Valiant Wings The Hawker Typhoon Including the Hawker Tornado Airframe & Miniature No. 2
By Matt Bittner
Author: Richard A Franks
Publisher: Valiant Wings Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9567198-1-2
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 128
An excellent ground-attack aircraft, the Hawker Typhoon started life as the Hawker Tornado. Valiant's second title in their Airframe & Miniature series is on these airframes.
The book is broken out thusly:
Airframe Chapters
- Evolution: Tornado
- Evolution: Typhoon
- Typhoon Production Variants
- Drawing Board Projects
- Camouflage and Markings
- Survivor
Miniature Chapters
- Hawker Typhoon Kits
- Building a Selection
- Building a Collection
- In Detail: The Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB
Appendices
- Tornado and Typhoon Kit List
- Tornado and Typhoon Accessory List
- Typhoon Decal List
- Tornado and Typhoon Production
- Bibliography
For the modeler, this Valiant title is the be-all, end-all. While there are books dedicated to history, squadrons and specific profiles, etc., the Airframe & Miniature titles helps the modeler in everything dealing with building their kit, but wrapped in one package.
As I mentioned in my review of their Me 262 book, Valiant hopes to provide an updated list of aftermarket accessories on their site, given the volatile nature of that side of modeling.
Chapter eight of the book covers the major "players" in the modeling world, in three scales - 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32. Chapter seven covers kits still in production in those three scales as well.
All in all this is an excellent addition to one's modeling reference library, especially if the Hawker Typhoon is the kit being built. Everything you could want in a modeling reference is provided for in this single title. Including drawings. In the back of the book are 1/48 scale fold-out drawings, so people building other scales will have to shrink or expand as necessary.
My thanks to Valiant Wings Publishing for providing the review sample.