This is my model
of a bubbletop Hawker Typhoon. It's the Revell Cardoor kit with Paragon's
conversion. Repositioned rudder and elevators. New scratched flaps to
show them open.
Decals are a mix of kit decals and spares box. The model shows a Typhoon
on the night before the invasion. Invasion stripes are roughly painted on
and rockets are loded, but not connected.
Most of yor are familiar with the "Tiffies" that flew low lewel
rocket attacks during the invasion.
The kit is an old Revell with raised details, fit is resonable, but some
minor issues has to be attended to.
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The kit has the
correct fishplates for strengthening the tail and the outline is pretty
good. I used the cockpit parts from Paragon, and they are a great
improvement over the old kit parts. Paragon also provides rockets and
rails that were added under the wings. Revell has prepared for these, and
their position is marked inside the lower wing and can easily be opened in
the correct place. One thing about the kit, that I didn't like
is that the moulds are prepared for a bubbltop with an incertion in
the fuselage parts, and that gives a mould line that's very visible on
both sides of the fuselage.
The Hawker Typhoon
MN150 / PR-P flew with 609 squadron from early 1944 til december the same
year. I chose to do a plane that was already in service, so it would
be worn and the invasion stribes crude. There's so many kits with decals
for the stripes, and the look just to neat for my taste.
As shown most serials and squadron codes are covered by the stripes, and the
squadron code are brush painted on the tail.
For comparison I included DN323 that flew tropical trials, this kit is almost
OOB, and also P5219 the original version of the Hawker Tornado prototype.
Claus
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