Hawker Typhoon RC plans or kits

RAF Spitfire ace Johnny Johnson called the Hawker Typhoon pilots "the bravest of the brave". The Hawker Typhoon probably the most devastating air to ground attack aircraft of WWII.

The Hawker Typhoon lends itself well for a rc warbird model, so what's out there for plans, kits, or arfs.

Roy Vaillancourt drew & flew a 96" wingspan version, plans and parts at https://ziroligiantscaleplans.com/vailly-aviation-scale-plans.html . There numerous kit cutters offering short or full kits and numerous build threads on the web, just google Vaillancourt Hawker Typhoon build.

Jerry Bates 88.5" https://www.jbplans.com/products-page/hawker-typhoon-mk-1b-15-5-scale/

Sepp Uiberlacher  at 83" version, plans & parts at Sarik https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/hawker-typhoon-1b/

Brian Taylor 72" plans and parts at Sarik Hobbies https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/hawker-typhoon-mk-ib-72-plan/  Bob Holman may offer a laser cut BT short kit http://www.bhplans.com/

Marc Sharpe RCM 68" plans now on Aero Fred https://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=81817

Tony Nijhuis  62" version http://www.tonynijhuisdesigns.co.uk/HawkerTyphoon62.htm and the RCME build article at http://www.tonynijhuisdesigns.co.uk/pdf/hawkertyphoon.pdf

Dennis Bryant 62" plans at Sarik https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/hawker-typhoon-plan/

WOW planes 62" foam kit at WOW Planes Typhoon

Also there are Hawker Typhoon plans and short kits on EBAY  type in Hawker Typhoon plans in the Ebay search box

Currently there is only one complete museum example of the Hawker Typhoon left in the world located at RAF Museum Hendon (currently on loan to the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa) and two Hawker Typhoon restoration projects, the Canadian Typhoon Legacy Group and the British Hawker Typhoon RB393 group.

Invasion Stripes B & W WWII and Korea

Invasion Stripes were put on Allied aircraft just prior to the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. The markings were black and white stripes and painted on with brushes, or mops or what ever tools were available, this is best shown by the photo below on invasion stripes being applies to a Spitfire.

Modellers who mask the lines for invasion stripes miss the true authentic look on the stripes.

The dimensions and the location of the invasion stripes were detailed in a memorandum from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force dated 18 April 1944, the memo is in this SHEAF Invasion Stripes Memorandum PDF or shown on the four images below.

More WWII photo examples show the striped applied by hand with no masking and the specified dimensions not always followed.

 From Wikipedia: "An earlier use of black and white bands was on the Hawker Typhoon and early production Hawker Tempest Mark Vs. The aircraft had a similar outline when seen from above and below to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and the bands were added to aid identification in combat. The order was promulgated on 5 December 1942. At first they were applied by unit ground crews, but they were soon being painted on at the factory. Four 12-inch-wide (300 mm) black stripes separated by three 24-inch (610 mm) white, underwing from the wingroots. From early 1943 the Typhoons also had a yellow, 18-inch-wide (460 mm) stripe on each of the upper wings, centred on the inner cannon. All of these markings were officially abandoned 7 February 1944 " an excellent article on Wikipedia Invasion Stripe Article and wikipedia invasion stripe article pdf.

In the Korean War invasion stripes were used on British and Australian aircraft as shown on these Hawker Sea Fury and Fairey Firely photos:

Glassing warbirds with Z poxy

Glassing warbirds with Z poxy

  - I have found three methods on Youtube, I used the alcohol thinned zpoxy method, it's the way I was shown and it has worked for me. I've seen the results my local master builder John W using the squeegee method and his results are better than mine so I plan to try the squeegee method soon.

the squeegee method  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDNZ-j8r1Tc

the thinned alcohol method  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K90Zueb5oWc

toilet paper method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXyvuGzWiY&t=53s

Duxford Diary

Duxford airfield is a famous airfield in England near Cambridge dating back to 1919.

The first RAF Spitfire squadron under Doulas Bader was stationed at Duford, then the base became home to the USA 78th Fighter Group from 1942 to 1945. I visited Duxford airfield for a week in July 2015 during the Flying Legends Airshow, Duxford is truly a special place. My blog notes for Duxford Flying Legends are here Duxford Flying Legends Visit

In later 1945 the 78th FG published a book called the Duxford Diary, a web version of the book can be found online at Duxford Diary web version

I've put the web version into two PDF's on Google drive, the links are below.

Duxford Diary pdf 1
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Duxford Diary pdf 2
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Warbird r/c latex paint by Roy Vaillancourt

Roy Vaillancourt wrote two articles on paint rc warbirds with household latex paint, I've combined the two articles into a PDF below.
Warbird Latex Paint by Roy Vaillancourt PDF

I've been using the Vaillancourt method for about 8 years, the latex paint has held up very well for me.

I start with Zpoxy finishing resin with 3/4 ounce fiberglass cloth over a sanded smooth balsa surface.

I've painted my following waribrds with latex, some sprayed, some brushed on, Ziroli AT-6 Harvard, Top Flite P-51 arc kit, the Yellow Aircraft Spitfire kit and the Dynflite Spitfire kit.