Eurofighter Typhoon 1:72 - Hasegawa

[Ingram]

Finally brought this to a finish!

It was quite the journey and I certainly learned a lot with this project.

The history behind this project is, as a child I once got a Revell 1:32 scale Eurofighter. I always wanted to build this kit, but never had the proper equipment for it and it seemed too special to "ruin" it.
So now, some 18 years later I thought to myself this would be perfect place to start this hobby, and finally fulfill that childhood dream.

 

However the original 1:32 was a bit too big for my display case, so I settled for 1:72 instead. (+I always loved that scale.)

 

Also a big thank you to the Plasmo Youtube channel for inspiring many of the techniques and pushing me to do quite a bit of scratch building on this model!

 

Hope you enjoy it!

 

Process over here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And last but not least lighter for scale:

 

 

 

 

 

[2lefthands]

Thats an impressive 1/72 model! And great photos too!

[Lupo Rosso]

Wow, That's nice! The subtle weathering looks great!

[Farmerboy]

Superb 1/72 rendition, brilliant!

[Vultures1]

Very nice work, well done!

[Alpha Delta 210]

Mightily impressive start to the hobby! It would look great with the 1/32 version!

[GMK]

I’m no fan of the Eurofighter, but this is absolutely lovely work! 10/10. Love it. 

[Ingram]

Thank you very much everyone!

Much appreciate the kind words!

 

@GMK I agree 😅

But I have to admit it grew on me while building and researching it.

In the end it‘s an impressive machine. : )

 

@Alpha Delta 210 maybe I‘ll build it one day. I‘ll make sure to post to post the progress here!^^

But first, there is a long list of beautiful planes that need building.  

Edited July 8, 2024 by Ingram

[Tomcat101]

I love the build and the photography. Well done on both!

[Dave Klaatu]

Very well done, looks great!

I love 1/72, it's all I build. Although there's less detail, it has a lot going for it-

Less expensive

Takes up less space

King of the hill when it comes to subject availability- when you want to build something, you're more likely to be able to find it in 1/72, and probably more than one company.

[Ingram]

Thank you!

 

@Dave Klaatu that is very true.

Also I actually love the challenge of creating the most tiny details possible.

The availability is also a big thing! Especially when it comes to bigger aircrafts.

[wellsprop]

@Ingram stunning Typhoon! Like you, I also built the 1 /32 Revell Typhoon as a child, it was one of the kits that I remember fondly 🙂

[Ingram]

@wellsprop thank you a lot! : )

Will you revisit the kit one day?

[PATRICK FROM THE SANDS]

Whaoo! Not a fan of the Typhoon as well but yours is absolutely superb! Paint job and weathering are very subtle, very convincing at that scale! Great 72eme! 

[Ingram]

Thank you a lot @PATRICK FROM THE SANDS! 
This is great to hear : )

[bigbadbadge]

Looks lovely, great work .  I love watching Plasmo too, check out his build of the Felixstowe flying boat, that is amazing. 

Cracking Typhoon. 

Chris

[Navy Bird]

Very nicely done. I have this same kit in the stash and I hope to start it soon. I'll go for a scheme that is more  colourful than the low-viz greys, maybe an anniversary or testing scheme. We'll see.

 

Cheers,

Bill

[Ingram]

Thank you!

 

@bigbadbadge I‘ve seen this one, it‘s great indeed! I also really like his ah-1z viper. Not the cleanest of his builds, but very inspiring imo.

 

@Navy Bird this sounds great! Looking forward to it!

I was actually in the process of building this Typhoon into the 98+07 with the orange pieces, before I decided on a regular tranche 3 variant.
I think they also had some nice alternative paint jobs at times.