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Grems 1/24th Typhoon build
javlin
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Mississippi, United States
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 03:14 PM UTC
Well Well Well .......I am looking all over in the Marine/Battleship section for Mr.Julian aka Gremlin56 and no trace of the fella but remember reading remarks about a big Tiffee... and there He is!Well Julian looking real good Sir wouldn't expect anything less couldn't read all the comments but did look at the pics man thing you know but for some reason read something about Monica??
Scrodes
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 03:24 PM UTC
I read somewhere that there's a resin canopy available for this kit now due to shortcomings with the kit part - any idea what the shortcomings are?
berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 05:14 PM UTC
Good morning Julian, your weathering looks really good, everything is popping out.
The surface, Airfix has created looks like a new step in moulding progress.
Well done !
Gremlin56
Joined: October 30, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 06:11 PM UTC

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Julian,
Looking really good. I love the overall picture from the tail, as one really gets a sense of the massive size of the Typhoon.
Joel


Hi Joel, Thank you very much. It really is huge, just wondering where I am going to park this beast when its finished
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 06:14 PM UTC

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Dear friend Julian. for any reason there dont come to me the notices of this post. and we add that my work this one in his point more high .... tiny surprise give myself on having seen this almost finished bird!!!

A work of art since already it is your custom.

My congratulations my friend.

Daniel


Daniel my friend,
you are back in town I thought you had hijacked a submarine and were sailing to Europe to stock up on more models Glad to see you are back at work on the "Queen of the North", the camo is exquisite.
Glad you approve of the Typhoon, it's a fun build that I can recommend
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 06:18 PM UTC

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Well Well Well .......I am looking all over in the Marine/Battleship section for Mr.Julian aka Gremlin56 and no trace of the fella but remember reading remarks about a big Tiffee... and there He is!Well Julian looking real good Sir wouldn't expect anything less couldn't read all the comments but did look at the pics man thing you know but for some reason read something about Monica??


Hi Kevin,
yes, I jumped ship to build this wing-thing on Aeroscale and a very nice experience it is turning out to be. The Monica thing? Yes, well, I'll leave you to figure that out First heard that name used in conjunction with the JSF with the big goofy grin-like intake scoop. I'll let you take over from here
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 06:28 PM UTC

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I read somewhere that there's a resin canopy available for this kit now due to shortcomings with the kit part - any idea what the shortcomings are?


Hi Matt, yes, there has been a lot static about the canopy.
The windscreen is perfect, the problem is with the sliding part:



On top there is a dimple in plastic and the big lug at the front that is still fitted seems to cause tension in the very thin plastic producing a miniscule fracture. I checked the canopy when my kit arrived and there was no fracture then. Sometime since it has fractured causing a tiny hairline on the extreme front of the canopy. Is it a problem? No, I dipped the parts in future and you can now hardly seen the fracture. I would consider the dimple a bigger problem. This canopy is extremely thin though giving an excellent view of what is underneath so I will be using it. The resin canopy is thicker so there is no problem with the tension issue of the Airfix canopy, but it does have a weird appearance IMHO. Once again a question of personal choice. I do think the issue was made bigger than necessary though, you can hardly see the fracture
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 06:31 PM UTC

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Good morning Julian, your weathering looks really good, everything is popping out.
The surface, Airfix has created looks like a new step in moulding progress.
Well done !


Hi Bernd,
Thank you, this was a scary part of the build, slathering the clay wash all over the Typhoon
It wiped off nicely though and after a coat of matt varnish the effect was good. Airfix did a great job on the skin of the aircraft, definitely a quantum leap for model detailing.
berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 07:13 PM UTC
Hi Julian, weathering a beautiful looking kit is not easy, but your bird come out great.
I hope other brands will be inspired about this kit, the newer
recessed panel lines are sometimes not more accurate, than the raised ones.
Great Work !
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 07:32 PM UTC
Looks good Julian I have recently given my Typhoon an undercoat
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2014 - 08:01 PM UTC
Hi Mal,
you are keeping us in suspense here
I am very curious how the rocket launch will look.
What do you use for undercoat? I am a great fan of the Vallejo acrylic undercoat and they have a great selection of colors now as well.
DanielMoscatelli
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 03:11 AM UTC
Jajajja the Queen of the North is a long-term work .... now I am spoiling a King Tiger like that clear my head. Jajajja

With your permission Im going to share some of your photos in my page Facebook's Lobos Grises.... It is a magnificent work my friend!!

Cheers Daniel
Gremlin56
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 03:27 AM UTC
King Tiger? Not the 1/18th version
No problem with the photos, I would consider it an honor in view of the level of work the Grey Wolves produce
pgarat
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 06:51 PM UTC
Hi Grems,

Your build is just A-MA-ZING!!!!
Dreaming of a 1/24... F4D1 SKYRAY



Pascal
Gremlin56
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 06:58 PM UTC
A Skyray Pascal? You are doing the most amazing job on a Corsair, why go for a Skyray?
Gremlin56
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 08:33 PM UTC
October 4th update:
I changed the rocket warhead fill marks according to Mal's advice to so signify a TNT charge, (Thanks Mal).





berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 03:34 AM UTC
....armed and dangerous, looking good, great painwork on the rocket rails.
Well done, Julian

Bernd
Gremlin56
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 04:31 AM UTC
Thanks Bernd, the rings are a bit wobbly I thought this morning.
My fault for a having a couple of Brandy's before painting the warheads
berndm
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 05:51 AM UTC
...souns like a lot of fun, Julian.

Cheers
Bernd
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 12:59 PM UTC
Julian,
The rockets look really quite good. Right now we're looking directly at them in a scale larger then 1:1. Once the scale size decreases to 1:1 and they're installed on the Typhoon, I really don't think that their will be much of an issue, as they won't be the center of our focus.
Joel
Gremlin56
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 05:29 PM UTC
Hi Joel,
that's right, eyeball mk.1 they look fine but with the Nikon macro lens they wobble. The bigger the zoom the bigger the warts
Biggles87
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Haute-Vienne, France
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 05:40 PM UTC

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A Skyray Pascal? You are doing the most amazing job on a Corsair, why go for a Skyray?


The Skyray was one of the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft ever built IMHO so why not?
It was also one of the first models I built , so I'm biased
Lookng better every day ( the Typhoon) by the way.
John
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, October 05, 2014 - 03:27 AM UTC
Hi John,
your right, why not a Skyray. Everyone has their own favorites of course.
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, October 05, 2014 - 03:30 AM UTC
October 5th update:
Nearly there, antenna fitted, weathering still underway:









Mal jogged my memory by mentioning Parafilm for masking the canopy so after a good rummage around on the shelves above my workbench I found a very heavy and very dusty roll of Parafilm. It works amazingly well I must say, (ordered it from the US of A and then forgot all about it ).
DanielMoscatelli
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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Posted: Sunday, October 05, 2014 - 04:23 AM UTC
You are an animal!!!! Jajaj is beautiful Julian!!!!
Center of table?

Cheers Master !!!
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