stikpusher Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) After roughly 5 weeks of effort my first project of 2015 is complete. Monogram's 1969 vintage 1/48 Typhoon IB with a little help from my spares box, Ultracast (resin), and Eduard, Reheat & Airwaves (PE). Decals are from Superscale for a Typhoon of 439 Squadron RCAF in Northwest Europe in Winter/Spring 1945. Paints are mostly Model Master Enamels, with some Humbrol and Tamiya as well... Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are welcome Edited February 17, 2015 by stikpusher Nanook, Willy_N and joe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wow, that's turned out very nicely indeed! I have this kit in the stash, with the old KMC update set, so now I'm tempted to get it out. Damn you! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikpusher Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wow, that's turned out very nicely indeed! I have this kit in the stash, with the old KMC update set, so now I'm tempted to get it out. Damn you! Kev LOL! Thank you sir. With a little help, this kit builds up real nice. I have another with the same add ones plus the full Eduard PE set. Of course that one will have RPs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Terrific build on the Monogram Typhoon. Did you remove the raised panel lines and re-scribe them? :thumbsup: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikpusher Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thank you Peter. No I actually left most of the raised panel lines in place. I did rescribe a few in the nose area and lower wing that were lost during seam clean up. But since photos show the Tiffy had overlapping skin panels, especially on the fuselage, I felt that the raised lines would be no more inaccurate than butt joined recessed lines. Nanook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy_N Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Cool build! I really like the old Monogram kits, many of them look very "right" built up Nanook and stikpusher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanook Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Looks outstanding! That still is an awfully nice kit that with a bit of detail builds up sweet. Your efforts clearly show that. Later, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikpusher Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Thank you for the compliments guys. Yes, all the basic lines of the kit are good. With a little help from various sources, it does build up quite nicely and with no headaches. Pretty good for a kit originally molded over 45 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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