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Grems 1/24th Typhoon build
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 02:19 AM UTC

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Hi Julian, great progress on your Typhoon, it is looking great
and the presentation with your b/w photography as well.

Bernd


Thank you Bernd,
glad you like it. It can be fun putting the photos of a build in b/w or old fashion sepia, also can show up bloopers too
DanielMoscatelli
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 03:32 PM UTC
Very happy Birthday my dear friend!! Sorry for my delay!!! But I also have my years!! Jajajajja Regret not being able to drink in person like that I send you a few virtual glasses


The Typhoon!! ........frightful..
Gremlin56
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 04:17 PM UTC
Thanks Daniel,
Cheers too my friend,

Gremlin56
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Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 02:57 AM UTC
August 30th update:
Real life got in the way last week. Here's what is happening at the moment:





Internal piping and wiring all fitted now, the big intake underneath the beast's nose in progress.
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 02:55 AM UTC
August 31st update:
The huge intake/radiator slung under the nose of the beast is done. Radu's etch parts really improve on the OOB parts.
Except for some more weathering and a touch up things are ready to start making things look like an aircraft:









Time for a nice chilled wine,
Biggles87
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Haute-Vienne, France
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 04:36 AM UTC
Hi Julian

As you say it looks really good with the etched radiator parts, I presume you will leave the chin cowlings off to enhance the effect.
Keep up the good work
John

PS a very belated Happy Birthday from me, mine in a couple of weeks, going to Duxford.
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 06:20 AM UTC

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Hi Julian

As you say it looks really good with the etched radiator parts, I presume you will leave the chin cowlings off to enhance the effect.
Keep up the good work
John

PS a very belated Happy Birthday from me, mine in a couple of weeks, going to Duxford.


Hi John,
Thanks, hope you have fun at Duxford
Things are starting to come together now and I will have to decide how to display the beast. I want to try one side open to show the details and the other side buttoned up to show camo and weathering. A great chance to make a great build or to mess things up and having to bin the build. Nice
Longshanks8
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 09:39 AM UTC
Hi Julian,

Belated Happy Birthday

That engine is really coming together - great job.

Looking forward to watching your plan come together re the two sides of the aircraft

Cheers Kev
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 05:00 PM UTC
Hi Kev,
thanks mate Remember discussing this plan back when you were building your MAS and Channel Adversaries was running.
This was what I had in mind, now just need to do it
cheers,
Julian
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 07:24 PM UTC
Those etched radiator grills do look the dogs I won't be using them on my build but I will on my second one Your Tiffie is looking really good
Gremlin56
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 07:38 PM UTC

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Those etched radiator grills do look the dogs I won't be using them on my build but I will on my second one Your Tiffie is looking really good


Thank you Mal,
The radiators are great, just a light spray of matt varnish to finish them off.
berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 07:44 PM UTC
Hi Julian, nice progress on your Typhoon ! The radiator looks
very much like the real one !

Bernd
Gremlin56
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 01:17 AM UTC
Thanks Bernd,
Gremlin56
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 06:25 AM UTC
September 1st update:
Wing filling
The Hispano cannon will have their barrels replaced with brass after market barrels which look infinitely better.
Gun-bays getting a paint job and fitted out and the first test run on the wing fuel tanks:








Not too shabby
RussellE
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 10:00 AM UTC
Love it, love it, love it!

hang on, gotta clean the drool off my keyboard
Gremlin56
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 04:43 PM UTC

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Love it, love it, love it!

hang on, gotta clean the drool off my keyboard


You certainly will love it when you get started Russell,
Longshanks8
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 06:33 PM UTC
Hi Julian,

This is awesome! Is all the detail in the kit or are you scratch building any of it.

Cheers Kev
Gremlin56
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2014 - 06:49 PM UTC
Hi Kev, it's mainly OOB. Some things I am replacing with after market goodies: Sutton harness, Hispano barrels and the radiator/intake mesh. The canvas instrument panel shroud probably isn't accurate but it solves the necessity to scratch build the instruments and wiring.
It's an amazing model in spite of a rather non-2014 amount of flash on some parts. Fit is very good although the measurements in the instruction sheet are a bit wonky at times
Gremlin56
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 01:22 AM UTC
September 2nd update:
Wing fuel cells Alclad covered. The Hispanos are dry fitted, need aligning. The cannon are sprayed with Alclad Burnt iron and polished with ground graphite to give a metal sheen.







bdanie6
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 01:30 AM UTC
Good grief Julian All I can say is...WOW!

Great cockpit, great engine and now great guns and wing tanks.

Later
Scrodes
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 01:51 AM UTC
Looks good Julian

Aren't the barrels going to be shrouded though?

How did you pick that salmon/wood colour for the gunbay floors?
Gremlin56
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 02:34 AM UTC
Hi Matt,
thanks, it's a very enjoyable build. The Hispano's are only going to be shrouded on one side, (not sure which yet).
The brown gun bay was shamelessly stolen from Steve Budd's build. In his research before the build he found that the gun bays were often lined with a brown fiber material. This was too good to let pass, gives a nice contrast to the rest of the wings innards, so I used a Lifecolour brown and did a couple of oil washes over the top.
Gremlin56
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 - 02:35 AM UTC

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Good grief Julian All I can say is...WOW!

Great cockpit, great engine and now great guns and wing tanks.

Later


Hi there Bruce,
Thank you,
Scrodes
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Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 03:03 AM UTC

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Hi Matt,
thanks, it's a very enjoyable build. The Hispano's are only going to be shrouded on one side, (not sure which yet).
The brown gun bay was shamelessly stolen from Steve Budd's build. In his research before the build he found that the gun bays were often lined with a brown fiber material. This was too good to let pass, gives a nice contrast to the rest of the wings innards, so I used a Lifecolour brown and did a couple of oil washes over the top.



Do you have a link to his build? I found the feature on Hyperscale, but I assume he had a build thread somewhere.
Gremlin56
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Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 03:08 AM UTC

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Hi Matt,
thanks, it's a very enjoyable build. The Hispano's are only going to be shrouded on one side, (not sure which yet).
The brown gun bay was shamelessly stolen from Steve Budd's build. In his research before the build he found that the gun bays were often lined with a brown fiber material. This was too good to let pass, gives a nice contrast to the rest of the wings innards, so I used a Lifecolour brown and did a couple of oil washes over the top.



Do you have a link to his build? I found the feature on Hyperscale, but I assume he had a build thread somewhere.


His build was in a supplement to the Airfix magazine in March or June I think. I think it can be read or downloaded at the Airfix website.


Hang on, this should be it:

http://www.airfix.com/news/airfix-hawker-typhoon-mkib/
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