crobinsonh Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) Well I wasn't going to buy or start anymore kits but when I saw how nice the Airfix Tiffie was I knew I had to buy one. I have to say that I think it is great value for money and a great sign of how Airfix are getting better with each release. As I have only just got back from a holiday in Japan and therefore are not sleeping I managed to use a lot of the "up" time to crack on..,. First thing - cut out the panels ready to display the cannons on the one side. [/url] Start painting - trying a different variation of painting on the sprue and no aftermarket or additions apart from gunsight glass and some seat belts from scratch. One side of the gun bay ready to be fitted. Instrument panel painted and ready for decals. One control column painted. One very cleverly engineered wheel bay and bottom of the cockpit floor painted. I am planning to have this all assembled no later than tomorrow morning ready for the spray booth Edited May 27, 2013 by crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Ok - what is going on with crappy photobucket - all the images are the right orientation in Photobucket but the wrong orientation in the blog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I've been having that problem with Photobucket, too. Even when you edit the orientation in PB, it's still the wrong way around when you post somewhere. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) A few more update from the last couple of hours. The only thing that did not fit that well was the instrument panel decal - I actually cut it into sections and then applied them individually. Hopefully this gives a better size comparison - for plastic and £7.50 I think that Airfix have done a grand job with this offering. Next stage is to put all of this together. Edited April 20, 2013 by crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looking great. That's some superb paintwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Thanks for the comments. Well she is now together. The wheels needs a little bit of filler but that was most likely my mistake. Sanding next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Moving on! I have to say I am actually impressed with fit and have only used one tiny bit of filler by the tail wheel which to be honest was my fault. Lots of lovely little details on this kit. Next Prop, Rockets and getting the wings all glued down ready for any final sanding and filling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Looks to be great value for money - can't wait for this to come out over here in about 6 months! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) Getting close to having her all sealed up. Here are the rockets and pigtails. I really need to get a decent lighting setup! Edited April 21, 2013 by crobinsonh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Here are the rockets and pigtails. Class! Pure class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Great job!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Millman Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 How did you make the seat belts? It all looks very good indeed but those look like aftermarket items and I'd be interested to learn how you did them, thanks. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hi Nick, I actually had an old set of PE for a completely different post war aircraft in blue and green. I cut them up to approx. match photographs I had of the harness and then repainted them. If you look very closely in the second image in post 4 you can see that I have now used oil painted to add some outlines vs. the first image where they are just painted and highlighted. Thank you for your comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Millman Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Many thanks. I thought they looked so very much better than my own efforts using masking tape! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I saw these on sale at MK at the weekend - that detail is astounding for 1/72 and at the price...well done Airfix...oh, and very nice build so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Looking very good so far! This really is a well engineered kit. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berwickboy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Frieghtdog have issued a resin set for this consisting of a radiator insert with cuckoo doors, Mk3 rocket rails, anti personel rocket heads (4) drop tanks and mountings. Good value for £7.50. (btw. that was from memory so I might have it a bit skew) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Good afternoon Very good job ... can't wait to receive mine to start building it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Hello there! This is looking great. I am waiting for these to arrive in Gloucester, have not seen hide nor hair of one yet. I know I can mail order but I want to help the local model shop. This whets my appetite. Look forward to seeing more. All the best, Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This really is a great little kit. Love your attention to detail, looking forward to seeing it completed Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 You are making a great job of this. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Moore Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Well, I learned something today... I never knew the Typhoon interior was two-toned. Black and green...interesting. I would have messed that up for sure. Your work is very good... the kit...not so much...IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks everyone for your comments. The interior colours came from research I did many moons ago on the MDC Typhoon where someone on LSP (before the days of Britmodeller) was discussing the progression of interior colours - this could of course be wrong as depending on when the aircraft was built will determine the colour of the cockpit. Hopefully that makes sense. I am no expert on the Tiffie but I followed the principle that if it was good enough for my MDC Typhoon then it was good enough for this one. As it is to be honest you can only really see the black upper part once the fuselage is closed up. I really like the kit - that said you do have to fettle the wings to get them to fit well. I fitted the lower wing first and then glued the upper wings at the root only. I left this to dry for 24 hours before glueing the rest of the wing. This closed the gap nicely. More updates soon as I am in the spray booth shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Well, I learned something today... I never knew the Typhoon interior was two-toned. Black and green...interesting. I would have messed that up for sure. Your work is very good... the kit...not so much...IMHO I'm sorry - what now? What's wrong with the kit - having seen examined it a close quarters, it looks very good - especially at the price - so I ask, what don't you like about it? Great job by the way - very unusual techniques, but superb results! Spence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'm sorry - what now? What's wrong with the kit - having seen examined it a close quarters, it looks very good - especially at the price - so I ask, what don't you like about it? Great job by the way - very unusual techniques, but superb results! Spence I suspect Les is referring to the old Airfix kit, not the new tool (which isn't out yet here in the States), so there may be a little confusion yet. Lovely work on this model! I'll grab a couple when they're released here :-). It'd be lovely if Airfix produced a car-door version, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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