Airfix Hawker Typhoon
The Airfix Typhoon was one of my earlier kits. Regarding its
year of first release, 1959, it may well fit at the beginning of
the
second phase of modellig
in my youth.
It must have had the Type 2 header style as shown in
picture 1, right. Intoduction of the Type 2 packaging style
coincides with the release of the Typhoon. So obviuosly there
did not exist an issue with a Type 1 header card. (see
Packaging Styles in Airfix Collecting Website).
When I started to reappraise the memories of my modelling
history the "strange circular hole" in the recessed panel which
should be the grill of the radiator came immedtiately to my mind
(picture 3, below). In my early modelling days I did not understand that in reality the
oil cooler and air intake are inset concentrically into the
radiator like
seen in picture 4, below right.