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Finally finished this not very good kit at last. It fought me all the way home. Finished in Saudi colours just for something different. Added the Aires cockpit (superb) - not exactly a drop fit, but nowhere near as much material to remove as the last Aires job I used. Also used Aires nozzles, much more of a struggle to fit (the kit is filed almost paper thin to accommodate them) - they look brilliant though. Also used Eduard exterior, though half the set is for detailing the kit engines, so not much used in the end. Saudi decals were part of a booklet set I got from Hannants and the quality of the decals was brilliant. The rest came from the TwoBobs stencils in their Perfect Storm set. I do intend to build more Typhoons but I will build from the Trumpeter kit next time... I have to offer some sort of a build review as it mystifies me that this kit is lauded as "the only option". This kit was lousy. It has "rush job" written all over it. Every single part (no exaggeration) required flash removal, filling of various sink marks and imperfections (especially the wings and leading edge flaps), sanding or filling of the intrusive injection gates and ejector pin marks, the fit was ambitious at best (apart from the wings, which thankfully were the best fitting parts) and the whole thing is probably more filler than plastic (ok, that is an exaggeration! ) Detail is soft and asymmetric (sharper on one half than the other, requiring a lot of rescribing) and the less said about the intakes the better. A good example of a crap model kit getting the nod over a superior one due to budget and "accuracy" rather than quality - that said, the shape of the rear fuselage is a lot more accurate than the competitor. And though it's much cheaper, you are looking at a resin replacement cockpit at least, probably the Aires engines, possibly a photoetch set and even wheelwells. That puts you way past the £100 mark and very much in the territory of the Trumpeter kit. You pays your money, etc etc! Alan
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Greetings all , busy couple of modeling weeks. This was the early Revell of Germany Typhoon and there are some inaccuracies related to the real aircraft. But it is still a Typhoon and so.... Despite the aircraft inaccuracy, I like the end result. I wish I could have seen the real thing. I used Uschi powder on the Exhaust as that is now my go-to material for metal surfaces (Small ones) Mostly Out of Box Construction..Actually complete Out of Box...Xtracrylics used for the Green and Brown (Figured British Manufacturer would by good for British colors) Grey was gunze. Decals were from Caracal and they fought me on settling down . End result was hairdryer and Solvaset and victory was mine. Thanks for taking a Look Cheers Bill PS Comments welcome
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