe a 1:72 scale Mosquito)

So what about paint masks?

No modelling over the weekend due to marathon stint of both work and play,and finished off with the Memorial Day Service at Madingley,Cambridge.
A short visit to the bench tonight and that was all it took to get the cockpit finished. All I added was a set of Eduard seatbelts.


And then all that was needed was a quick test fit and the fusalage was together and taped ready for an overnight dry.



Good excuse for a test fit of the prop

Masks...
I want to do this straight OOB and just get a quick build done as a change to the heavily researched builds which have been taking me a couple of years on average to get finished. So it's decals for this one.
I'm not even going for the invasion striped option as I want to get it finished ASAP.

Next job will be to get the wings on, but before then I have drill holes for the ordnance.
What d'ya reckon I should go for?

Bare wings?
Bombs?
Rockets?

Nige

Rockets, go for the WHOOSH factor, and no more of these 13 hour nanna-naps old man.

Looking great BTW, I'm sure you are enjoying a quick, simple build for a change.

Cheers, D

Looking good Nige, sometimes a quick simple build is what the doctor ordered and you can feel refreshed and ready for a more complex build after.

Oh of course whizz bangs...

Looking good Nige, and it is a quick build (so far )
Definitely go for rockets but don't forget the correct fill bands are: 1" (0.36mm) light green band around the war head body about 1/3rd from the nose and 1/2" (0.18mm)red and white bands on the nose

I understand about the mask/decals thing, no problem

So this should be finished by the end of the week?

ermm, yes, thanks Mal.

looking good Nige - hope you have fewer problems than I did getting the wings on....any hints appreciated. For my next one I was thinking of putting the wheel well insert straight on top of the wing rather than in the fuselage half ?

Got all that Mal,,,err thanks
Saved and noted for the MDC build

Neil,
Havent had much chance to do more than glance at this today as it's been manic at AirFramed HQ.
Although I havent got the gun bays in the wings as yet, or the bottom wing attached even, but the general fit of the wings seemed better if I removed the lugs on the top section wing root side.
I've done this on one side only and it lets the top section sit slightly more forward.
I'll probably get chance to have a better muck about with it on Saturday

Nige

So, when is a speed build not a speed build? answers below please

This ain't no regular speed build lol
I managed 20 minutes at the bench last night and got a bit done in this!
Going to try and get a bit more done tonight,

I'll keep following along Nige, as I've just picked one up myself

I suppose I ought to post the progress on my 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk I, rather than slag you off for being slack!

Aye, and post some progress pics of an Airfix Tiger Moth too

Did you manage to get to the Post Office?

Attaching the top part of the wings is something to look out for as Neil pointed out in an earlier post.
If you go for the neat seam on the leading edge you're going to get a step at the wing root by the looks of things.
This is where I'm at now so I'll be working out the best way round this later tonight,,unless I get distracted.
With the Dornier being raised yesterday I have an urge to watch Battle Of Britain with the volume turned up loud

Its looking good. I've been waiting for a decent typhoon to be kitted and you've very nearly convinced me to rush out and get one.

It's a lovely little kit and for less than £8 you can't go wrong
Working my way round the slightly problematic top wing fix at the moment.
To start I cut off the locating lugs, which allows the wing to sit slightly further forward and makes for a flush fit at the trailing edge.
Initially I've only glued the trailing edge and around the ring to the inboard cannon.
Next step was to one up and glue the rear half of the wing root.
Once dry it'll just be a case of lifting the leading edge slightly to line up the forward wing root, and then a small amount if filler or plastic are spacer on the leading edge between the wing root and the inboard cannon.

Nige

Heres how it worked out,

Wings together with plastic card spacers glued in the gaps.



And then the excess trimmed off



An overnight set and then I'll see how it looks tomorrow

Nige

Is that a common problem with the kit then?
I had some issues recently with fitting the intakes to their new Gnat which took a fair bit of fiddling and carving to fix. Still not 100% happy with it.

Tiger Moth? I haven't got a clue what you are talking about?

Post office?

Tiffies coming on

Might get some more done today

PM you re post office