Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Typhoon Twins

While progress continues (slowly…) with the Airfix Typhoon, here are some of it’s smaller chums.  Luckily there are two of them – on the grounds that two 1/144 scale models equals one 1/72 model!


These are old Revell plastic kits which were built in great haste for a game a few years ago.  Actually the standard of finish is quite embarrassingly poor.  In my defence I will say that they were built and painted as part of a batch of a dozen or so aircraft – mostly Spitfires and Tempests – which were needed for a Megablitz game based on Operation Market Garden.  All of it.
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16 comments:

  1. Don M15 May 2012 at 17:06

    They look pretty good even with the rushed job !

    Using your,on the grounds that two 1/144 scale models equals one 1/72 model I'm working on three Hurricanes .....)

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  2. JohnM15 May 2012 at 17:10

    Nice stuff Tim.

    I'm glad to see that black painted cockpits don't look so bad as that's how mine are going to be for the group build.

    Cheers,

    John

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  3. Tim Gow15 May 2012 at 17:17

    Don M
    So now we just wait for some clever sod to show up with seventeen Typhoons in 1/1200 scale?

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  4. Tim Gow15 May 2012 at 17:18

    John M
    The cockpit canopies are actually dark blue with black framing added using a marker pen. Did I mention it was a rush job?

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  5. Peter Douglas15 May 2012 at 17:31

    Tim

    Looking good for a rush job. The photo above the cloth is very effective.

    At least you didn't go for all of D-Day!

    Weren't the Typhoon Twins an early 80s synth-pop band?

    Cheers

    PD

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  6. Tim Gow15 May 2012 at 17:38

    Peter Douglas
    ..."Weren't the Typhoon Twins an early 80s synth-pop band?" They certainly should have been!

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  7. Nick Grant15 May 2012 at 19:57

    I think they look way cool! Especially effective on their flying bases. Good work.

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  8. Tim Gow15 May 2012 at 22:07

    Nick Grant
    You are most kind. They certainly put the wind up II SS Panzerkorps in the game!

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  9. Paul15 May 2012 at 23:13

    Typhoon terrific! A good pair Tim, I would not be concerned with the paint job, its the rockets that matter.

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  10. Don M16 May 2012 at 01:28

    wait for some clever sod to show up with seventeen Typhoons in 1/1200 scale?

    What, you mean it hasn't already happened? lol

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  11. Tim Gow16 May 2012 at 10:37

    Paul
    That was the view I took when I built them!

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  12. Tim Gow16 May 2012 at 10:37

    Don M
    No - and even I don't have any in 1/1200!

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  13. Wg Cdr Luddite16 May 2012 at 16:19

    Tiffies in 1:1200 ?

    I'll check my collection.

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  14. Tim Gow16 May 2012 at 16:40

    Wg Cdr Luddite
    I'll check mine too!

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  15. Geordie an Exiled FoG16 May 2012 at 22:35

    1/72 can be big and bulky but somehow it is a scale that appeals so

    I hope you have plenty of space to store them (loft/attic/garage)

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  16. Tim Gow17 May 2012 at 10:07

    Geordie
    The forthcoming Tiffie wil be number six in my 1/72 aircraft 'collection', so not too much pressure on space as yet!

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