Eurofighter Typhoon model in 1/32 scale of Revell made by Meindert de Vreeze |
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.. continued from Page 2.... After the main model assembly, it was time to add now a light grey coat to check for any flaws. I used REVELL 75 enamel for this. Slats and flaps fit very good so can be added later on. The paint scheme used the colours
and paints as indicated on page1....
The RAF Typhoon got airbrushed its overall BSC381c 626 Barley grey colour. Some pre-shading was done with black paint in areas to have some more different hues in the end finish.
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It was now time for decalling, after applying 3 coats of gloss varnish using Johnson Future/Pledge. Decalling takes quite some time as Revell provides you with LOTS of stencilling. It took 3 afternoons, but it is worth it.
After drying, the decals were lightly oversprayed again in the Barley grey, this will blend the decals in with the model finisch. Next, the undercarriage assembly was
done. For a good fit you will need to remove some plastic at the outboard
edges of the main wheel bays. This is a bit fiddling around, but it can
be done to get the legs correctly in position. Various brake lines were
also added made from stretched sprue and thin metal wire. Behind the landing lights
I added some metal foil for the reflectors.
The undercarriage colour is very light grey.
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The Revell instructions show 2 mirrors
in the wind screen, but in fact 3 mirrors are needed in te canopy. A REHEAT
set was used for these mirrors.
The kit ejection seat from the kit
is nice for a MB Mk.16 and was used, but with some added detail like straps and buckles. On the cockpit
inner walls some addional details were also added, like a box on the right
side. Instrument panels are mostly light grey with dark grey and light
knobs and switches.
I did not like the kit exhaust and replaced the feather parts (No. 81 or 82) with thin metal sheet cut out from a BBQ plate. I also added from the metal sheet extra detail, like on the edge of the cockpit seen above. The newly made exhaust have now 34
parts each and the metal was sprayed with a mix of TAMIYA smoke and black.
(probably some aftermarket will come with nice resin exhausts)....
Slats fit nicely.
Some additional things done.....
The whole model got an end coat of semi-matt varnish with Future/Pledge with some TAMIYA X21 FLAT BASE Acryl mixed in. And here is the result.... I am very pleased with this Revell model of the Eurofighter / Typhoon. .
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