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1/32 MDC Hawker Typhoon


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I have set sail on a themed collection of 1/32 Hawker single engined piston fighters, started because I enjoyed Special Hobby's Tempest V so much, and because of Lukgraph, Fly, Paul Fisher and Special Hobby (again) providing the raw materials.

 

The Typhoon is a lovely piece of casting.  Here it is.  It is an entirely fictional representation of a 1B equipped with rockets wearing the early 1A identification stripes, ie *not* the invasion stripes we all know and love.  The windscreen and canopy are Special Hobby spares that I acquired after borking several vacforms.  Ham fisted? Moi?

 

The very few decals I used (most of the major stuff is masked) silvered. Grr.  And I did gloss it up first, too.

 

General overview...

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Plan view...

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The tummy.  The apparently kinky stripe on the starboard flap is an optical illusion.  It's straight, really...

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Cockpit detail showing virtually nothing!  But the SH windscreen blended in well...

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Nicely cast bits of undercarriage...

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Hope you like.  I am currently working on Fly's Hurricane.  The cockpit frame is tortuous, but I'll get there! 

 

Mike

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4 hours ago, keith in the uk said:

Very nice , :goodjob: the above shot shows the port outer cannon could do with a little straightning up .  :hmmm:

It *might* be one of the RP rails being squint. Being resin, they were a little 'floppy' ... 

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