Next up I got the fuselage together and added the tempest tailplanes

Dave,
The radiator intake is coming along quite nicely.
Joel

Thanks Joel,

I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. Here are some more pics.

I got her painted up, landing gear installed and a coat of future put on. I also did the amber ID light on the bottom fuselage, added the actuating rod on the radiator flap, painted the radiator exhaust trunk the requisite silver and painted the oxygen tanks in the wheel wells.

Dave,
The camo paint scheme looks great. Looking forward to seeing it with the decals added.
Joel

Very nice job on the camo ! How did you mask this ?






Terri

Thanks guys,

Had a problem with the decals. I placed one set incorrectly so have to re-do one of the 5V-X letter codes. Once I get that done I will post some pics of the decal work.

Terri,

I used a mask set from AML. They make a set for both early and late typhoons. I also think they do one in 1/32 scale as well.

Will have to look into this , sure seems to be a better way . Are the mask re-usable ?



Terri

Terri,

I have only used them once. They are vinyl masks but I suppose if you put them back on the carrier that they came in they probably could be re-used. I put a few of them on paper after I was done and then tried to remove them and they took the paper with them so were more or less useless at that point.

Hi All,

Back with another update. I got the decals and stencils on and started on the panel lines.

Dave,
Your pin wash really works wonders for making all the markings look painted on.

I'm not use to seeing a aircraft painted without the windscreen glued into place. I'm assuming that you've test fitted it, and it fits without any problems.
Joel

Dude, Thats is looking SWEET, keep up the good work. cant wait to see it done. Rick

Hello Armor-Dude, I just came across this blog, really nice work you've done. I just started this same kit and would appreciate if you could provide any contact information for the company (AML) that makes the camo masks or where I could purchase these from. I cannot seem to find any contact information for them on my own. Thank you. Juan.

Hi Joel,

Yes, a bit of a different way to go about things. I did check the windscreen and it does fit okay. I am fitting a gyroscopic site on the cockpit front panel and did have a bit of an issue getting it to seat correctly without impinging on the windscreen. I did manage to get it lined up properly. I will post some pics soon.

Thank you sir. Much appreciated.

Juan,

Sorry to hear you can't find these masks.

Please try Hannants. They usually have then in stock. They also make a set for the car door version which Hannants also has.

Just came across your Build Blog, And I must say that's outstanding work. Thanks for Sharing

Sascha(Ironowl)

Thank you for getting back to me on this Armor_Dude, after I posted my question to you, I went for a short Mountain bike ride to clear out the negative energy, when I got home I tried searching again and this time struck gold. A reference to Hannantts, they also make a set for the Tempest I have in my stash. Thank you again.

Thanks Sascha,

Glad you stopped by to take a look and post your comments.

Dave.

That's great Juan. Nice to see you were able to find them.

Good Day Gents,


I was able to take some more pics of the build to date.

After applying the decals and doing the panel lines I sprayed some flat coats over the aircraft and added the cockpit seat.
At this point I was looking at the propeller which I had painted in Tamiya Flat Black lightened a bit with Flat white and while it looked fairly accurate I wasn't impressed with the look. It just had an appearance
of a four black sticks with no hues or tones to it. So I decided to re paint it. This time I created a mixture of Flat black, white and a new colour in the form of blue. I mixed all of them together till I got the colour I wanted
then sprayed the prop again. If you look at my previous posts you can see the difference in the colours. The new mix I think has a bit more colour variation in the black which I like. I don't recall the exact ratios I used as I just mixed
the colours till I got the colour I wanted.

A few comments about the bombs. I have seen a number of Typhoon models with rockets and in some cases the modeler has gone to great lengths to add detail to them. i.e. adding the electrical firing cables for the rockets. However, for ones that have had bombs instead I have only seen just the kit bombs painted black and put on the aircraft. As 439 Squadron only used bombs I wanted to provide a greater level of detail for the bombs and create some visual interest. Thus I sourced some British 500 pound bombs from the Eduard Brassin line complete with nose and tail fuzes and detailed bomb markings. These were originally for a spitfire kit but I decided to use them on my build. I painted the bombs in only a slightly lightened RAF Dark green, then put on a gloss coat, then decals and finally a matt coat. The tail cones and fins for such bombs were often painted in either black or grey. I decided on black for greater contrast between the colours. I still have to weather them up. See pics below.

For the weathering I have only done the paint fading and the exhausts themselves thus far. To give you and idea of the extent of the fading, I placed one of the bombs on the fuselage to show the difference in what is almost pure RAF Dark Green (the RAF Dark green on the bomb was lightened a bit with white) and faded RAF dark green. I have seen some models where a lighter colour is sprayed inside of the original colour to give a faded effect but I wanted to achieve a uniform fade and besides I couldn't do this anyway as the decals were already on. I achieved this using filters which I have used often on my armour builds.

Next I have to add some paint chipping, dirt, exahust stains etc to finish her off. Then I will add the sticky out things once all that is done.

And one more showing more of the prop....

Well I guess I'd better keep quiet then.

I like it a lot to be honest . Your effect with the black prop is duly noted , well done on getting different hues through out the black . Rest of the weathering so far is coming along ; well just awesome !





Terri

The change in the prop color is very difficult for me to see on my monitor. what I like to use is Nato Black, which is a grayish black color rather then start flat black (which other then picking out interior details with, I'm getting away from).

The bombs really turned out quite well, as there is a major difference in the RAF green. Well done.
Joel

Hi Jessie,

My sincere apologies. I forgot that this is the only site that I frequent that has female modelers. Please excuse my brain cramp. An honest oversite on my part.


Please feel free to chime in if you wish.