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EF-2000A Typhoon - Trupeter 1:32


Gelerth

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Hi,

I'm starting my new project to build this Eurofighter as an expo model. To do this I started from missiles, fuel tanks and all pods available in this kit:

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They need a lot of attention, I mean a lot of putty, sand paper.

 

Trumpeter attached to this model some color painting schemes where we can find info how to paint and put decals on missiles which are not in the kit like GBUs and Sidewinders. Strange:

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There is also a good scheme for plane painting:

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After some putting, sanding, scrubing I end up with this.

Missiles:

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Engines:

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And some slots, cover etc:

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And here is the composition. All missiles and one engine:

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I received metal landing gear (those in the kit are awful):

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And I added some wires to the front one:

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I also have finished ejection seat:

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And started some works on cockpit and the space behind it:

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To finish with this:

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Landing gear bays are quite good (for me of course J) :

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Some electronic devices which I’m planning to show:

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I finished engine wiring and plumbing. It is my first time so it's not perfect but I like it anyway:

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And I have to put engine on something so I scratched build stand for it:

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And after a while I thought that I need some wheels attached:

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Missiles and fuel tank have to lay on something so I did some stands from balsa:

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And some info boards:

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  • 3 weeks later...

I preshade armament a little bit:

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But troubles begin when I wanted to paint them. Instruction was not clear how to paint armament and it was not to easy to choose proper colour. I think I choose right:

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In the meantime I made some small progress:

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Some time later I have mounted air ducts and one engine:

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And then, a huuuuuuuuuuuuge gap between upper and lower parts of fuselage:

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I had to do something with this, so I started from cutting this part in half, some expanding, plastic glueing and putting:

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then for couple of times I had to putty and sand it to finally get blisters on my fingers and this:

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And more putting and sanding:

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This looks really cool! You really pulled off the subtle weathering well, and made the grey scheme come alive!

 

 

One question though, what color paint did you use on the avionics bays and radar? That's a wild shade! :thumbsup:

 

 

Keep up the great work though, your display is going to look really cool

 

Matt :party0023:

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