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#4215373 - 01/10/16 08:33 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress ***** [Re: MarkG]  
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Originally Posted By: MarkG
I had forgotten komemiute's background with the Eurofighter, was it sim maintenance?

Aye Sir.

(Sorry for the delay- I don't really remember at my age, all the threads I'm involved in! :P)
It's getting more interesting now, but essentially I'm surrounded by Eurofighters, day and nights, and respective pilots.

It is quite interesting- I only wish the building had more windows.


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#4215676 - 01/11/16 02:56 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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komemiute, I do the same thing. I can imagine that's an exciting job, I bet you never tire of seeing them.

I've yet to see an F-117 in person, next year maybe we make a quick trip to Dayton, OH.



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#4215685 - 01/11/16 03:03 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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It's... interesting. There are obviously- as for any other job- plus and cons.
Surely it's a stable job. Plus there are planes all around.

Some other things are... not... so... brilliantly... awesome. To say the least- but whatever. smile


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#4216076 - 01/12/16 02:38 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Got the airframe primed today. I lost count of how many times I reloaded the airbrush. Used about a third of a bottle of Alclad primer! It's a very dusty finish in places so will need a rub with some polishing cloths, then we are on to pre-shading and paint. It's getting too big to photograph now.





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#4216132 - 01/12/16 04:32 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: MarkG]  
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Originally Posted By: MarkG
komemiute, I do the same thing. I can imagine that's an exciting job, I bet you never tire of seeing them.

I've yet to see an F-117 in person, next year maybe we make a quick trip to Dayton, OH.

I'm reminded that one year, back when the F-117 was still new to the public they had an Airshow at Mac Dill and they had an area cordoned off with guards and a sign for the Stealth Fighter; there were just three wheels on chocks in the middle.


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#4216157 - 01/12/16 05:25 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Primed for paint?

This is getting good...


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#4218426 - 01/18/16 01:51 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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The Wolfpack Litening pod turned up, and it was a quick job to clean up, paint and decal. I've got to modify a pylon for it to hang on from the centre line.







I've started a bit of the pre-shading, and had a small disaster with some spilled paint. Annoying as I'e just bought a paint cup lid to avoid just this, and for some reason didn't use it! It won't take ten minutes to correct, and I learned a lesson!



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UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

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#4222677 - 01/28/16 09:19 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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The model is all but painted. There area a couple of touch ups needed, and I haven't put the red on the fin. (Luckily, Xtradecal are releasing the 29 Squadron 2015 special scheme that was my client's first choice, so I don't have to mask the D-Day stripes! Yay!).

This is all painted in Xtracolour enamels, which has a great translucency to easily get a good effect over pre-shading.







I'm pleased with the pre-shade effect. (It's not as stark as the overhead shot in real life.) I think it's subtle enough to break up the overall grey, and not so noticeable that it looks artificial.

The decals won't be on sale until March so plenty of time to do the touch ups and bits I've missed, plus get started on finishing the gear (especially the tricky problem of making the main wheel attachment much stronger and at the correct angle to the leg. Typhoon has a distinct inward angle to the main legs, which is often missed on models.)

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UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

Read my scale modelling blog at www.latibuliser.com or mfhmazda787.com
#4222705 - 01/28/16 10:26 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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#4222708 - 01/28/16 10:38 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Impressive!


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#4222769 - 01/29/16 01:08 AM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: Dart]  
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Nice job.


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#4223905 - 02/01/16 01:30 AM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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I'm always impressed with folks dedication and skill. I have several models in various stages of work which apparently wasn't enough because I decided I needed to build a westland wyvren and went out and bought one.
Nice work going on here.


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#4224428 - 02/02/16 03:48 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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coming along nicely

#4227254 - 02/09/16 09:33 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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I've got all the main colours done. There's a few touch ups needed, but it's looking good I think. I need to finish the gear next.





(I've had made guess at where the red crosses the spine, hopefully the gold pinstripe that goes there will cover it, otherwise it's yet another touch up!)


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UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

Read my scale modelling blog at www.latibuliser.com or mfhmazda787.com
#4227304 - 02/10/16 02:17 AM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Red? It's supposed to be crimson. Fix it now or I'm uninstalling!

Oh, wait, this isn't a flight sim.

In that case it looks friggin' awesome, as has the whole of your project.


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#4228241 - 02/12/16 05:21 AM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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#4243514 - 03/26/16 04:10 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Lots or progress. The decals arrived, and were great to work with. I am always very wary of large decals, things can go very wrong very quickly, so I took great care with tail art.




All wrinkly with the Micro-Sol softening them in to position. They settle down really well. (The designers didn't take in to account the bare metal 'rubbing strip' on the leading edge of the rudder, meaning I had to mask and repaint it. There are few things more likely to end in disaster than masking over decals, but I got away with it!)



These two bits on the very end of the spine don't meet properly. Luckily the Microscale logo is printed in the same gold, and there's just enough to patch it up.



Tail finished.



A small hiccup with the squadron insignia. I have no idea how this happened! It was the last decal I placed in this session, and I simply put the softener on, packed tools away and closed up the shed. It was damaged when I came in the next day. A mystery. I cut some pieces from spares on the sheet and patched it up.


Two shots of the Flory Models wash drying. This is my own colour I mixed for my 1/48 Typhoon a few years ago. I don't want it too dirty as it's a show scheme, but we're way in to the realms of 'What if?' anyway, with it being fully armed when finished.






I really need to finish this now, I've totally run out of steam and need a change. If it wasn't a build for someone else I'd box it and build a small subject then come back to it.


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UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

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#4243718 - 03/27/16 11:13 AM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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It looks absolutely fantastic! I get the feeling of wanting to move on though, but this one looks worth the effort.

#4243751 - 03/27/16 02:29 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Nice!

#4243752 - 03/27/16 02:31 PM Re: 1/32 Revell Typhoon Work In Progress [Re: goon]  
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Looks great, goon. The tail decals look excellent.

The wash effect is new to me, something I need to learn about.


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