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Tim's Typhoon -- COMPLETED


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Yes this kit.

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This actually belongs to Jet Age - I'm building it for them.

 

Here are the parts.

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And after some interior cockpit decoration.

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Completed model with new image host at end of thread.

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Now i know people are going to want comparison Airfix/Novo,

so I took some photos.

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Straightaway noticing that Novo is much wider at the tail.

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Overall, as you would expect - the new Airfix (light blue) is much better.

Let's hope they re-engineer this kit as a car-door.

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There has been some interest in how I make my disk props.

This is how I do it - photos same as the Tempest thread.

This is typically my source of clear plastic, a coleslaw pot lid.

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I prefer plastic labels, they come off more cleanly.

And this is my circular cutter, this one from The Works,

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Set to the radius of the prop, cutter includes a scalpel blade.

Not very visible, but two disks from that coleslaw lid.

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Then a cocktail stick to centre things, and superglue to secure it all.

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Next just fit the spinner with more superglue.

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Sadly Photobucket has decided to cease 3rd party hosting, rendering this and most of my other GBs pretty useless.

I'll find a new host for gallery photos on completion,

but I'm unlikely to migrate all the build photos.

Fitted rails last night, and I've just painted the rockets.

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A nice trio of completions there Tim, proof positive that good modelling can tale an old and/or ordinary kit & transform it into something a bit special as you've shown with your three builds of these classic British kits.

Steve.

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3 hours ago, stevehnz said:

A nice trio of completions there Tim, proof positive that good modelling can tale an old and/or ordinary kit & transform it into something a bit special as you've shown with your three builds of these classic British kits.

Steve.

It's actually all four, but leaning about a new photo host took me past my bedtime.  The Tempest will be revealed tonight.

 

Got to say photo bucket has diminished my apetite for GBs.

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I should have realised there was one missing, I forgot about the Tempest. Something to look forward to. :)

The whole PB thing has really curdled my custard this week, something we could well have done without. :(

Steve.

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