**** DONE GB-63 1/48 Hawker Typhoon 1B - Stormy Weather

[rochie]

User Name: rochie
Name: Karl
Category: intermediate
Kit: Italeri/Hasegawa
Scale:1/48
Accessories: ultra cast Tempest tailplanes, 4 blade prop and spinner and 500lb bombs from spares box

 

[rochie]

The kit and decals.

The subject will be FGG of 143 wing flown by Wing Co F.G Grant.

Decals are from Andy

 

[Wurger]

 

[Ralph Haus]

More paint magic coming. Spraying on those stripes is difficult enough, brushing on just added a second dimension.

 

[rochie]

More paint magic coming. Spraying on those stripes is difficult enough, brushing on just added a second dimension.

Not that different my friend.

paint white areas first, mask off for black stripes then rest of cammo.

Or even cammo first then the striped areas.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice Karl.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking forward to it Karl.

 

[Jock Tamson]

Nice I've built this one before and it's very enjoyable.

 

[Wayne Little]

Good one Karl.

 

[T Bolt]

Good choice Karl

 

[fubar57]

Looking forward to it

 

[rochie]

So got started.

Fuselage inserts seem to fit well.

Assembled and painted the cockpit, then noticed I'd put the lower parts in the wrong way round !

Fixed that before fitting to fuselage side

Fuselage together, you can see a gap at the front of the cockpit opening, this is where the inserts dont meet !

Gap is filled with a bead of glue and smoothed over.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

I think that gap is a known issue and you did well. It's much easier to fix the gap than to close the gap and deal with a step in the insert on the fuselage walls.

 

[fubar57]

Good start Karl. With Andy

 

[Jock Tamson]

Great start

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice start Karl. Gaps at the top in front of the cockpit are very common for me, easy fix but annoying.

 

[T Bolt]

I have the Hasegawa kit in the stash and every time I pull it out and look at it that insert worries me and I put it back. Good to know it fits well.

 

[rochie]

I have the Hasegawa kit in the stash and every time I pull it out and look at it that insert worries me and I put it back. Good to know it fits well.

Fit really well on the sides but left that small gap on the upper surface.
I glued them to each side first before closing up the fuselage, seemed to fit better that way.

 

[le_steph40]

nice start