theplasticsurgeon Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) Joining you with this Novo Typhoon of the car-door type. Cost me 2.50 last year - a fortuitous acquisition from a colleague who picks up house clearance stuff. I get offered some model kits, at cost. Anyway, here are the parts. And after a bit of interior painting. Edited July 4, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon Completed 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Another oldie sees the light of day Good luck Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 A fortuitous find indeed, and one of my favourites, very nice, look forward to this , the old frog kit of this was one of the very first i built . Glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I'll be keen to see this come to life Tim. As I understand it, the ex Frog Car door Typhoon is a much better kit than the bubble top version. Steve, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 16 hours ago, stevehnz said: I'll be keen to see this come to life Tim. As I understand it, the ex Frog Car door Typhoon is a much better kit than the bubble top version. Steve, Steve the car door kit (F231) is late Frog, mid '70s whereas the old bubble top (kit 389P) is a much earlier effort, c.1959. The late James Goulding liked the later kit very much in his Aircraft Illustrated review. I rated his reviews highly and his one criticism was that the wing seemed at slightly less incidence to the fuselage than required and proceeded to tell us how to correct it. Nowadays, that sort of critique would kill a kit stone dead but in those days, the car door was a real departure from the norm and came at a good time to compliment the others. My memory is that all there was available was the ancient Frog kit mentioned above and the equally prehistoric Airfix 1B from the same era. This last only very recently replaced by the new tool kit. There was of course the 1/96 scale Eagle Typhoon kit, gone and forgotten by the 1970s. Anyone remember those? Nige B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Comparison with the ancient Airfix kit? Well here's mine - originally built about 1988 Repainted, and self-converted to car-door about 2014. Attacking a rail-head at Jet Age Similar (3 blade prop) my Academy Typhoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 13 hours ago, theplasticsurgeon said: Comparison with the ancient Airfix kit? Well here's mine - originally built about 1988 Good builds there. Just to clarify, in case my comment was misread, the original Typhoon was released in 1959 and for that reason was 'ancient'. In it's favour, it was a good shape and of course it lasted well into the second decade of the 21st century. Not bad going for a kit which started it's life hanging up in Woolies for 2/- (10 new Pence). The Academy kit, also shown above) was quite recent by comparison. The canopy from the Airfix Typhoon was also recommended by Chris Ellis in his 1970 book as a way of producing a bubble canopy Spitfire from the Airfix Mk.IX (JE-J), a conversion which worked well at a time where bubble canopied model Spits were very unusual and not a little esoteric on a display shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Pilot getting ready for action. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Airframe around the pilot now. Busy afternoon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Good to see some classic plastic being aired for this GB and coming along at a fast pace with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 As you may have guessed, - they're all being airbrushed together. And the Car Door was no exception. And 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) Plans - from Airfix Tiffie in this case. Masked. And both together. Airbrushed, this morning. and now demasked. Edited June 11, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon New Photo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 That camouflage looks great ! Could I ask; what did you use to stick the camouflage masks on? It has worked really well and hasn't left any marks on the grey. I have this kit in the stash but I'm missing one wing top half . One day I'll work out what to do..I refuse to throw it in the bin, just too nice. Looking forward to the next instalment Best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 4 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said: That camouflage looks great ! Could I ask; what did you use to stick the camouflage masks on? It has worked really well and hasn't left any marks on the grey. I have this kit in the stash but I'm missing one wing top half . One day I'll work out what to do..I refuse to throw it in the bin, just too nice. Looking forward to the next instalment Thanks for compliments. The plans were stuck on with PowerTac, a cheap version on BluTac from Pound shops. It did take a bit of removing though. I couldn't get it to work as sausages to define the camp pattern, so won't be buying it again. Can't help with that missing wing part. That really compromises the kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Decals. A lot borrowed from other kits. Such a porker, that tail band is from two Airfix Typhoons. Sadly a cannon got knocked off and lost this afternoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Pity about the cannon, looking good otherwise. I find hands & knees & a torch shone along the carpet to cast a shadow on anything there has cheated the carpet monster of its prey on more than one occasion. Good luck. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 This was outside, blown off the patio table.😢 This model is going to be tried with Airfix undercarriage and wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Aaah, the patio monster, different kettle of fish entirely. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Canopy fitted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Canopy framed, propellor prepared. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Typhoon stripes, and undercarriage. The stripes are decal. Photos show them as much more profession application than D Day stripes. Prop fitted. And from the otherwise. Edited June 26, 2017 by theplasticsurgeon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 It looks very good, a really nice build of this Frog Classic . Great stuff TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Sadly Photobucket has decided to cease 3rd party hosting, rendering this and most of my other GBs pretty useless. I'll find a new host for gallery photos on completion, but I'm unlikely to migrate all the build photos. Fitted Airfix rails last night, and I've just painted the rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 Rockets And declaring completion. Huge thanks to Postimage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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