PaulR Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Evening all, haven't posted any completed models for a while, so thought I'd out this recent completion (last night!) for perusal. It's part of an Austrian airforce theme I've got going at the moment. I have already completed a Revell (Hasegawa) Draken, and there's a Heller Tunnan with a Pavla resin/vac canopy update to do next. I know there's a new tool kit out, but at £25 it's a bit much for my wallet! Anyway, the Revell Typhoon is a great kit; care must be taken in certain key areas that are well known, but considering this my 6th 1/72 version I have a pretty good handle on these. What is rather more concerning is the state of the moulds. There's some flash, but not big deal, but on the latest two I have bought the windshield is progressively worse. The first was just a case of a polish and Klear dip, but the last one (slated for an Italian airforce example) is practically opaque. Luckily Pavla do a really good vacform replacement that even someone as hamfisted as me can use, but I would have thought that with a flagship kit like this, which is likely to remain a top seller, Revell could recondition the moulds. Anyway . . . am really pleased with this one. Paints are Tamiya XF19 for the radome and dielectric areas (the best match for Barley grey I have found yet) and Xtracrylix FS36270 for the main airframe. The Austrians use a different grey to the Germans, despite what Revell say in the instructions, by the by. There's a resin MK16 instead of the perfectly good kit part; I just used it for speed. Kit decals were used throughout, aside from the wing roundels; the kit ones are too small, so I nicked some from a Revell 1/48th Typhoon. There is something about the Austrian aircraft that is particularly smart. . .but if only they'd do what they did with the Drakens and add unit badges and big dayglo numbers on the wings! C+C welcome! Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Ouh, nice to see 'one of ours' ... Although the Eurofighter is not my favorite aircraft design, your model is very good. Thanks for showing Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That's a great-looking model, Paul. It's always nice to see familiar models in unfamiliar markings. Having said that, I will be building mine as a RAF bird!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Looks great! I have soft spot for Austrian subjects. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Very smart, nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 very nice work don't see austrian birds very often Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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