Hi Julian,
The panel and engine both look great. The instruments look very sharp and in this scale, pretty legible.
And I can't believe they're selling these in Australia.. Russell, you lucky b!

cheers
Michael

Looking good so far Julian!

BTW: I surrendered! I purchased the beastie from my LHS on the weekend (much to the bemusement of Mrs E) and also his little brother in 1/72!

Goodness knows when I'll get around to either of them!

Looking good Julian

Can you tell me what number the decals are on the tank behind the seat? There is nothing shown on my set of pre-production instructions.

I am just about to post a picture of my instrument panel finished using the kit decals; its quite good but you can see that the Airscale decals are superior. I'm quite happy with mine though as the canopy will be closed

Excellent instrument panel Julien, that's something else I am going to have to add!
And I drive a Honda Civic 2.2 CTDI by the way.
John

Hi Julian,
The panel and engine both look great. The instruments look very sharp and in this scale, pretty legible.
And I can't believe they're selling these in Australia.. Russell, you lucky b!

cheers
Michael

Hi Mal, thanks, quite enjoying this build. The placards on the oxygen tank are pure eye candy and are not mentioned at all in the instructions. They come from the Airscale placard set, an "Oxygen" label and what looks like a data sheet. Not even sure it will be visible once the fuselage is assembled so I wouldn't really worry about them. I saw your instrument panel, looks really good. You are going for a full buttoned up flying build I read so a lot of the detail won't be visible. I am planning a "Naked Tiffie" build to show as much detail as possible so we are headed in rather different directions at the moment

It's an even bigger dilemma Matt, Mal's instrument panel looks excellent with the OOB decals, the Airscale set goes a bit further with placards for the side panel and throttle quadrants.
I bet Eduard are already working on one of their pre-painted instrument panels which are gorgeous to look at.
All a question of how much cash you want to throw at the build, ( I did an article over at Model Shipwrights on the add-on sets for the 1/200 Bismarck by Trumpeter. I called it "confessions of a mad modeller" ).


http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/review/8834

I've always maintained you floaty guys were a little nuts to begin with. You don't see plane guys building stuff in bottles. Removing stuff yes, but not assembling.

Never mind the chat, we want more 'photos!

Good god, I can't edit my posts? I posted above using my phone and it said "Oh 'plane'? You clearly meant to write 'plain' so you could look like an idiot."


I'm loving the build. I might have to buy two Typhoons because I just love the nose so I have to build one closed up, but it seems a shame to not display all that detail. I wish they had a system a la Tamiya's Mustang to remove the panels.

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Good god, I can't edit my posts? I posted above using my phone and it said "Oh 'plane'? You clearly meant to write 'plain' so you could look like an idiot."


I'm loving the build. I might have to buy two Typhoons because I just love the nose so I have to build one closed up, but it seems a shame to not display all that detail. I wish they had a system a la Tamiya's Mustang to remove the panels.

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Must have been an optical illusion Matt Apple messing you up?

Good god, I can't edit my posts? I posted above using my phone and it said "Oh 'plane'? You clearly meant to write 'plain' so you could look like an idiot."

I bet Eduard are already working on one of their pre-painted instrument panels which are gorgeous to look at.
http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/review/8834