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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2014 - 05:06 AM UTC

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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




Hi Terri,

Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated.
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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2014 - 05:08 AM UTC

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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 Joel,

Thanks for adding your comments.

I will see if I can post another pic which shows a bit of the blue hue in the prop.
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Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2014 - 01:22 PM UTC
The build is starting to move along quicker now as I near the end.

I worked on the chipping part of the weathering process.

Cheers,
Dave.









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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2014 - 07:37 PM UTC
Hello,

Excellent work on that Tiffie, I like the weathering much.

Looking forward to see it complete (quite already, though).

thanks for sharing.

Best,

Stef (#6)
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2014 - 11:57 PM UTC
Stunning...
Nice and very sharp finnish!!

Roy
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Posted: Friday, May 09, 2014 - 04:20 AM UTC
Dave.
Nicely done with the chipping effect. You kept it to a min, and never over did any one area.

Looking forward to finally seeing the finished pictures of your Typhoon IB build.

Joel
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Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 - 01:31 PM UTC
Thank you all for stopping by having a look and posting your comments. They are much appreciated.

Here are some final shots of the completed build. The whip antenna was made from stretched sprue, exhaust soot was dome with pastels. Dirt was done with pigments.


Hope you like pics.























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Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 - 04:33 PM UTC
Really an outstanding job, Dave. As good as I've ever seen.

The only part I would question, is if one or both of those landing lights would have been painted over. Often, they were. None-the-less, you've done an amazing job!!
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Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 - 06:04 PM UTC
Congratulations on a really beautifully finished build Dave, one to be proud of for sure. The whole thread has been very informative and full of neat tips, thanks for sharing so much detail.

Cheers, D
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Posted: Saturday, May 17, 2014 - 05:39 PM UTC
A beautiful build, very well done.

It is nice to see British ordnance with the correct colour fill bands, light green Just one little observation though they would more than likely have been painted deep bronze green. They do look good though
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 01:59 AM UTC
Hi Dave ,

Very nicely done indeed . You hit just the right balance with the weathering



Terri
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 04:37 AM UTC
Dave,
I've been a follower since day one, and have immensely enjoyed your build blog. Excellent presentation, with equally well presented photographs.

The finished Typhoon IB is a outstanding model. Perfectly built, painted, decaled, and weathered with what I like to call that "used but not abused" look.

Thanks for taking so much time sharing it with us.

Joel
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 10:02 PM UTC

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Really an outstanding job, Dave. As good as I've ever seen.

The only part I would question, is if one or both of those landing lights would have been painted over. Often, they were. None-the-less, you've done an amazing job!!




Hi Ben,

Thanks for the comments. They are much appreciated.


Regarding the landing lights these were not painted over on Typhoons. The lens was clear and a coloured light bulb was used. Thus I drilled a whole in the lens and dropped some red clear/green clear paint in each whole to represent the bulb.

Cheers,
Dave.
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 10:03 PM UTC

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Congratulations on a really beautifully finished build Dave, one to be proud of for sure. The whole thread has been very informative and full of neat tips, thanks for sharing so much detail.

Cheers, D




Thanks Damian. Your comments are certainly well appreciated and I am glad you like it.
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 10:15 PM UTC

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A beautiful build, very well done.

It is nice to see British ordnance with the correct colour fill bands, light green Just one little observation though they would more than likely have been painted deep bronze green. They do look good though




Greetings Mal,

Thanks a bunch for dropping by having a look and commenting on the build. I must say it is very much appreciated on my part.

Regarding the bombs. An excellent source of British World War 2 ordnance advised that the bombs would be painted RAF Dark green. I used this colour and faded them out a bit with dust and dirt. However, I can see your point as it looks like some were also painted this deep bronze green.
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 10:34 PM UTC

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Hi Dave ,

Very nicely done indeed . You hit just the right balance with the weathering



Terri




A special thank you to you Terri for following this build from the start and contributing your comments.
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Posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 10:38 PM UTC

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Dave,
I've been a follower since day one, and have immensely enjoyed your build blog. Excellent presentation, with equally well presented photographs.

The finished Typhoon IB is a outstanding model. Perfectly built, painted, decaled, and weathered with what I like to call that "used but not abused" look.

Thanks for taking so much time sharing it with us.

Joel



Joel, s special thank you goes out to you as well for following this build from the start and making your comments as I hobbled along on this one.

I see that there are almost 5,000 views of this build, a fairly big number, yet relatively few people have taken the time to comment. So I do really appreciate the effort you and Terri took to make this an enjoyable build.
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Posted: Monday, May 19, 2014 - 01:25 PM UTC
Well done Dave!

Speaking for myself, I have been following for some time but not posted as I did not have anything to add.

Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 06:13 AM UTC
Hey Thanks Rob. Your comments are much appreciated.

Cheers,
Dave.
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