KillerMig Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Hi all, Just started this Eurofighter Typhoon two seater of Revell in 1/48, which I plan to finish as an RAF aircraft. The kit seems to have well captured the shape of the aircraft, but the surface details (if you can find any) are far from satisfactory. Hey Revell, can you hear? Which century are you living in? Why not add some eyecatching surface details to your kits and sell them a for a few bucks more? People would still buy them and be much happier, believe me ! Riveting is not spoken only in Chinese What Revell denied, I've started adding. Vertical stabilizer first. I've cut and detached the rudder. Could've used a riveter, but I like it more this way, more excruciating No spacer used, eye work only... Final. Seems better at least... Wings will follow... Edited July 22, 2019 by KillerMig 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicPlastic Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Wow, that's some pretty impressive work! What did you use to create this, a small hand drill? I myself have never dared to either scratchbuild or modify kits i buy since i'm to "scared" to mess up a good kit! So i'm always impressed to see people have a go at such work. It's looking really good so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 6:51 PM, EpicPlastic said: Wow, that's some pretty impressive work! What did you use to create this, a small hand drill? I myself have never dared to either scratchbuild or modify kits i buy since i'm to "scared" to mess up a good kit! So i'm always impressed to see people have a go at such work. It's looking really good so far! Sharp needle of a compass works quite fine. Drill bits may perform as well. About scratchbuilding or modifying kits?? Well, it is not that scary, polystyrene does not bite and you could sacrifice some cheap kits for practice but let me tell you, there's no stopping once you start and your good "out of the box" modeling days are gone forever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 The kit offers no more than an almost blank cockpit, so I added Eduard cockpit set. I'll go on with the riveting of the wings... Miguel 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcDonnell Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I had built one a few years back. Never had the patience to do all that riveting stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) I made this, the single seat version and the 32nd scale version, it's a good kit in my opinion but the intakes were a let down. I never used the blanking plate in my builds which was supplied in the kit to cover the lack of trunking. The cockpit is looking good so far, the eduard photo etch has made a big difference. I have the Bronze Tiger in my stash so I might just get this photo etch set for it considering how good yours is looking! Edited July 24, 2019 by Deano353 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Deano353 said: I made this, the single seat version and the 32nd scale version, it's a good kit in my opinion but the intakes were a let down. I never used the blanking plate in my builds which was supplied in the kit to cover the lack of trunking. The cockpit is looking good so far, the eduard photo etch has made a big difference. I have the Bronze Tiger in my stash so I might just get this photo etch set for it considering how good yours is looking! Yes, the kit not bad at all, shapewise in particular, but lack of surface details and intake is hard to ignore. I haven't decided how to proceed with the trunking yet. Photo etch set indeed makes a good improvement so I suggest you have one. I'm not sure if it is still available though, I'd bought mine a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Ah I like the Typhoon with the canopy closed so a resin pilot does me. Thin evergreen card superglued to the existing kit parts might do the trick with the intake trunk when you get round to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyGonzales Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I had built a few of these, both as RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft. RAF Barley gray looks better than Luftwaffe's blueish-gray, imo. Yours is progressing well, riveting will level-up the model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) This can easily be the poorest-in-surface-details kit of 21st century Hey, that's a 1/48 ! I split the flaps, or flaperons... whatever That panel line I could not locate on the real aircraft. Checked a few other references too, but still seemed not to exist, so I filled and removed it. Measured and drew the rivet lines... Next on to priming... Edited July 26, 2019 by KillerMig 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Wow you have patience! This should look great under paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanVasili Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Your eyes and wrists still ok after all that rivet work ? Should look quite eyecatching after paint and wash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Polyurethane primer first... I added plastic tape to get a raised surface for formation light strips... Thinner strips of the same tape on the nose for electrostatic dischargers... Final coat... Not much left... Vallejo's Barley gray seemed a little bit off-the-color to me, I had to add some drops of grays to get what I needed... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcDonnell Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 You really must be a very patient man, to do all that riveting stuff ! The lines look quite good and rivets almost equally spaced, considering you say you didn't use any spacing guide. I hope the finish reflects all this heavy work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Looking good so far! The Typhoon has really nice lines in my opinion looking forward to seeing this when it's finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Outstanding work, especially on those rivets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 wow! that is some riveting work here! what do you use as a guide to get such consistent lines? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerMig Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 4 hours ago, exdraken said: wow! that is some riveting work here! what do you use as a guide to get such consistent lines? Just drew the lines on the wings with a ruler and pencil, the rest is punching work with a pointy sharp tool. Tedious work, as slight misalignments show in some places , but overall result is worth the pain I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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