Revell Hawker Typhoon - Yea or Nay?

[Phantom2]

I talked about a possible Tempest and/or Typhoon in 1/32 with some folks from Special Hobby at E-day 2014(?) and got the reply that they had plans to do Tempest, Typhoon and Fury.

But they couldn´t tell when...

 

Now we have the Tempest II and V, I guess the Thyphoon is next....

 

I saw the testshots of the Whirlwind too, and that is a reality today!

 

Boy, how time flies!

 

Stefan 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by Phantom2

[LSP_K2]

4 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said:

Could get the Airfix 1/24th Tiffie.

 

Or go 1:48 Hasegawa.

[LSP_Ray]

13 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

Or go 1:48 Hasegawa.

Blasphemy!

[LSP_K2]

15 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said:

Blasphemy!

 

Am I going to fry now?

[LSP_Mike]

Torches and pitchforks for sale....

[phasephantomphixer]

27 minutes ago, LSP_Mike said:

Torches and pitchforks for sale....

For sale? Tough crowd!

At my chastising they were handing them out free

 

Agree, Revell Tiffie good as a gear up canopy closed ceiling hanger unless you can land MDC bits to bring her 'round.

[Juggernut]

1 hour ago, LSP_Ray said:

Could get the Airfix 1/24th Tiffie.

Nope, too big.  I have been blasphemous because I have not one but two 1/48 Tiffies.  

[LSP_K2]

22 minutes ago, Juggernut said:

Nope, too big.  I have been blasphemous because I have not one but two 1/48 Tiffies.  

 

Me too.

[MikeMaben]

6 hours ago, thierry laurent said:

                          ... I have Arthur Bentley plans,

 

How well does the old kit line up Thierry  ?

[alaninaustria]

I too am waiting patiently for the 1/32 announcements for a Typhoon, Fury and also the Wyvern!!

bring’em on!

Cheers

Alan

[dennismcc]

I've built two Revell Typhoons in my time and yes they are a bit clunky, but with the help of MDC parts they can be improved, I am a Typhoon/Tempest fan and had to build one to put into my display cabinet.

Probably not for the detail obsessives amongst us but if you want something that represents a Typhoon in your display cabinet it is the only game in town.

I also built an MDC Typhoon which was challenging but satisfying, however it is the "bubble" version.

I will still buy an SH Typhoon when and if one is released.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[thierry laurent]

1 hour ago, MikeMaben said:

 

How well does the old kit line up Thierry  ?

 

Globally, the general shapes are quite good, as well as the panel lines. From a shape/dimension perspective I did not find a lot of major discrepancies. It looks the curve on the top of the tail/rudder needs correction. And, as I already wrote, the location of the guns and their chute holes is wrong. They should be moved closer to the wing tip (more or less 3mm!).

 

Hth

 

Thierry

[thierry laurent]

14 hours ago, Juggernut said:

Well, I guess there's no point in getting excited from something that was announced five years ago but hasn't materialized yet. 

The Whirlwind also took many years to be released after the initial announcement but it finally came!

[Rick Griewski]

14 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

Am I going to fry now?

Only air fry. No fat method

[LSP_Mike]

I have my Revell/ Lodela kit on the shelf. Some basic modeling should get it reasonably close. Glad to hear it is pretty accurate shape wise.