Hawker Typhoon Frankenbuild - finished!

[mozart]

It’s all looking very smart Wouter, you’d never guess the surgery that has taken place to achieve this.

[Troy Molitor]

Lovely efforts going on here.  Thanks for sharing.,

[Uncarina]

I’m in love with this build! I really appreciate your audacious approach as I will be doing something similar, combining Kotare and Tamiya kits with a LFD conversion to create a Spitfire Mk.Vc. What you’ve done is inspirational.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Biggles87]

8 hours ago, mozart said:

It’s all looking very smart Wouter, you’d never guess the surgery that has taken place to achieve this.

Agreed, especially the upper fuselage around the cockpit area.

 

John

[monthebiff]

Looks superb Wouter, the lightly sanded rivets look very good indeed.

 

Regards. Andy

[dennismcc]

Looks like it was built from a kit, superb work, and the rivets look great.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Wouter]

Thanks for the interest and kind words gents, keeps me going! 

 

Currently waiting for the custom masks from Max to arrive.

[mozart]

1 minute ago, Wouter said:

Thanks for the interest and kind words gents, keeps me going! 

 

Currently waiting for the custom masks from Max to arrive.

Hopefully before too long Wouter, posted on 30/12 but I had to fill in a custom’s declaration! 

[Wouter]

It is what it is Max. A shame your country took the B-exit a few years ago, but I'm confident they will arrive sooner than later.

[Wouter]

So, just in time for the weekend the custom masks made by Max arrived at my doorstep. Thanks Max! I knew I was in for a lot of masking, but with patience it is certainly worth the result. There's probably someone who can tell a lot about masking, but that's not me. So I'll just show some pictures I made during the masking/painting process.

 

Cheers, Wouter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mozart]

Great result Wouter, well done!!! 👌👋

[dennismcc]

Looking good, for a minute I hought it was the same as my MDC build, but mine was EL*F.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Wouter]

So with painting complete I focused on the landing gear. In the end I opted to use the original Revell struts with the MDC wheels. Ofcourse I broke the wheel axle but this was to thin to fit in the MDC wheel anyway. So I drilled out the axle, inserted brass rod  and voila, much better and sturdier. I made the hole in the MDC wheel was made smaller with evergreen rod to fit the brass axle. Works very well, the wheels now fit without play, no glue needed.

 

 

 

 

Tailwheel insterted. Some repair work on the stabilizer needed.

 

 

[Wouter]

Next up, attach the landing gear to the plane and enhance the lg bay. I didn't strive for 100% accuracy, but a few pipes and wires to liven up this space helps tremendously.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 16 by Wouter
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[mozart]

Very good Wouter, really looks the part. I read some years ago (no idea when nor written by whom) that the Revell legs are too long, though stupidly I didn’t take the chance to compare them with the MDC ones, but I will do when I get back from holiday!