GB-63 1/72 Hawker Typhoon 1B - Stormy Weather

Jock Tamson · Saturday at 7:06 AM

Username - Jock Tamson
First name - Greg
Category - Beginner OOTB
Manufacturer - Airfix
Scale - 1/72
Extras - photo etch belts

After much deliberation I've chosen this one from the stash. The Euro fighter Typhoon I was contemplating is a far more involved build and at the moment I'm not confident I'd finish it in time.

So I have plumped for this kit which looks quite nice in the box and has lots of detail for 1/72 scale. There is the option to display the canon bays open and a choice of bombs or rockets. I have opted to do the box top scheme with a sharks mouth which is quite unusual for the Tyffie.

Photos:

Attractive box art.

Colour scheme.

Main sprues.

Wheel bay details.

Cannon bay details.

One of the cockpit side wall detail.

Looking forward to starting shortly.

Cheers Greg

Wurger · Saturday at 7:09 AM

PS. Please edit the first post and add the required info there.

Jock Tamson · Saturday at 7:13 AM

Wurger said:
PS. Please edit the first post and add the required info there.

Hi, sorry for the omissions I'll get that done asap.

Wurger · Saturday at 7:25 AM

THX.

Vic Balshaw · Saturday at 7:25 AM

Liking this Greg. :thumbright:

Jock Tamson · Saturday at 9:01 AM

Vic Balshaw said:
Liking this Greg.

Thanks Vic

. I know it's brail scale so not everyone's cup of tea but I love these comparatively quick builds.

fubar57 · Saturday at 12:56 PM

Great choice Greg. A couple of nice pics here..... **** DONE: 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B 245 Sqn "Sharky" Commonwealth Group Build

Jock Tamson · Saturday at 1:41 PM

fubar57 said:
Great choice Greg. A couple of nice pics here..... **** DONE: 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B 245 Sqn "Sharky" Commonwealth Group Build

Thanks George, always great to see information regarding the actual subject.

Crimea_River · Sunday at 3:55 PM

I have the Aviaelogy decal set but in 1/48. The narrative description is excellent so if you have any questions about the scheme just shout.

Jock Tamson · Monday at 6:33 AM

Crimea_River said:
I have the Aviaelogy decal set but in 1/48. The narrative description is excellent so if you have any questions about the scheme just shout.

Thanks Andy. The Airfix decals have no infill for the shark mouth but the artwork shows it as being red so I'm a bit unclear about which is correct.

Crimea_River · Monday at 11:06 AM

Terry Higgins addresses that issue in his narrative IIRC. I'll take a look and let you know.

Crimea_River · Monday at 4:03 PM

Jock Tamson the Aviaeology narrative can be seen in full here: Aviaeology AOD48003 - Sharkmouth Typhoon

rochie · Monday at 4:07 PM

Great choice.

I will be doing a 1/48 scale Tiffie carrying bombs soon.

Jock Tamson · Tuesday at 5:33 AM

Crimea_River said:
Jock Tamson the Aviaeology narrative can be seen in full here: Aviaeology AOD48003 - Sharkmouth Typhoon

Thanks Andy

Jock Tamson · Tuesday at 7:33 AM

So plastic has been cut, and I'm underway. Small start but it's a beginning. A couple of sub assemblies for the innards. I'll be doing some painting later.

Photos:

First picture is the seat assembly with the IP and gunsight and the foot rests and rudder pedals which are over the undercarriage bays. Last pic is the wing cut out to expose the cannons. Took a bit of time carefully removing the panels as the plastic isn't thinned behind the upper wing half.

Onwards and upwards!

Vic Balshaw · Tuesday at 8:06 AM

I like the detail on this small scale and nice clean cut on that panel Greg. :thumbright:

Wurger · Tuesday at 9:06 AM

fubar57 · Tuesday at 10:51 AM

Gnomey · 2024-08-15T16:35:18-0400

Nice work so far!

Jock Tamson · 2024-08-16T07:02:06-0400

Thanks for all your comments

. Got some bench time this morning. Innards are painted and the fiddly photo etch belts have been wrestled into position. I'm currently waiting on all the glue setting prior to joining the fuselage. Fingers crossed

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