Eurofighter Typhoon
Single Seater
I started to build
this on 2
August 2008 and finished it on 13 August 2008. A lot of research on the web, for
new markings instructions. The instructions provided were not accurate. My
model was built out of the box. I brush painted the whole model with Revell, Humbrol enamels and some black
acrylic from a Airfix kit also brush painted inside the canopy.
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I put putty inside the nose when
constructing the model with a mixture of putty and small nuts. All in one
in the nose for the ballast. The nose was not yet on the model, some nuts
were super glued under the cockpit. I avoided the super glue to ran on one of
the canards joint. On the other side a little mishap happened with the
superglue running on that joint point. After some spinning the superglue
had dried around the joint and the canard left free. The nose with putty had
hardened (only the visible part) I thought. I continued the construction,
nose glued in place. I used Revell Glue and perhaps some superglue on that
part. After the days went on with the construction, the nose had one day
started to collapse. It turned out for me that all the putty, had not
hardened inside the nose. The plastic was soft. After some wondering I drilled some holes by hand with a
screw. The nose was really soft on the
top and underside had kept its form. The construction went on while
checking the nose each day for more interesting moments. In the end stage
of building, when only the nose was unpainted. The decals were put on the model
with brush painted Revell varnishes gloss, mixture of gloss &
matt and a matt coat. The nose had hardened by now I thought, the top
needed some sanding with Mirka sandpaper. Putty to fill the holes on top
of nose and more sanding. Then brush painted with Revell steingrau enamel
and some matt varnish on the nose.
The kit comes with
many weapons and decals which I found useful. The overlapping parts, I am
planning to use on a other model.
Christopher Lundberg
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