Rabbit Leader Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Since it will no doubt be a while before the Tiffie shows up on this side of the pond, I ordered one from Airfix today. Maybe this time they'll not charge me that pesky VAT! Cheers, Bill Bill, As a fellow Non-UK resident (Australia) I can honestly recommend that you try the lads at Hattons - www.ehattons.com I've been purchasing all the latest Airfix kits from them. They do not charge VAT, the postage to Australia is next to nothing and you get them before your mates do ?? I often receive my goods inside 7 days. Overnight they sent me an email to say that my two pre-ordered Typhoons were on their way. The service is excellent. I liken it to living in the UK, although seeing the Sun a bit more often. Cheers... Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Bill, As a fellow Non-UK resident (Australia) I can honestly recommend that you try the lads at Hattons - www.ehattons.com I've been purchasing all the latest Airfix kits from them. They do not charge VAT, the postage to Australia is next to nothing and you get them before your mates do ?? I often receive my goods inside 7 days. Overnight they sent me an email to say that my two pre-ordered Typhoons were on their way. The service is excellent. I liken it to living in the UK, although seeing the Sun a bit more often. Cheers... Dave. Thanks for the tip! I'll give them a try. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thanks for the tip! I'll give them a try. Cheers, Bill Dave put me onto Hattons too & I'm happy to say they're the goods. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Just ordered my Tiffy from eHattons. Their stock is gone, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderland Models Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 We have just sold out of our stock of the Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib. Hornby's estimate for restocks are not until June. You will still be able to place orders, which will be dispatched as soon as new stocks become available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Picked up mine from Transport Models of Preston this afternoon - don't know how many they had left. It's as good as people say and as it looks in the photos. I'm impressed with the level of thought that has gone into making this a genuine late-production Typhoon rather than something more generic. It is clearly the finest tooling seen on 1/72 Typhoon to date (or any scale?) The panel lines still need refining - it should be possible to distinguish moving parts from fixed structure which isn't always true on this model. The flat on the wheels is excessive, and the yellow offset has struck again on the roundels. I don't know what it is about yellow, but this is such a common fault that I'm surprised more producers haven't switched to separate yellow rings as on the Hasegawa Hurricane. These are obviously niggles rather than major faults; they shouldn't be there but are fairly easy to correct if you want to. Oh, there is one major failing of research - Tiffie pilots always had their oxygen masks on because of CO leakage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamf Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Glad to see they've done the bubble four blader, in my opinion this version looks the tidiest and most elegant. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Popped into Wonderland at lunchtime with the express intention of buying some more tape and some airbrush propellant (I don't think I am good enough to justify a proper airbrush/compressor set up ...yet!) and abslutely not buying any models. Saw 4 or 5 of these on the shelf and two walking out the door with happy looking customers and thought "what the hell!" and bought one. Just opened it at home and can state categorically that this is the best Airfix product I have ever seen. Restrained panel lines, sensible parts breakdown, open gun bay option (stunning moulding here), great detail in the wheel wells and all for the princely sum of £7.99. BARGAIN! I will need to convince SWMBO to let me buy one of the Bren Gun models to see if the price difference is justified. I will be amazed if it is; no offence to Bren Gun but this kit is stunning. Cheers DC - Happy modeller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckb1 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sneaked mine into a bag when I bought my daughters Dragon with Fairie rider. Daniels in Windsor now still have five in stock as of this afternoon. SWMBO did not notice! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Glad to see they've done the bubble four blader, in my opinion this version looks the tidiest and most elegant. You have a strange interpretation of elegant, looks like a beast to me! I've just built the new Airfix (unpainted, for a review), and fit is very good on the whole, and the engineering ideas are superb. I'm not going to cover the details of shape and panel line nits in the review, so I though I would pos them here instead. Putting the fuselage up against the Bentley-based plans in Chris Thomas's Typhoon and Tempest Aces book reveals an issue with the tail: Next I compared it to the new Brengun, which fits the plans perfectly, except for a tiny part of the curve of the fin, but less than 1 mm off the line: So, the tail looks to be rotated forwards, shortening the overall length at the same time. If it bothers you, the Brengun kit could be a good source for a spare tail, as both larger and small tailplanes and tail section are included (though the Airfix fuselage is slightly skinnier, so wouldn't be a quick swap). Next, the panel lines. They are almost identical in fineness to the Brengun kit's. But the Bregun cowling fasteners are a favourite of mine. Much improved fasteners over the coarse Spitfire. Revell can be a lot subtler though: Some wing shots: I would like to see wingtip navigation lights on a kit as good as this, but overall I am a very happy Typhoon modeller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) I've put the Airfix fuselage up against the two old Frog, the Academy and the HobbyBoss fuselages, and although they do not agree on things like depth and cockpit position, they do agree on tail shape. There's quite a few odd raised small panels on the kit reminiscent of the similar ones on the Academy/Hobbycraft. Get the file out. Edited April 13, 2013 by Graham Boak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) Oh wow.....I'm going to be getting a couple of these! I was looking forward to this kit anyway, but it looks to be even better than I'd hoped (tail excepting perhaps). Edited April 13, 2013 by Sgt.Squarehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Graham: Interesting- did they match in length to the rudder hinge? I'm not too fussed about it personally though- I won't be correcting it. Here is one I forgot to post earlier, a comparison with the sloping Academy nose: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Well done, Ben - thank you for your review. It's much appreciated! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thanks John, but the review is still to come- I have photographed a stage by stage build. Hopefully have it on Aeroscale.co.uk in a day or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 One thing in any review regarding using plans is that they can never be accurate themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPAD64 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 So, airfix or brengun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 This looks like bad news for my "buy fewer kits" policy. Lol! .I threw that policy out ages ago!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Sadly I didn't make it into Wonderland on Friday so I had to wait until I got to Modelzone in Aberdeen yesterday to buy one. Very, very impressed. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Just to prove not all the decals are off register! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddjob Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Has anyone else noticed that the exhausts are wrong for a late production Typhoon? The old Airfix kit, A01027, shows how they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I don't think anyone else has commented on this. Just what are you thinking of? If you mean the fittings surrounding the exhausts, these were not present on later production aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddjob Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Exhaust plinths and shrouds were fitted only to late aircraft, certainly from early 1944 onwards.. Check your photographs. There's a good one on the rear cover of Profile Publication No. 81 showing SW537. Notice how the plinth and shroud are in camouflage colours. The Typhoon in the RAF Museum is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Just to prove not all the decals are off register! Like all new decals supplied with these Airfix kits, they look quite usable to me. Isn't it a nice chance to actually consider building these kits with the manufacturers chosen schemes rather than having to always purchase after market decal sheets. Cheers.. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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