Author Topic: Tyfool II  (Read 4928 times)

Offline Tophe

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Tyfool II
« on: December 30, 2013, 03:45:34 PM »
The third (and last) Revell 1/100 Easy Kit I received for Christmas was the Eurofighter Typhoon II:

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 03:47:18 PM »
First, I built it straight Out Of Box, to show my son the source:

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 03:48:52 PM »
Then my son required that I "cut" it, like I did for the F-15E and A-10:

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 03:50:37 PM »
With cyanoacrilate glue, the building was not long:

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 03:51:58 PM »
As photographed by my son, lower and not displaying the asymmetry of fins:

Offline finsrin

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 04:02:33 PM »
Different !   
Can only wonder how two small fins on one side work with one large fin on other side.

Offline Tophe

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2013, 04:58:52 PM »
The fuselage (badly mounted...) is oblique to counteract the asymmetry of fins ;)

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2013, 02:50:03 AM »
Has a Star Wars look to it now...maybe a counterpart to the Jedi Star fighters?
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Tyfool II
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2013, 04:02:27 AM »
Has a Star Wars look to it now...maybe a counterpart to the Jedi Star fighters?

Indeed! I love those too, so this is grand  :-*
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