CMK Typhoon Mk.I Engine (P72012 for Airfix) 1:72

[Mike]

Typhoon Mk.I Engine (P72012 for Airfix)

1:72 CMK by Special Hobby

 

 

The Airfix Typhoon has been on the market for a couple of years now, and it’s a good model of the exterior of this ground attack legend.  If you wanted to depict the engine under the cowlings however, the kit doesn’t supply any details there other than the exhausts in their troughs on the sides of the nose.  CMK have given us options with this set however, and the detail is exceptional, especially for the scale.  As is usual for their larger resin sets, it arrives in a small yellow-themed cardboard box, and inside is a bag containing a palette of orange resin parts under a protective canopy, with the instructions folded up next to them, acting as additional protection for the parts.  All the parts are found on one print-base, and the canopy’s supporting legs have notches to assist with their removal, which is a good thing, as these sets are terribly difficult to photograph otherwise!

 

 

 

Construction begins with removing the upper cowlings from the kit fuselage halves, as per the red marked areas on the drawings, trimming the edges of the engine compartment at the same time.  The engine and ancillaries are printed as a single part, and as is normal for 3D printed parts, they are attached to their print-bases by many fine fingers that taper at the top end to reduce clean-up once you have liberated the part(s) from the base.  A little light sanding is usually sufficient to make any marks disappear, after which you can start putting parts together.

 

The engine has the double exhaust stubs added to both sides in rows of six, adding a prop-shaft to the front, after which is should be painted and weathered, then it can be lowered into the completed fuselage, test fitting before you get too far into the process.  The other parts included are four engine bay covers of differing shapes and sizes that can be placed on the wings or a trestle nearby, as if they have been laid there by the mechanics before they went for a brew.

 

 

Conclusion

Detail is phenomenal, and the finished article will add much realism to your model with some sympathetic painting and weathering.  It’s worth noting that there are ground crew and starter cart sets available from CMK in the same orange resin and scale to augment the detail here.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

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