stevej60 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Hi folks,second build this year built alongside their Tempest posted recently.another lovely kit to build nice panel lines and detail for under a fiver.there was a posting a few days ago detailing the main faults with this kit mainly the over length u/c legs but it was too late to correct this and I am happy that it looks like a typhoon.Thanks for your time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 What a cracker. Great job Steve. Did you use the kit decals? Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Yes Ian,and they went on trouble free,the code letters on the sheet looked terrible almost a "luminous" deep green but as soon as they left the paper and I applied them to the model they looked fine,I have their spitfire MKXIV and have put off building it as the codes are the same, now I fancy giving it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Another nice one i have to get the academy tempest/typhoon, thats realy one of best looking planes ever made (mainly tempest though ). anyway, good job once again 7th january and you got scnd kit done already.. i think i m doing something wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve190 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Excellent work. Scheme looks sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Another nice one i have to get the academy tempest/typhoon, thats realy one of best looking planes ever made (mainly tempest though ). anyway, good job once again 7th january and you got scnd kit done already.. i think i m doing something wrong Thanks,to be honest even though i use acrylics I hate the whole airbrush cleaning thing so I tend to build a half dozen kits at a time,I have a p40 2x spitfires and a tucano all should be complete by the end of the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 lovely build steve. i love the subject. i just dont know how you find the time for so many builds. ive been trying to complete two 1:72nd Me 109's since august!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 S P L E N D I F E R O U S .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hi Steve, just saw your build for the first time today. What a beautiful model you've made! I am most interested in your comment about the Academy decals, namely the codes' colour becoming acceptable once on the model... Just like you, I have a few kits (including the Typhoon) in my stash, and what puts me off doing any of them is the horrendous colour of the codes. I was steeling myself to re-paint them with a fine brush, or if that failed go through the mission of ordering some decals from the UK. But now I am keen to try and build one! And if the result is rubbish nonetheless, I'll have at least built one of them! Where would I be able to find the article that mentions the too long u/c legs? Thanks Steve. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hi Steve, just saw your build for the first time today. What a beautiful model you've made! I am most interested in your comment about the Academy decals, namely the codes' colour becoming acceptable once on the model... Just like you, I have a few kits (including the Typhoon) in my stash, and what puts me off doing any of them is the horrendous colour of the codes. I was steeling myself to re-paint them with a fine brush, or if that failed go through the mission of ordering some decals from the UK. But now I am keen to try and build one! And if the result is rubbish nonetheless, I'll have at least built one of them! Where would I be able to find the article that mentions the too long u/c legs? Thanks Steve. JR Many thanks Jean,the codes on the sheet are as you say horrendous but once off the backing sheet vastly improved and as you can see look OK. The same applies to their tempest,there was a post in the RFI section a few months ago where the builder mentioned the over long U/C legs but I have it on the shelf with Airfix,s new Typhoon and it looks OK.So go on get building and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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