FoxTrot
03-14-2005, 02:38 AM
Just a few pictures of my recently done Typhoon, the Revell kit.
It's a simple build, the 'undernose' front section was a pretty bad fit and gluing the entire length of the hull 'in one go' was trouble - the plastic was quite stiff and so flush alignment of the exterior hull was tricky to get. I ended up dry fitting the two halves with elastic bands and gluing it by dripping superglue from the inside lengthwise.
Painting was black, given a coat of Future and the dry brushing the whole thing with lightened black. Then I Futured again and applied decals. The decaling was a NIGHTMARE, the Revell decals were thick, tough and quick drying as hell, despite how much MicroSet I applied initially, the decals tended to stick quickly giving only 'seconds' to achieve correct positioning - I was extremely lucky to get some of the 'curly' white trim sections in position at all! I imagine this is why that I have not yet seen any completed models with the white trimming decals applied - it was either in the too hard basket or mucking up a single white trim decal would ruin the whole job. I can only imagine how a set of JT Graphics quality decals would have made the whole job 100% easier!!!
Some of the 'hatch' decals did not make sense, and the conning tower window decals were utterly useless, so I did the windows with white oils. Final coat of Testors Dullcoat did the magic as usual.
It's a simple build, the 'undernose' front section was a pretty bad fit and gluing the entire length of the hull 'in one go' was trouble - the plastic was quite stiff and so flush alignment of the exterior hull was tricky to get. I ended up dry fitting the two halves with elastic bands and gluing it by dripping superglue from the inside lengthwise.
Painting was black, given a coat of Future and the dry brushing the whole thing with lightened black. Then I Futured again and applied decals. The decaling was a NIGHTMARE, the Revell decals were thick, tough and quick drying as hell, despite how much MicroSet I applied initially, the decals tended to stick quickly giving only 'seconds' to achieve correct positioning - I was extremely lucky to get some of the 'curly' white trim sections in position at all! I imagine this is why that I have not yet seen any completed models with the white trimming decals applied - it was either in the too hard basket or mucking up a single white trim decal would ruin the whole job. I can only imagine how a set of JT Graphics quality decals would have made the whole job 100% easier!!!
Some of the 'hatch' decals did not make sense, and the conning tower window decals were utterly useless, so I did the windows with white oils. Final coat of Testors Dullcoat did the magic as usual.