1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Typhoon IIB

by Calum Gibson

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Originally I was going to build this out of the box and problem started when I got the decals on.  I applied a coat of Tamyia clear from the Spray can and the disaster at picture 3 below occurred.

I picked up some new decals nice and cheap at a model show (Aero Master Storm in the Sky pt XII) and after stripping the model I came up with this effort.  As a bonus the decals were for Wing Commander D J Scott of the Tangmere Wing in 1943.  He was a Kiwi which keeps in with my RNZAF theme.  I'm actually pretty happy with how it came out as I managed to loose and break some pieces in the process. 

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The Exhausts were Ultracast aftermarket ones as I lost one of them down the sink ;-). The kit went together ok although it is obvious that the same basic kit is used for the "cab door" Typhoon, hence the fuselage comes in 4 pieces, I didn't really get these to fit as well as I should, so a bit of filler and sanding was required.  There was also a huge gap (2-3mm) between the fuselage and the wings. 

The kit was painted with Humbrol Enamels, I gave up trying to find out the exact colours and just used what looked right.  I used Pledge One Go as the gloss clear coat prior to applying decals and weathering.  I used Tamiya Smoke for the exhaust and gun stains and also gave the entire model a light dust with this as well.  The flat coat was Gunze Flat.

Calum 

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Photos and text © by Calum Gibson