FINAL REVEAL!!! Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:15 am

Hello Guys,

Here are my final entry photos into the D-Day 70th Anniversary Group Build for my Hasegawa 1/48 scale Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b. I have also included a link at the end of this thread to my YouTube account "Final Reveal" video. If you haven't seen it, please watch and leave comments, including constructive criticism which is most welcomed. Also, if you subscribe and you have a YouTube account, I'll subscribe to you and we are then automatically alerted with each others latest update videos that we post!

Hope you enjoy?!

Well....there she is!

I hope you enjoyed the photos, and, forgive me for posting so many, but it was difficult to choose my favorite photos.

I really enjoyed this build, which had a few firsts for me; 1) My first Hasegawa kit. 2) I made a radio antenna using the "Stretched Sprue" process which I thank Frans Tilburg (Flying Dutchman) for his informative video he uploaded to his YouTube account, and which I took direction from, and finally...3) I made masks for the fuselage squadron markings by cutting the decals out from their sheet and using that sheet as a stencil to air-brush the markings onto the plane.

The kit comes with decals for all the underwing black stripes, the upper wing walk-way black stripes and the tail band. I didn't use any of them and airbrushed all stripes onto the plane.

Overall conclusions: The molded parts were very clean and crisp, flash free (except some very small amounts on a couple of parts), no sink marks, no ejector pin stress marks on visual surfaces, no short shots, blemishes, splays etc and, nicely recessed panel lines and rivet details for pre-shading and highlighting. The clear molded canopy and light parts were very clear and unblemished, too.

I give this kit 8 out of 10 or 4 out of 5 stars, based on finding two issues during the build. The first issue was that there are 3 separate fuselage pieces that build up inside the two main fuselage halves to create the cockpit. This is because the molds include interchangeable inserts so that Hasegawa can offer two options from the one set of molds; the "Bubble-Top" version and the "Car-Door" version. This kit is based on the latter version. The second issue was concerning the decals- they were great decals except for the "Roundels", which I had problems with on two of them. Because the Roundels have three colors, they have been printed in 3 layers, thus the 3 layers of ink make them 3 times thicker than the single layer, single color decals.

Quality of molded product = 9/10 ....the fit of the three cockpit fuselage inserts let the team down.

Quality of assembly instructions = 10/10

Quality of painting instructions = 8/10 (black and white)

Quality of Decals = 7/10

Quality of packaging and box artwork = 9/10

Quality of fits = 8/10 It would have been 10/10 if it wasn't for the 3 fuselage insert panels around the cockpit which required a lot of smoothing down to blend them in, which in turn removed some of the surrounding recessed panel lines and rivet details, therefore, extra work was created to re-scribe them back into the model.

No filler was required throughout the whole build!

Quality of details of molded product including options = 8/10.... I built this straight out of the box and it comes with lots of little external details including a nicely detailed cockpit. What I wasn't happy about was that I would have thought the option to have the eight 60lb RP-3 rockets would have been included, as what is a Tank Busting, Train Stopping, Bridge destroying "Tiffy" without rockets?! There are after market resin sets available, along with gun bay, engine, wheels, flaps, rudder and aileron extras, too.

To any modelers who love the "Tiffy", this kit is highly recommended and is a neat option in the Mk.1b "Car-Door" version. If you've been contemplating building a "Hawker Typhoon for the first time....this has to be at the top of your list, or close to it!

Here is the link to the video of this build....please leave comments and subscribe!

...and here is the link to the build thread within this forum, if you haven't already seen it. Included within this build thread are the links to my 3 build update videos on YouTube: http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=261&t=7137

Thanks to those that have made comments on this thread and the build update videos, and I thank you for taking your time to read, look at the photos and do that when you could be doing something else, greatly appreciated!

Happy modeling!

Martin

https://www.youtube.com/user/ThudWeasel · Post by **HistoryRider** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:58 am

NICE WORK!!! Looks amazing!!!

Post by **Joesdad** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:39 am

That's fantastic Martin, great weathering, great camo, great photo's..... Great job mate..

Post by **Lee** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:04 am

Excellent work Martin, love it

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:52 am

She is a beauty dude.

Fantastic work.

Post by **cib2265** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:37 am

Marvellous!

And I love the post build review too - cheers

Post by **yamyam** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:15 am

Nice work

like the score rating you did of the review nice way to do it

Post by **chief5437** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:40 am

Great finish mate! Love the weathering

Post by **Willem** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:05 pm

chief5437 wrote:Great finish mate! Love the weathering

I agree with Chief mate. The weathering is great especially the chipped paintwork on leading edges and oil streaks. Great result mate.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:16 pm

Fantastic build Martin, excellent painting and weathering

Post by **Coen** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:52 pm

Awesome finish and build bud.
That's top work.
I really love the weathering.

Post by **rodrant** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:44 pm

Martin Great Build ! Like a lot your painting job and weathering you make in the Typhoon !

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:15 pm

HistoryRider wrote:NICE WORK!!! Looks amazing!!!

Hello History...thanks for checking in and commenting, greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:30 am

Joesdad wrote:That's fantastic Martin, great weathering, great camo, great photo's..... Great job mate..

Cheers, Tim!

Greatly appreciate you looking and commenting, mate

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:52 am

T3hGuppy wrote:She is a beauty dude.

Fantastic work.

Lee wrote:Excellent work Martin, love it

Thanks guys, really appreciate you taking a look and commenting and glad you like her, makes it worth the effort!

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:46 pm

yamyam wrote:Nice work like the score rating you did of the review nice way to do it

cib2265 wrote:Marvellous! And I love the post build review too - cheers

Thanks for stopping by guys and commenting, greatly appreciated!

Post by **martin57** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:10 pm

wow great work martin nice paint job and the weathering looks the buisness .

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:20 am

Willem wrote:
chief5437 wrote:Great finish mate! Love the weathering
I agree with Chief mate. The weathering is great especially the chipped paintwork on leading edges and oil streaks. Great result mate.

Thanks for your kind words, guys, and for stopping by to take a look...greatly appreciated.

Post by **FishBowlMan** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:23 pm

Very nice, Martin - you've done a great job.

I love the invasion stripes with the wider white bands. That must have been fun to mask!

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:57 am

Coen wrote:Awesome finish and build bud.
That's top work.
I really love the weathering.

Paul wrote:Fantastic build Martin, excellent painting and weathering

Thanks guys...I really appreciate your comments, especially from two masters of the art...that means a lot!

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:59 am

rodrant wrote:Martin Great Build ! Like a lot your painting job and weathering you make in the Typhoon !

Thanks for looking and commenting Antonio, greatly appreciated, mate!

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **Nige201980** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:28 am

Wow smashing work mate

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:44 pm

martin57 wrote:wow great work martin nice paint job and the weathering looks the buisness .

Thanks for checking in and commenting, Martin, greatly appreciated, mate

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:47 pm

FishBowlMan wrote:Very nice, Martin - you've done a great job.

I love the invasion stripes with the wider white bands. That must have been fun to mask!

Hello Fish....thanks for looking and commenting, always appreciated...gives me motivation and confidence to keep pushing

The stripes weren't too difficult compared to the fuselage masking for the upper camo-scheme. Fortunately, I think the stripes came out okay except for one small part where the Tamiya tape lifted the white paint when I had masked for the black stripes. So, a little touch up was required.

Cheers,

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:58 am

Nige201980 wrote:Wow smashing work mate

Thanks, Nige...appreciate you taking a look, mate

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:44 pm

I agree with all others!

Wonderful build, and I love the weathering also.
The paint works are awesome too, and I see that you made the areal antenna!

Great work mate! Nice and straight! Very nice of you to mention me in you reveal, I'm honoured.. and your welcome

Top shelf build buddy!

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:18 pm

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:I agree with all others!
Wonderful build, and I love the weathering also.
The paint works are awesome too, and I see that you made the areal antenna!
Great work mate! Nice and straight! Very nice of you to mention me in you reveal, I'm honoured.. and your welcome
Top shelf build buddy!

Thanks, Frans....I really appreciate the compliments coming from a guy with your amazing talents!

Post by **wally** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:04 pm

I just saw your final reveal on the Youtube channel. I like very much the weathering on your Typhoon. especially paint chipping on the supercharger intake and all this staining on the bottom of the model. Very nice job it clearly visual that you made terrific progress since the first build. Keep up good work.
P.S. I have also Typhoon but in tear drop version in my stash, your build will be inspiration to me in the future when I start working on it.
Cheers

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:47 pm

wally wrote:I just saw your final reveal on the Youtube channel. I like very much the weathering on your Typhoon. especially paint chipping on the supercharger intake and all this staining on the bottom of the model. Very nice job it clearly visual that you made terrific progress since the first build. Keep up good work.
P.S. I have also Typhoon but in tear drop version in my stash, your build will be inspiration to me in the future when I start working on it.
Cheers

Hello Wally,
Thanks for checking out my video on YT and for your kind words of encouragement, greatly appreciated!

Enjoy your Teardrop version when you make a start on her!

Cheers,

Martin

Post by **kiwigav** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:00 am

Great finish well done

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:02 pm

kiwigav wrote:Great finish well done

Hello Gav, thanks for checking in and commenting, greatly appreciated mate

Post by **schweinhund227** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:19 pm

I love the subtle paint chipping, scratching and fine weathering....

Martin ! this is exquisite !

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:09 pm

schweinhund227 wrote:I love the subtle paint chipping, scratching and fine weathering....

Martin ! this is exquisite !

Thanks for your kind words mate, really appreciate it

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It's a beauty! Masterfully done

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:07 pm

felisbarcinonensis wrote:It's a beauty! Masterfully done

Thanks Felis, greatly appreciated

Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:04 pm

Super work . Like a real

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:49 am

AchtungPanzer wrote:Super work . Like a real

Thanks mate, appreciate you looking and commenting

Post by **Paips** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:59 pm

Looks great nice weathering , well done.

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:41 pm

Paips wrote:Looks great nice weathering , well done.

Thanks, John, appreciate you looking and commenting

Post by **Art17847** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:23 pm

SAAAAWEETTT!!!!!

makes we want to do aircraft again...great job

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:35 am

Art17847 wrote:SAAAAWEETTT!!!!! makes we want to do aircraft again...great job

Thanks Art, I appreciate you taking a look and commenting!

Cheers,

Martin