giemme Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Hi everybody, here's my latest off the bench: first completion for the year but actually started in May 2019 ... yeah, I know, I'm a quick builder... A quick summary of this project KIT: Revell 1:72 EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON AIRFRAME: EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON M.M.7278, 4° Stormo, 9° Gruppo, as seen in Grosseto in 2006. This A/C underwent various upgrades during its operational career, and was eventually assigned to the REPARTO SPERIMENTALE VOLO; it crashed in the Italian sea during an airshow near Terracina in 2017. Sadly, the pilot, Captain Gabriele Orlandi, didn't survive. MARKINGS: kit decals (not the best ever, especially the stencils: I experienced some inexplicable silvering on some) PAINTS: Tamiya Sky Grey and Flat White variously mixed for the main airframe, U/C bays, intakes and ordnance; Mission Models Light Gull Grey for the nose cone; Tamiya Flat Black and Italeri Dark Gull Grey for the cockpit; various Italeri and Lifecolor for detail painting; AK Intercative Extreme Metal Steel, Model Master Metallizer Exhaust for the exhaust cans. WEATHERING: kept to a minimum, since the aricraft had served for less than two years in 2006, so: black tempera wash for the wheel wells and struts and for the exhausts area, dark grey oil wash for the panel lines AFTERMARKETS: PAVLA cockpit set, which included vacformed windshield and canopy; I ended up using the kit windshield though SCRATCHBUILDING: quite a list, here: - seamless intakes, although I didn't go for the full length trunckings: I vacformed the visible area at the bottom of the intakes themselves, and scratch built the sensor inside port one - windshield and canopy internal frames, using styrene sheet - rear view mirrors, again from styrene sheet - HUD and its mounting brackets, from thick clear plastic (a CD cover) and brass pipe - canopy opening arm, from brass pipe - APU exhaust, from thin brass sheet (0.1mm), bent to shape and soldered - brake lines on the wheel struts and cabling/piping inside the U/C bays, using various sizes of copper wire and stretched sprue - tail sensor, using a segment of sprue gate - one of the nose sensors, using styrene sheet and brass pipes, since I lost one to the carpet monster... - the rudder and flaperons where cut from the tail fin and wings and re-positioned as per some reference pics, to have a more dynamic pose All of this is illustrated in the WIP thread, here: On with the pics (lots of them, beware! ) APU exhaust detail Cockpit The underside And here are the seamless intakes This shot of the exhausts inner side is from the WIP And finally: the typhoon smile All comments welcome Ciao 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Absolutely beautiful, Giorgio! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 So lovely G. A wonderful build of a tricky kit . Great to see her in RFI. Well done sir. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Very very nice!! Great modelling! I still remember Spillones taking if from Grossetto when I was on holiday in Tuscany many years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Stunning level of detail at this scale Giorgio - amazing job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Perfect Typhoon Giorgio, and fantastic details throughout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting67 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Another excellent job, Giorgio! Can't wait to follow your next project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 super good Typhoon Giorgio !! I enjoyed the WiP too !! Congrayts my friend !! Sincerely CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Stunning finish and pictures Giorgio. Having built this one I know what you’ve gone through. nice subtle weathering and you made the canopy a wonderful fit. I wish mine looked this good. great WIP too. All round top stuff. A pleasure as always. Johnny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Fantastic job Giorgio, great build log too. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Excellent weathering. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Really excellent work, especially for such a quick build 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dstream Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Awsome build, very, very realistic. Great details, I found the cockpit and ordnance particularly good. Saluti, daniele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 As always Giorgio the paintwork sings! One to be proud of. 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 On 08/02/2020 at 16:13, John Laidlaw said: Absolutely beautiful, Giorgio! Thank you, John Glad you like her! On 08/02/2020 at 16:14, Spookytooth said: So lovely G. A wonderful build of a tricky kit . Great to see her in RFI. Well done sir. Cheers Simon, it was tricky, wasn't it? Thanks for following along On 08/02/2020 at 16:16, exdraken said: Very very nice!! Great modelling! I still remember Spillones taking if from Grossetto when I was on holiday in Tuscany many years ago That must have been thrilling! Thanks for the comment On 08/02/2020 at 16:32, CedB said: Stunning level of detail at this scale Giorgio - amazing job Thank you Ced, much appreciated! On 08/02/2020 at 17:13, Cookenbacher said: Perfect Typhoon Giorgio, and fantastic details throughout. See, eventually I built it! Thanks for the praise, Cookie On 08/02/2020 at 18:42, Sting67 said: Another excellent job, Giorgio! Can't wait to follow your next project. Thank you Ramon Next project started here: On 08/02/2020 at 19:59, corsaircorp said: super good Typhoon Giorgio !! I enjoyed the WiP too !! Congrayts my friend !! Sincerely CC Way too kind, CC! Thanks for following along! 23 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Stunning finish and pictures Giorgio. Having built this one I know what you’ve gone through. nice subtle weathering and you made the canopy a wonderful fit. I wish mine looked this good. great WIP too. All round top stuff. A pleasure as always. Johnny. Thanks Johnny The kit is bit of a dog, and going through adding the resin cockpit and posing the moving surfaces differently didn't quite help ... 20 hours ago, Courageous said: Fantastic job Giorgio, great build log too. Stuart Cheers Stuart, glad you like her! 19 hours ago, Britman said: Excellent weathering. Keith Thank you Keith, I'm very happy with that myself! 19 hours ago, billn53 said: Really excellent work, especially for such a quick build 😉 Almost breath-taking! Thanks for the comment 19 hours ago, Dstream said: Awsome build, very, very realistic. Great details, I found the cockpit and ordnance particularly good. Saluti, daniele Grazie Daniele! The ordnance is probably the best thing of this kit, I didn't have to add anything there but paint... 13 hours ago, TheBaron said: As always Giorgio the paintwork sings! One to be proud of. 👏 Thanks Tony, you are much too kind Ciao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Absolutely stunning result Giorgio, and to my eyes one of the very best 1/72 Typhoon models I have ever seen constructed. Your build log was excellent, and I think in this example, this will become a benchmark for any future 1/72 Typhoon build for me. So much attention to correctness, and perfecting the numerous details around and within the airframe, and as others have also commented, superb paint finish. Well done indeed! Terry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 @Terry1954 thank you, what a praise - you are way too kind! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Beautiful result Giorgio - as we knew it would be all along!! Stunning modelling and attention to detail. Very, very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley John Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Superb, absolutely superb. Learned so much during the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 12/02/2020 at 16:38, PlaStix said: Beautiful result Giorgio - as we knew it would be all along!! Stunning modelling and attention to detail. Very, very well done. Kind regards, Stix Thanks Sitx I wish I was that confident! 20 minutes ago, F-32 said: Thank you! 13 minutes ago, Harley John said: Superb, absolutely superb. Learned so much during the build. Cheers John, glad if it's been of any help Ciao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonkaGuy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Superb, I have just spent a while going through your WIP. Think I may borrow some of your techniques for my Typhoon build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Nice, Giorgio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 14/02/2020 at 15:12, TonkaGuy said: Superb, I have just spent a while going through your WIP. Think I may borrow some of your techniques for my Typhoon build. Thank you, TonkaGuy Glad if my build can be of any help On 14/02/2020 at 15:39, RidgeRunner said: Nice, Giorgio Cheers RidgeRunner, thank you Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Giorgio That looks fantastic. State of art work! Missed this RFI somehow till now. Cheers Benedikt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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