**** DONE: 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B 245 Sqn "Sharky" Commonwealth Group Build

[ozhawk40]

Update for this week, and thanks for the responses and encouragement. 8)

Two coats of Humbrol Clear enamel, followed by the Aviaology decals. I must say that the Aviaology decals are some of the best I have worked with. They went down very nicely, and without any silvering.

The sharkmouth was a bit tricky to get right, but turned out just perfect. There is an option to have a red background to the mouth, but I preferred depicting this aircraft with the mouth painted over the camouflage (the camo showing between the teeth).

Cheers

Peter

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent Peter!

 

[N4521U]

Arrrrrrrh......................... Hoping everyone thinks mine looks nearly as good.


well done.

 

[B-17engineer]

Fantastic Peter!

 

[ozhawk40]

Thank you Wojtek, Wayne, Bill (your Tiffie is looking good!) and Harrison.
8)

 

[Airframes]

Looking really nice there Peter!

 

[dirkpitt289]

I like it a lot. 8) The mouth makes it look so different from the Typhoons we normally see. Very very cool 8)

 

[Wildcat]

Very very nice Pete!

 

[Crimea_River]

I agree. Looks beauty!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You beauty, that shark look is great Peter.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

With all here Peter, that's SHARP!!!

 

[rochie]

that is awsome peter, love the sharks teeth

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Nice teeth... Great looking plane.

 

[T Bolt]

Great work Peter!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nicely done!

 

[ozhawk40]

Okay, thanks guys.

I'm just about done as at now, so I'll post another update. Hopefully I'll get the finished pics done very soon.

Pic 1
After completing the decals, I gave Sharky a once over with gloss enamel to seal the decals. Next I used an airbrush to put in the exhaust stains along the cowl and fuselage side, using the photos as a guide. The exhaust seems dark, probably black, which I guess is a sign the carb was running too rich.

Pic 2
Next I painted in the walkways. Not by choice mind you. I used at first the Hasegawa decals but they didn't react to the setter and softner too well. I tried another set from the Stash, and they too went bung. So I gave up on the decals and masked up for paint.

Pic 3
This is how the walkways turned out. Should have done this to start with. I did a bit of scuffing and such as you can see.

Pic 4
I added some wear along the ammo bay doors with silver. I also gave all the panel lines a go with a water colour wash to highlight those.

Pic 5
Bit of an overview of work thus far - getting close. I faded back the spinner with white to match the tail checks and add wear. I went over the plane with a mist of black smoke just to makes things look a bit dirty and 'used'. When I was happy with the details I gave it a once over with 'Future' to matt everything.

Pic 6
Close up of the exhaust. I was trying something new here, with a coat of 'steel' and a tinge of blue at the 'hotter' areas. I reckon it turned out nicely, so might do it this way again.

Pic 7
Details of the cowl. I added paint chipping and the water colour wash highlighted the panel lines.

Pic 8
Another view of the cowl. Its there because I couldn't work out how to delete in the new forum version!

Pic 9
Tail wheel added. Gave it a black wash also. My one big stuff up with this model was not allowing enough room for the codes and the check band. I would have liked to replace them but time is against me, so there it is.

Pic 10
Wing tip lights added. Drilled a hole in the transparency and them filled the hole with either red or green depending on the side.

Well that's it so far. I have a few of the smaller details to attend too, plus sort out the rockets. I'll make one more update before finishing.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Peter

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks great Peter, well done mate!

 

[rochie]

very, very nice Peter

 

[Crimea_River]

Superb work Peter. It's a beauty. I need to add a Tiffie to my growing collection now that you've inspired me.