Stuart's Typhoon from the Orient

[Stuart]

Hi Martin,

The fit is not brilliant thats for sure.. well ok maybe thats a little unfair, the fit is ok once you've cleaned up the flash, trimmed the huge sprue gates and dry fitted a few times. I've just spent a happy two hours cleaning up the cockpit parts and glueing them together, and actually they produce a nice cockpit. It'll need a little fettleing to get the cockpit into the fuse sides but'll be ok.

Put it this way - so far I'd build another.

Pics to follow

Cheers

Stuart

[Stuart]

My Son had me up at 6:30 this morning, so I got in another hour on this whilst looking after him downstairs to let my wife have a sleep in.

I've fettled the cockpit to fit, and although tight, the fuse halves will go together. Stupidly I used the wrong rear bulkhead for the early tiffie, as bits behind the pilots head stop the rear fairing from fitting properly - but a bit of trimming has put it right. I've also cleaned up the wings, which had a huge sprue attachment point over the holes for the guns - which is stupid! I've cleaned it upbut I intend to redrill them anyway.

Next up is cleaning and trimming and assembling the gear bays - 6 parts including the legs. And no doubt sanding them to fit between the wing halves. I've no doubt they will kook good when assembled though.

I intend to clean up and assemble all the main componants before painting - I promise I'll add some pictures later.

It's not a bad kit this - just takes a lot of work to get together.

Cheers

Stuart

[Stuart]

Hi Guys,

Here are some pictures.







Cheers

stuart

[AndrewR]

It looks good!

[Stuart]

Thanks Andrew,

I'm wondering about the paint scheme for this. Biggles and the team are rushed out to India on an urgent mission and equiped with a mixed bag of types which I assume was everything Col. Raymond could lay his hands on. The tiffie was pressed into service immediatly and I'm wondering if they would have had time to paint it in SEAC camo.

Cheers

Stuart

[Martin R]

Further to Andrew's post, it looks very good.

I think what you have described in the last couple of posts is that patience and modelling skills are required for these kits. If that's the case, then fair enough. If, after some fettling, things fit, then I can probably deal with it.

If, however, it was another Pavla , then I may just have had to sell it on!

regards,

Martin

[lancfan]

I'm wondering about the paint scheme for this. Biggles and the team are rushed out to India on an urgent mission and equiped with a mixed bag of types which I assume was everything Col. Raymond could lay his hands on. The tiffie was pressed into service immediatly and I'm wondering if they would have had time to paint it in SEAC camo.

I don't think Raymond would have had time to repaint anything for this and the aircraft would been collared as they were when he found them, if the Typhoon was repainted it would have been done so anyway eventually by the MU when they got it into their paintshop.
The book doesn't say anything about colour schemes Stuart so- how do you want it to look?


David.

[Stuart]

Further to Andrew's post, it looks very good.

I think what you have described in the last couple of posts is that patience and modelling skills are required for these kits. If that's the case, then fair enough. If, after some fettling, things fit, then I can probably deal with it.

If, however, it was another Pavla , then I may just have had to sell it on!

regards,

Martin

I think thats about the size of it Martin although I shall reserve final judgement untill I've fitted the u/c bays.

The only point I'd watch out for so far is the rad assembly, when you join the front and back together there is supposed to be a gap between them as the rear piece is supposed to be on the locator on the fuse sides. I would suggest assembling it into one half of the fuse as the intake duct top part sits at the wrong angle.

Cheers

Stuart

[VickersVandal]

There's some nice detail going on in that kit

[PaulBradley]

I think you ought to paint it in SEAC colours, Stu - if you just paint it in standard colours, what's to distinguish it as a Biggles aircraft? I think Dark Earth/Dark Green with white stripes would look terrific and different. This is fiction after all.

[splash]

This is fiction after all.

What!!! do you mean Biggles is not real?

[Stuart]

I think you ought to paint it in SEAC colours, Stu - if you just paint it in standard colours, what's to distinguish it as a Biggles aircraft? I think Dark Earth/Dark Green with white stripes would look terrific and different. This is fiction after all.

That's what I'm going for I think - with a white front to the cowling.

Cheers

Stuart

[DavidWomby]

I think you ought to paint it in SEAC colours, Stu - if you just paint it in standard colours, what's to distinguish it as a Biggles aircraft? I think Dark Earth/Dark Green with white stripes would look terrific and different. This is fiction after all.

That's what I'm going for I think - with a white front to the cowling.

Cheers

Stuart

Oh, that is going to look so good.

David

[AndrewR]

This is fiction after all.

What!!! do you mean Biggles is not real?

We are all Biggles in our imagination

[Stuart]

I'm wondering about the paint scheme for this. Biggles and the team are rushed out to India on an urgent mission and equiped with a mixed bag of types which I assume was everything Col. Raymond could lay his hands on. The tiffie was pressed into service immediatly and I'm wondering if they would have had time to paint it in SEAC camo.

I don't think Raymond would have had time to repaint anything for this and the aircraft would been collared as they were when he found them, if the Typhoon was repainted it would have been done so anyway eventually by the MU when they got it into their paintshop.
The book doesn't say anything about colour schemes Stuart so- how do you want it to look?


David.

That's a good question David.