Dutch Typhoon

Let the show begin! 

A nice clean workbench! 

All documents and add-ons. 

The big box filled with lots of parts 

Bag 302 

Bag 304 

Bag 305 

Bag 306 E&M 

Bag 306 J&K 

Bag 307 

Bag 308 

Bag 309 Q 

Bag 309 R 

Decals 

The first frames 

Construction has started 

The first parts assembled! 

It's surprising to see how easy all parts fit together. Some parts even fit without glue! 

The next frames supply the first parts for the bulkhead behind the seat 

Some more parts for the cockpit on this frame 

In December I bought an airbrush and experimented with it, painting the Typhoon 1/72 and a F-86D 1/48. Today I continued working on the big Typhoon. A lot of small parts for the cockpit, but the instrument panel is missing! So waiting for Airfix. 

The buckle, made of five parts 

One of the seatbelts 

Cockpit is nearing completion, only a few controls need some colour and of course, I'm waiting for Airfix to send the missing instrument panel 

A picture from the cockpit to show the seatbelts 

The contents of the next bag 

Is this going to be an engine? 

The first parts assembled and primed. Some small gaps to fill 

Engine and supercharger 

Lots of parts and the painted engine 

Close up of the engine. Still some work to do in detailling it 

The underside of the engine 

The underside of the wing, to test if the engine fits to it 

Underside of the installed engine 

Starboard side of the engine 

Top of the engine 

Port side of the engine 

Cockpit and engine testfitted to the wing 

Another layer of details added to the engine. Again surprised by the perfect fit. It's a bit tricky to get the parts in place, but suddenly they fit and everything is nicely lined up. 

Top of the engine with the beautifully detailed Coffman starter 

Starboard side of the engine 

The engine controls can be seen in the traingle of engine supports. I wish I had those for my Mosquito, since I still have to make them for those engines. 

Another selection of parts and yes, they also have to be fitted to the engine 

The next frame of parts 

The radiator added to the engine 

The radiator with the RB Productions mesh fitted 

More parts added 

And suddnely it's beginning to look like a plane! 

The engine is finished and now the wings are next. 

Look ma, no glue! All the parts that form the interior structure of the wing, fit so well together that you almost don't need any glue! 

Some paint added 

Parts for the Master cannons 

The smallest parts I've ever used in a model: four nuts for the cannons scale 1/24! 

The assembled cannons. They were not easy to assemble, seeing the size of the parts 

Four guns, painted and ready for installation. I needed to enlarge the holes where the barrels go. It wasn't possible to get the cannons in place, otherwise. 

Finally received the missing instrument panel 

Yes, another Typhoon in my stash. This one will be finished with the panels closed to show the beautiful lines of the Tiffy 

The cannons and ammunition boxes installed 

The next sprue with fuel tanks 

The sprue with the wheelbay covers 

The ribs for the wheelbay cover 

The instrument panel finally in place 

I bought some nice aftermarket cannons, only to find out that only 2 mm would be visible! So I removed the front piece of the shrouds, to reveal the cannon as if undergoing maintenance 

The port wing with covered cannons 

A pity that so much detail is hidden for ever! I wanted to open up the wing, to show the fuel tank, but I didn't find any pics showing this in real. Only one pic of a Tempest showed the fuel tank from the underside. 

I saw pictures of the side panels from the cockpit removed for maintenance, so I decided to do the same with the model. I'm only not sure about the oil tank. Can the panels be removed or were they fixed in place? 

The parts for the landing gear 

Rudder and elevator added 

The gear bay with lots of details 

Flaps and ailerons installed. Again a perfect fit! They haven't been glued in place, so the aileron will fit better. 

The cockpit sidewalls, the gunsight and the tailwheel 

The sidewalls installed. There was a nasty gap at the wing root. After studying some pictures and the panels, I saw that Airfix fitted the wing root to the engine cowlings. So I cut them from the panels and added them. 

A view from above. A pity that so much is hidden inside! Even the cockpit is hardly visible and certainly not the effort I put in the panel 🙁 

The underside covered. I thought the suggested Vallejo paints were too dark, so it took me some time to find the correct colour. Recently Vallejo issued new colours and they are much better. 

The upper surface. The first time I used an airbrush on such a big model! 

After almost three years, I picked up the Tiffy, this time to finish it. Today I added the invasion stripes and just a little touch-up is required. 

The final result 

The beast got his legs. Halfway the build, I discovered that some had problems with the undercarriage. I decided to use the metal gear. But I already used some plastic parts. Fortunately the merger of metal and plastic went without problems! 

Starboard side with cockpit panels removed 

The port side. The canopy needs still some attention 

Front view of this impressive aircraft 

Wing and gunbay 

The gunbay with gunbay panels 

If you look closely, you see some imperfections, but it is my first 1/24 airbrushed model 

The gunbay with ammunition boxes 

This time I removed the panels that could be opened in service. My next Tiffy has all panels closed, to show the impressive line of this big plane.