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Playing in the Sandbox Group Build Sept 1, 2024 - Jn 1, 2025

Hawker Typhoon 1/24 "Pulverizer IV"


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Frank,

That looks great.

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Cees

 

Thanks Cees,

 

Your build with the spitfire is also coming along nicely, (one can never have enough Spitfires), i've got some in my stash as well, for future builds,

 

greetings,

 

Frank

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Looking very, very good Frank.

What's up with the guns ?

 

George

Hello George,

 

I have decided earlier in the build to use the master turned brass barrels to replace the plastic ones in the kit. So far no problem, but when you try to push the master barrels through the holes in the frames they get stuck between two frames because they are too rigid, and the plastic ones can bend just enough to fit through the holes.

I have dry fitted the barrels now and i have found a way to place them, but that means i must dry fit the entire gun bay in to place and glue them into place afterwards.

meanwhile i am now working on the all the loose parts of the wing and the undercarriage, pictures soon to follow,

 

 

greetings ,

 

Frank

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Oh wow... love it! 

Nice texture on those bombs.

Thanks Jeroen,

 

I'll be watching your build on the he219 too, love those german aircrafts, i was working on a me109 g10, but then the typhoon came along, so i put that on ice for a while,

 

Frank

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Another update on the tiffie,

 

Last week i have been busy to get the gun bays and the wings ready. Everything went as it should, but what an incredibly tight fit of the wings. This kit is certainly measured out by the millimeter. After numerous dry fitting i finally went for it and glued the wings together. Fits like a glove. There's just a little seam on the leading edge, but that will only take some minor sanding, i don't want to ruin the fine detailing on the wings by to much sanding.

The master barrels are also in place after some "persuasion" . ammo boxes in place and done some weathering of the gun bays. Also widened the fairings so they will all fit over the guns.

Next move will be the fuselage. Also dry fitted it on to the wings, and fits like it should, but that's for the next time, here are the pictures.foto1_zps93ed4913.jpgfoto4_zps9934efdd.jpgfoto3_zps1ec5161f.jpgfoto2_zps036d4a0d.jpgfoto1_zpsb35b96e9.jpgfoto_zps43b88855.jpg

 

That's it for now,

 

Next week the fuselage..

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Frank,

Great view just the fuselagestructure with wings. Airfix really gives you the experience of building an aeroplane.

Did you have any problems with alignment of the cannonbarrels? Can the fairings still be fitted properly?

Cheers

Cees

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Frank,

Great view just the fuselagestructure with wings. Airfix really gives you the experience of building an aeroplane.

Did you have any problems with alignment of the cannonbarrels? Can the fairings still be fitted properly?

Cheers

Cees

Hello Cees,

 

The only problem i had with fitting  the canon barrels is that they are too rigid, and they must be flipped over the rear crossmember in the fuselage as i have showed in my earlier pictures. I only had to widen the hole in the gun bays so i got enough room to stick them through. not the most elegant solution, but those holes are barely noticeable once the guns are in place, so i can live with that.  The holes still are within the diameter of the crossmember opening by the way. The fairings fit properly once you have widened them, this is because of the recoil spring  that sits a bit further to the back in comparison with the plastic ones. I used a dremel to widen them up to a point that i didn't dare to go any further. They are pretty thin now, but they accommodate the guns very well. Judge for yourself, as i have some pictures with one fairing in to place.

I also dry fitted the fuselage to the wings, once again a near perfect fit. I am very much impressed by the accuracy of the parts, they all line up perfectly, but be warned, 

RTFM as i may say so.

here are some pictures so you can see for yourself,

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Hope you like it, 

 

but Cees, when can we expect your build of this magnificent kit? you must be craving for it by now?

 

Greetz,

 

 

Frank

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Wow Frank,

Looking really good and very, very nice detail paint. Those gun bays are magnificent.

Been busy with other things these last few days but your photos makes me want to continue my build... 

 

George

i am waiting for it George,

 

bring it on,

 

Greetz,

 

Frank

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Thanks for the tip George,

 

I must say that i took the rusty burnt kind of look from the first model on display that i saw, it was build by Chris Wauchop i believe, he got one of the pre product models from Airfix, so i didn't look any further, and thought that this is what it should look like. There are of course only limited colour pictures from this period, so reference material is difficult to get.

Enjoy the weather by the way, i completely understand you, (got a sailing boat myself, other hobby), so i understand what you mean,

(nice weather, nice company, a cold beer or wine, sunset.........................)

 

Greetz,

 

Frank          :wine:

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Hi Frank,

Well I have been working on it for for a week now. Mostly cleaning up and building the cockpit. Nothing diffirent from the pics you and

George have posted. As soon as the paint has been sloshed on it I will post pics.
Cees

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Here's another update on the Tiffie,

 

Have been busy to fit the fuselage on to the wing roots. Fit is fine, there's only a little seem visible, so i taped both sides of the seem and filled it with Tamiiya surface primer. The result is a very small pencil like seem that will blend in once the primer is applied on the aircraft. 

I was planning to do a build with everything visible, also the radiator, but i decided to place the chin radiator cowlings, because they look great, and they are a real characteristic piece of the Typhoon.

 

I have test fitted the cowlings, and with some fiddling i got them in to place.

 

I have also given the underside of the wings where the flaps are attached a coat of medium sea grey. the manual says that this should be the proper color, though i have seen on other builds, aluminum coloured and cockpit green coloured flaps. so i don't know whats right, so i think i will stick to the color mentioned in the manual. ( or someone must be able to tell me what the right color is?).

 

anyway, here are some pictures withe the preparation of the aircraft, the moment of putting paint on is getting closer, can hardly wait.

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So next time i hope to show some pictures with a primed Tiffie, ready for the paint job.

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Great looking work Frank.

 

With such a complex design, it's amazing that stuff does tend to line up with little effort. I test fitted the fuse to me, and the intake covers. I reckon a 95% success rate. Just a little tweaking before I later glue things up.

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Started on the flaps today and gave them a bit of weathering, they will be in the down position when i put the plane on display. The weathering might be a bit heavy, but these planes were used under the most awful conditions on improvised landing strips, so i guess they must have taken guide a beating with minimal maintenance .

 

some pics with a dry fit of the the flaps.foto3_zps5b7fe4b3.jpgfoto2_zpsaa8f297e.jpgfoto1_zps3a54cee9.jpgfoto2_zpsfb2b7f6f.jpg

 

the paint underneath is medium sea grey as advised in the manual. Trying to get all those little bits together so i can get to the painting stage, shouldn't take me more than a few weeks now. i just hope that Mal will have those masks ready in time.

 

 

Frank

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Ha, ha,

 

well i could say those blobs are actually plastic explosives, but they aren't. Just my way to be able to remove the landing gear doors in a simple way, and those toothpick's 

come in very handy when airbrushing all detail parts , or else i would be camouflaging my hand every time.

I also use "satė stokjes"  to hold up the small parts for painting. Airfix indeed have made a quantum leap in constructing their kits. If they would do a re -release of the "big five," the hurricane, spitfire, me 109 , fw190 and the mustang, then i would certainly buy them.

 

Frank.

 

Love the weathering on the flaps, Frank. Not overdone I think - they were dust / mud grabbers on those improvised airfields.

Good job.

 

Those blobs of gum and the pointy bits were a secret anti-tank weapon ? :)

 

But it's looking sweet and smooth here, no gaps and everything fitting as it should at the wing roots. 

Airfix sure has gone up a notch or two in my opinion. 

 

George

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Then the new kit rumoured to be unveiled at Telford soon is right up your alley.

Nice flappery.

Cees

 

Cees, does that mean you have inside information? you've got a spy at airfix HQ?

You can tell me, i won't talk to anybody about it..........

  :secret:

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Frank

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Another update on the Tiffy,

 

Been concentrating on the underside of the fuselage, put some primer on and started pre shading the wings with dark sea grey, the coat on top of that will be the proper color, medium sea grey. The darker color is just strong enough to shine through the medium sea grey.

The rest of the weathering will be done with powders and oil paint washes.

Here are some pictures from the underbody.

 

(Can hardly get the thing in the paint booth, it's one huge beast, took some careful handling not to damage anything)

 

Fortunately i had stocked up on a lot of medium sea grey and the other colours that i'am going to need, because she sure needs LOT'S of paint

 

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Need to fill the seem where the tailwheel section connects to the underside of the fuselage, must have missed that one. i'll let everything dry now so when the paint is  hardened i can adjust some things. The seem on the starboard wing extension is also to big for my taste, will work on that one too.

Anyway, i have got some paint on, and will be moving on to the topside next time.

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Picture time again,

 

couldn't resist to put another coat of paint on. First pre shaded the entire airplane, this time using black because the colours matt dark green and mat ocean grey that will be used for the  top side of the airplane won't allow anything else to shine through. I used for the mat ocean grey the tamiya equivalent  xf82.

I put a couple of thin layers on because i don't want to ruin the pre shading that i've done. It's always difficult when to stop. I chose to do so pretty quick, because when the second colour will be applied, matt dark green, the pre shading will be hardly visible otherwise. (Less is more in this case i think)

see for yourself,

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well, that's it for now. I really want to wait for Mal to finish his masks for my project, so i can get the camo pattern right. meanwhile i will concentrate on the wheels and other small stuff.

 

Till next time

 

Frank

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Another update on the Tiffie,

 

Put on the second layer of the camouflage color, used blue tack to lay out the pattern and then taped the whole thing. See for yourself foto1_zps38c55df2.jpg

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And after putting on the color, removed the tape an done some post shading on the green and grey camo

 

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That's it for now, got a lot of weathering and post shading to do to make it look right, but i am not to unhappy with the result so far,

 

Until next time,

 

Frank

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