Now that is some serious balancing, Martin @editor
Looks perfectly straight.

Great progress, my friend @editor!

Humm, I see that I need some new set of skills to get those wings in shape when I build mine 😉
Very nice progress Martin!

Well, it's been a year since the last update on my Typhoon! I'll be honest and say that the project ground to a halt when I discovered there's a problem with the kit's armament.

There were two variants of the 20mm cannon on the Typhoon a "naked" early type, similar in appearance to the same armament on the Hurricane IIc, and a shrouded later type. Both were represented on a car-door Typhoon, but for my specimen I needed the naked type.

Then I discovered that the kit's rendition of the same is rather... puny. Short and inaccurate.

The cannon barrels are much simplified, and the fixed part (the shroud), which should be different on the "naked gun" version, is simply a cut-off rear half of the shrouded cannon, which doesn't look the part. So what to do?

Unhappy with the result, I kept looking for alternatives. Fortunately, there's one great source for all 1/48 cannon needs - Master Model of Poland, who offer these good-looking metal replacements for the early Typhoon:

After obtaining the Master Model set (a few weeks' wait), I spent some time deliberating on how to integrate the metal parts into the wing without damaging the already refined surface detail. (This is the exact part that took so much time :). With the massive shroud at the end of each cannon barrel, the operation appeared complex. Some massive holes were required in the wings, followed by precise alignment, and the circular "sockets" in the wing leading edge would either need to survive the surgery or be replaced by the photoetched parts.

Finally, I glued everything in place, using long-setting epoxy glue in the bottom of the openings for strength, and UV-glue in the front for microfilling and to facilitate alignment. Phew! Done!

I'm happy with the result. The finished cannon look very convincing and if I may say so, make the entire model appear more... manly. What's not to like. Hopefully, this brings the project back on track again!

To be continued...

Those cannons are amazing, Martin @editor
Looking so much better than the original ones.
A wise decision to have them replaced.