Hawker Typhoon/Tempest

[M.A.D]

How about a Typhoon or Tempest Floatplane fighter for the FAA. .

Would this suffice?



1/48 Hawker Monsoon by Tory Mucaro

Beautiful model!! 


M.A.D

[The Big Gimper]

Found on Facebook on the Monogram Scale Models group. 1/48 scale. You're welcome Greg.

[perttime]

Silver and blue works for me.

[GTX_Admin]

 

[elmayerle]

Just an odd thought, the RAF gets nervous about whether the Napier Sabre's development problems can be resolved and negotiates a "Reverse Lend-Lease" deal with the USSR for production and development rights to the AM-38 for use in place of the Sabre, perhaps produced by Fairey.

[Small brown dog]

Did someone say Twin Tiffie?

This one makes me moist!

[GTX_Admin]

The forgotten sister to the Hawker Typhoon:  The Hawker Tornado:

[perttime]

The forgotten sister to the Hawker Typhoon:  The Hawker Tornado:
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Or an intermediate step between Hurricane and Typhoon.

I see that Wikipedia has an SVG file, which could be handy for those who like to make drawings.

[apophenia]

The forgotten sister to the Hawker Typhoon:  The Hawker Tornado:

    I always liked the Centaurus-powered Tornado (like your Reply #3 ).

[kitnut617]

IIRC, that Tornado with the contra-prop was assigned to one of the propeller manufacturing companies to be used in testing the contra-props, either Rotol or De Havilland.

[apophenia]

IIRC, that Tornado with the contra-prop was assigned to one of the propeller manufacturing companies to be used in testing the contra-props, either Rotol or De Havilland.

According to Flying to the Limit: Testing WW II Single-engined Fighters by Peter Caygill, Tornado R7936 was used to test both de Havilland and Rotol contra-props. I think in the attached image, the DH props are shown.

[elmayerle]

Odd thought for grins, cross a Tornado with a Typhoon, a Vulture-powered Typhoon would look attractively different.

[kitnut617]

Odd thought for grins, cross a Tornado with a Typhoon, a Vulture-powered Typhoon would look attractively different.

If you put a Vulture on a Typhoon, you'd get a Tornado Evan, from what I've read, the wing had to be dropped 3"+ for the Vulture to fit the Typhoon fuselage, something to do with what was hanging off the back of the engine that had to go 'over' the wing spar --- or something like that.

[elmayerle]

Correction, I meant cross a Tornado with a Tempest.

[kitnut617]

Yeah, that would have some people scratching their heads wouldn't it --- I like that idea too, I've got a Hawker Tornado conversion in the stash ----  think on it I will   

[apophenia]

Correction, I meant cross a Tornado with a Tempest.

Hmmm, ... maybe Tempest I-style leading-edge radiators + earliest Vulture installation on the Tornado?

[GTX_Admin]

I've got a Hawker Tornado conversion in the stash

What scale?

[kitnut617]

I've got a Hawker Tornado conversion in the stash

What scale?

The one ""True Scale""      (you should know me by now Greg  ) It's a Maintrack conversion. I'll have to dig it out but I think they did the version with the radiator 'Hurricane' style, and also the beard radiator (chin).

[GTX_Admin]

This one?



I wonder if anyone has done a 1/48 scale for those of us not suffering from the 1/72 affliction?

[GTX_Admin]

I see they also did this one:

[GTX_Admin]

Supposedly there was also this full kit, alas still in the wrong scale.  Guess I might need to scratch build.

[kitnut617]

I've got both those Maintrack conversions and the LF one. Seeing the LF box jogged the little grey cells ---- 

[elmayerle]

The LF Models kit exists, I have seen them for sale on Ebay.  It's really tempting to buy one, clone the engine installation and install it on a Tempest along with the tempest mk.I leading edge radiators.

[GTX_Admin]

[elmayerle]

For those wanting a ground-attack fighter without the vulnerability of a cooling system, how about a Centaurus-powered Typhoon?  For more fun, in USAAF markings replacing P-47s in some fighter group.