Hawker Typhoon 1B

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Hi gang. I’m currently building Hasegawa’s 1/48 Hawker Typhoon 1B (car door version) and I was somewhat disappointed to find that its overall scale is not correct. The old Workbench Review of this kit confirmed what I thought as I looked at it sitting next to my 1/48 Tamiya P47-D razorback. It is definitely too small.

Does anyone know if there is a Typhoon kit that is closer to real size?

Thanks, Rich [8D]

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I have the old Monogram kit in my stash, I’ll check it and post back (unless someone already knows that one off the top of his head).

Regards,

Brad

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I have the Eduard ‘Early’ Typhoon that i bought from Evilbay. It came with a new resin Tail section that the guy had bought to modify the Eduard offering. So obviously the Eduard kit isnt the right shape as well.

…Guy

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OK, I got out the Monogram Typhoon, which is a 1/48th scale kit. The kit wingspan is 10 3/8", and its length (tip of spinner to trailing edge of the rudder) is 7 7/8". That works out to a wingspan in scale of 41.5’ and a length of 31.5’. According to Squadron’s “Typhoon/Tempest In Action” (#102), the MkIB Typhoon had a wingspan of 41’ 7" and a length of 31’ 11/5", so this one seems to be pretty accurate.

I don’t know if that helps at all, I don’t know about the kit you have. But I would just build it and enjoy building it, if I had it.

Regards,

Brad

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I have the Hasegawa !/48 Typhoon car door version with a bunch of aftermarket goodies to go with it. Now I am kind of bummed out to hear this. i do not mind small inaccuracies. How off is this kit. This is one of my favorite aircraft and I would hate to spend alot of time on a kit that is horriblty wrong. I think its time to take a trip over to modeling madness to see what I can find.

Soulcrusher

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Well I just checked out a review at modeling madness and according to the builder the kit specs out pretty good. Could this be a case of rivet counting? I am satisfied and i will build mine with all of the goodies and spend the time to add the extra detail.

Soulcrusher

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I think The Baron’s advice is well taken. Just build it and enjoy [tup]. I was concerned about nothing, the Typhoon was not quite as big as the T-bolt anyway. The kit is not off by that much after measuring.

Rich [8D]

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Eduard don’t do a Typhoon; it’s a Tempest, which is a totally different animal. The fuselage is incorrect, and the Alleycat set corrects it. The wing thickness is off, as well, but that takes some correcting. In all the reviews, that I’ve read, I’ve not heard of any major errors, in the Hasegawa Typhoon; where, exactly, are the errors?

Edgar

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From the April 1999 workbench Review by Ross Whitaker of this particular Hasegawa kit:

“While I enjoyed building the new Typhoon, the minor fit problems and the questionable markings will keep experienced builders busy longer than usual. I spent about 25 hours on mine. The finished model measures about half a scale foot short in length and span.”

To be honest, I’m not at all sure what that will mean to the finished product. And, I havent’ measured the Tamiya T-bolt; it may be slightly large…

Rich [8D]

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Basicly it means it scales out about 1/16 of an inch short. Close enough for me. The only other thing mentioned on several build reviews is the fact that it covers both versions and to build the car door version you have to fill in the gap on the car door version with two separate filler pieces that do not fit very well. That was about it. So build it and enjoy as mentioned earlier! It is one cool looking plane as well as the ultimate Allied ground attack plane of WWII. Most of the pics you see of German tanks on thier back ended up that way from Typhoons putting 20mm rounds through the thin deck armor and setting off the ammo in the tank.

Soulcrusher

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I love the building the Typhoons. Here are my two Monograms builds that I’ve posted in the past. The first is my Zirkus Rosarius plane which I found out too late was supposed to be the car door version. I have the canopy now so I am going to convert it and I think it is supposed to have a 3 bladed prop. The next is OOB including the markings. Got the Hasagawa coming up to the bench soon. I build for the pleasure so scale to scale doesn’t matter much to me but I like to add resin or PE when I have it.