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Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib combo build, 1/48 Hasegawa

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 237 ≡ · ↻ 2 years ago

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Tom Cleaver said 3 years ago:

@johnb - in the future if you have "cannon karma" here is a solution: drill out the center of each segment of the broken part, then take some evergreen rod, glue it in one end, then glue to the other, flood both holes with glue. It will dry surprisingly strong. Yes, I learned this trick the hard way. 🙂
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

Underside gray applied...

Now onto the dreaded identification/invasion stripes... 🙂
Any chance the 198 Sq "TP Q" was initially un-striped and had the stripes field applied "later on"?
I doubt it, since most Typhoons, apart from the early ones, had the stripes factory applied, in order for the Allied Forces not confusing them with FW-190s!
Thanks for stopping by!
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years ago:

Great airbrush work, Spiros @fiveten
Not sure about the stripes, but your assumption is the most likely.
Looking forward to them being applied.
Tom Cleaver said 3 years ago:

@fiveten - The only ID stripes applied in the factory were the underwing 4 black/3 white stripes, like what John is doing on his cardoor Typhoon. The D-Day stripes were all "field applied." In fact you can find photos of some pretty "rugged" ones. The particular Typhoon you are doing survived to have only underwing and under fuselage stripes by the end of summer, and then lost the underwing stripes but kept the under fuselage stripes. So you do have some alternative here.
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

This is such amazing info, my friend @tcinla! So, only under fuselage stripes it be!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

Top "ocean" gray applied...

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John vd Biggelaar said 3 years ago:

Nice ocean color, Spiros @fiveten
The great information from Tom @tcinla, saved you some work. 🙂
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

Thanks my friend @johnb!
Indeed @tcinla 's info was invaluable (as usual).
Harvey R. said 3 years ago:

Loving how the Tiffy(s) are coming along, makes me want to add one to the stash. I've built a Hurricane and a pair Tempests, so the collection is missing one of these nice car door Hawkers.
George R Blair Jr said 3 years ago:

Both are looking great, John (@johnb) and Spiros (@fiveten).
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

Thanks our friends @scalerambush and @gblair!
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years ago:

@scalerambush, @gblair, thanks a lot.
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

Ready for the dark green!

Thanks for stopping by!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

...and dark green applied!

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John vd Biggelaar said 3 years ago:

Great work on the camo, Spiros @fiveten
Patafix is perfect for these camo patterns.
I'm surprised that you are able to paint without masking the grey areas.
I usually mask those other areas to prevent it from being oversprayed, seems like my airbrush experience is not sufficient.

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Work in Progress – Aircraft

Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib combo build, 1/48 Hasegawa

Underside gray applied...

Ready for the dark green!

...and dark green applied!