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Modelers Lounge => The World of Scale Models => Topic started by: RAGIII on June 21, 2023, 02:29:24 PM
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My latest completion. OOB Airfix 1/72nd Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b. This is a really nice kit with No Issues. I am really enjoying building these later releases by Airfix. All Markings are kit decals including leading edge yellow ID and black white stripes. Paints were Tamiya Acrylics with Oils and Valejo worked in for layering of colors.
RAGIII
(https://i.postimg.cc/zX4MLwCF/IMG-20230620-221406053.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/jqctJ12Q/IMG-20230620-221424388.jpg)
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Top class work on your Airfix Typhoon, Rick.
The new Airfix kits are good (I'm currently building their 1/48 Hurricane) but I find that assembly has to be precise to ensure correct fit and alignment. They can be generally a tight fit anyway.
Regards
Dave
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Great work on that! Are you done with the Battle of Britain builds?
/Fredrik
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Nice work, Rick. The weathering is very good. One can't tell it's in 1/72 scale.
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Top class work on your Airfix Typhoon, Rick.
The new Airfix kits are good (I'm currently building their 1/48 Hurricane) but I find that assembly has to be precise to ensure correct fit and alignment. They can be generally a tight fit anyway.
Regards
Dave
Thanks Dave! Yes the build must be precise on these kits. The only time I had difficulty with any of them was when I thought I knew better than the Directions ::)
RAGIII
Great work on that! Are you done with the Battle of Britain builds?
/Fredrik
Thanks Fredrik! No, I have not finished The BoB! I have had trouble procuring a Revell Ju88 A-1( I have one on the way now) and also need to get an Arma Hurricane. I ran out of stuff to work on so built the Typhoon to keep busy.
RAGIII
Nice work, Rick. The weathering is very good. One can't tell it's in 1/72 scale.
Thanks Ken, you are too kind 8)
RAGIII
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Fredrik:
A couple of packages arrived today. This one was a Surprise, Thank You WD ( Warren Dickinson) You are too kind! So Now the Next Theme build in 1/72nd scale will be based on the Book: Wildcats Over Casablanca:
(https://i.postimg.cc/85dsKFrr/IMG-20230622-142904732.jpg)
and the last of the Major BoB players:
(https://i.postimg.cc/wvY7Q53p/IMG-20230622-142928808.jpg)
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Looking forward to see what you do with both of those Rick.
Warren
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Great! Looking forward to seeing both builds.
/Fredrik
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I've had my eye on a Junkers Ju88 for some time now.
I'm certainly interested in how the Revell version builds up.
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Looking forward to see what you do with both of those Rick.
Warren
Thanks Warren! I am going to have to sell something because I just ordered a companion Wildcat direct from Arma ::)
RAGIII
Great! Looking forward to seeing both builds.
/Fredrik
Thanks Fredrik. I have already started the Wildcat!
RAGIII
I've had my eye on a Junkers Ju88 for some time now.
I'm certainly interested in how the Revell version builds up.
The Ju88 looks great in the box. I will be starting it soon!
RAGIII
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Great! Looking forward to seeing both builds.
/Fredrik
Thanks Fredrik. I have already started the Wildcat!
RAGIII
Well, if you feel the need for some insignia masks, you know where to turn.
😁
/Fredrik
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Great Tiffy! Recently finished Day of the Typhoon and it was amazing to read about the high loss rates the Typhoons suffered even with complete control of air space.
Steve
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Lovely Typhoon there Rick, looks more like a 1/48 kit. Looking forward to the BoB Ju88 and Wildcat too.
Richie
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Great Tiffy! Recently finished Day of the Typhoon and it was amazing to read about the high loss rates the Typhoons suffered even with complete control of air space.
Steve
Thanks Steve. Yes they did lose a lot of Typhoons.
RAGIII
Lovely Typhoon there Rick, looks more like a 1/48 kit. Looking forward to the BoB Ju88 and Wildcat too.
Richie
Thanks for that very kind comment Richie, starting soon. By the way I am working on this also. Not Strictly BoB but representative of a Type used.:
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NfyhvYp/IMG-20230620-223738262.jpg)
RAGIII
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Excellent work on the Tiffy RAGman! I'm rather partial to that squadron purely for personal/vanity reasons ;D
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Excellent work on the Tiffy RAGman! I'm rather partial to that squadron purely for personal/vanity reasons ;D
Thanks Zac! I am happy you can Identify with the Build!
RAGIII
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Nice Tiffy!
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Nice Tiffy!
Thanks Tim. I appreciate the comment!
RAGIII
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Great build, Rick, love your paint jobs... and I've always been fond of those big brutes. I think Revell did one back in the '60s that I built a couple of times, there was a lot of interest in the BoB era because of the film. I also built their JU-88 around the same time period too... is the one you got a re-release of that Junkers kit, or did they do a retool somewhere along the line?
Dave V
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Missed this one Rick! Superb Tiffy - and very different from the one I remember building from the original release back in the 1960's!!
Stephen.
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I also can't believe I missed this one - awesome work Rick! The kit looks lovely, much better than the old kit I remember building as a kid in the early 90s!
Cheers,
BC
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Great build, Rick, love your paint jobs... and I've always been fond of those big brutes. I think Revell did one back in the '60s that I built a couple of times, there was a lot of interest in the BoB era because of the film. I also built their JU-88 around the same time period too... is the one you got a re-release of that Junkers kit, or did they do a retool somewhere along the line?
Dave V
Thanks Dave! Along with Revell kits like their original Tiffy I built almost all of those available in the Early 60s' 8) Yes I am that Old. The Newer generation of Airfix and Revell 1/72nd kits are really quite nice, if not quite Arma or Eduard. They seem to have good fit and decent detail which is all I am after. The JU88A-1 is a Newer tool, I think from the late 90a' or early 2000s'.
RAGIII
Missed this one Rick! Superb Tiffy - and very different from the one I remember building from the original release back in the 1960's!!
Stephen.
Thanks Stephen your comments are always appreciated!
RAGIII
I also can't believe I missed this one - awesome work Rick! The kit looks lovely, much better than the old kit I remember building as a kid in the early 90s!
Cheers,
BC
Thanks Brad. I am not sure when the Newer tool Tiffy was released but it is certainly not the one I had available as a kid in 1965ish ::)
RAGIII
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Hey Rick - the new tool one was released around 2013, according to scalemates.
I remember building this boxing specifically, a couple of times, back around 1990 -
(https://i.imgur.com/wn3KYiG.jpg)
This earlier kit traces its lineage back to 1959...! :o It certainly doesn't hold a flame to the newer kit. Great work again :)
Cheers,
BC