73north

Hi ,

at long, long last ( only took a year ) I have completed my Model -

Here are the Photos

any comments - good or bad ( or even indifferent ) are welcome

Hasegawa 1/48 Scale

Hawker Typhoon Mark 1B



Typhoon Ultracast 4 Bladed Propellor - replaced 3 Bladed Hasegawa parts




Note - Hollowed out Cannon barrels

and authentic used and abused look ............





Ultracast Exhausts - replaced poor Hasegawa ones.......

Note Little Cat decal





Essential Item - replacement Ultracast Radiator
( you had none of the ' X ' details in hasegawa part.........






Oily and streaky underside for authentic look -

Now - can anyone Name Squadron Depicted ?




best regards to all on the Forum

David Walker

rjwood_uk

very nice job there David. stunning. well worth a years wait. did you enjoy spending so much time and care on it? if i have to wait a year for your spit i dont mind if it comes out this nice!

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Bunkerbarge

Lovely job there David. A nice hard used look about it and the resin bits certainly enhance it perfectly.

I do like the look of that plane as well it seems to exhude strength and power in just it's looks.

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Splot

Hi David,

The Tiffie looks super. Like the faded look, unfortunatley have to brush paint mine so not sure I'll get the same effect.

What propeller did you use? Later Tiffies had the 4 blade De Havilland but I can't find an after market version. Any ideas?

Also did you change the stablisers as the later models were also built with the Tempest version.


Cheers
SPlot

73north

Hi,

Apologies for late reply *( on nightshift this week )

There is an limited production run of the 4 bladed version from 1998

made by Hasegawa (called 147 squadron , I think )

or you can do what I did , get the Ultracast ( Canadian Company )

it is Ultracast

This is actually far , far superior to any version by hasegawa
have a look at my pictures , for idea of how to do the Beard radiator
using Eduard and Ultracast, and Hasegawa parts all together for much more realistic version and look .

I used the hasegawa tailplane and stabilisers supplied as I didn't think it makes any real difference

The two original photos I own , have no tempest parts visible

but is up to you

any more questions please ask

or go to HyperScale - An Online Magazine for Aircraft and Armour Modellers

and look at other models

Recommend Ultracast exhausts , pilot seat and beard radiator

73north

have a look at my pictures ~~~~~~~~~~~

I mean my 73North gallery -

Splot

Thanks David,

I'll give that a blast. All I have to do now is check all my references again...

SPlot