1:48 Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib RB396 Hawker Typhoon Preservation Project

[RMCS]

This aircraft is something close to my heart as I am the membership and events secretary for the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Project, We are aiming to get the world's only flying Hawker Typhoon MkIb flying again.

 

This kit is the superb Hasegawa kit with Eduard cockpit upgrade,and 4 prop spinner from Ultracast.

 

The aircraft was delivered to 174 ‘Mauritius’ squadron on 4th Jan 1945, based at B.100 Goch, and received the code ‘XP-W’. RB396 was lost on operations and was recorded Cat ‘E’ on 1st Apr 1945. Originally equipped with bombs after conversion to the Typhoon (July 1943), 174 squadron converted to rockets by January 1944. The squadron spent the next few months attacking radar stations, flying bomb sites and German communication links in northern France. After D-Day they moved to Normandy providing close support for the Army and attacking German tanks and transport. By September 1944 they had moved to the Netherlands where their remit was offensive sweeps over Germany. On the 1st April 1945 RB396 was the mount of Flt Lt Chris W House setting out from Goch for an offensive sweep. Shortly after selecting his target and releasing his salvo of rockets RB396 was hit by flak, too low to bail out and rapidly losing height Flt Lt House force landed his aircraft to the North East of Denekamp. In the immediate aftermath of the attack the whereabouts of Chris House was not known and as squadron members returned to Goch they reported that he was seen to successfully force land RB396 and it was assumed taken POW, had he survived the landing. He had indeed survived and successfully evaded capture, making his way back to allied lines and much to the surprise of his comrades arrived back at the squadron on 5th April. After 174 squadron was disbanded on 8th April Chris House went on to complete further operations and remained in the RAF until retirement long after the war.

 

If your interested in further information have a look at:-  http://hawkertyphoon.com/ 

 

Or: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=hawker typhoon rb396 restoration 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[batcode]

nice looking build,,, great job on the cam and the weathering looks great....

[propforward]

This is an amazing build - looks perfect. I thought it was the 1/24 scale model at first, it looks so good. I follow the facebook updates on the restoration project all the time. Best of luck!

[Lawzer]

Beautiful!  Love the small details!

[Christer A]

Great work on RB396, both in 1/48 and in 1/1!

Excellent painting and weathering!

[noelbarnes]

Simply superb.

 

[huvut76g7gbbui7]

On 2017-6-20 at 5:05 AM, Christer A said:

 

Great work on RB396, both in 1/48 and in 1/1!

 

I couldn't have worded it better.

Thanks for the links to the project too.

[Phone Phixer]

Lovely job, like it.

Good luck with the real thing, would be nice to see a tiffie back in the air.