Chek Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 A quick question for the conosent.... cognisent... those in the know, if you don't mind. I'm being offered the old (60s?) Revell kit, which from the online photos looks highly or at least very simplified. The main gear bays for instance while boxed in, are featureless vertical cliffs. I had a Scale Models mag back in the 70s describing a build, but I think it's succumbed to damp and paper rot. Is it still a worthwhile purchase these days? ISTR that one was being mooted by a Czech manufacturer around the time of the Special Hobby Tempest's release. Either SH or Fly, I'm not sure which now. But so much so I bought a second Barracuda nose correction set just to be prepared. Alas, no further news has been forthcoming which may be a consequence if the pandemic, and/or a current lack of interest in central Europe with other preoccuptions to fry. chrish, Archimedes and LSP_K2 1 2
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Well, it depends... The main shapes are OK but the details are so, so to say the least. In my kit box, I have Arthur Bentley plans, a MDC cockpit with a CMK seat, a resin engine with exhausts, a resin propeller, resin landing gear bays I had convert (as they correspond to the wrong perimeter of the kit ones), a resin cockpit door, resin LG doors, CMK wheels, MDC LG legs, CMK tail wheel and leg, a resin radiator front, MDC guns, pylons and bombs! And this does not solve the skinny radiator hose (behind the radiator), the fact that all rivets should go and panel lines need to be rescribed, gun chute holes and gun locations in the wings leading edge need to be relocated, etc. etc. So, globally, unless you absolutely want an early Typhoon right now, I would rather wait for the future Special Hobby release! Hth Thierry leoasman, Royboy, Martinnfb and 1 other 4
Juggernut Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Wait, what? Special Hobby is releasing a 1/32 Typhoon?
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Juggernut said: Wait, what? Special Hobby is releasing a 1/32 Typhoon? This was mentioned and if my memory's right the Sea Fury was also considered. The Typhoon is quite logic as it shares many components with the Tempest.
Juggernut Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) Well that is good news as I’ve been waiting for a new 1/32 Tiffie for what seems like a life-time. I hope they’ll do both but that the bubble top comes out first. Edited April 28, 2022 by Juggernut
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, Juggernut said: Well that is good news as I’ve been waiting for a new 1/32 Tiffie for what seems like a life-time. I hope they’ll do both but that the bubble top comes out first. The bubble top is a no-brainer as they can use the canopy sprue of the Tempest! Juggernut 1
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 By the way, correcting the Revell Tiffie LG bays is not that difficult. Rather than replacing them fully (this needs cautious measuring of all the dimensions to replicate correctly the geometry), you can simply replace the offending areas! Simply cut them and rebuild correct ones with plastic card to end with putty. Then, it is just a matter of adding the structural details. Look at the WIP ones of my kit: Martinnfb, D.B. Andrus, wunwinglow and 1 other 4
Tony T Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Yeah, the old Revell is good for building wheels-up and hanging from the ceiling on fishing line. The Special Hobby is what I'm waiting for too, if you want a detailed model in a display cabinet. Tony phasephantomphixer, Royboy, Martinnfb and 1 other 3 1
Juggernut Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Can someone kindly point me to the thread where this release is discussed? I’d like to read any particulars and my ability to use this sites search function borders on non-existent.
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 This was some time ago (before Covid). Possibly in a Special Hobby Tempest thread. So, it is not that easy to find it back.
Shawn M Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 I built and detailed it, enjoyable but a lot of work. click pic for full build pics Martinnfb, Paul in Napier, dennismcc and 14 others 17
adameliclem Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Juggernut said: Can someone kindly point me to the thread where this release is discussed? I’d like to read any particulars and my ability to use this sites search function borders on non-existent. Not a thread at LSP, but here’s a link to another site’s forum that includes SH’s announcement from January 2017. SH32046 was (is?) to be a Mk.I “car door” Typhoon. The other 1/32 kits listed for release have already seen the light of day. Adam MikeMaben 1
Juggernut Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Well, I guess there's no point in getting excited from something that was announced five years ago but hasn't materialized yet.
adameliclem Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 I sent Special Hobby a query about the Typhoon. We’ll see. MikeMaben 1
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