HAWKER TYPHOON
Here's one for you experienced aero-modellers who love a challenge - and a wonderful model at the end of the build.
Originally designed for rubber-powered free-flight by Mike Midkiff for Bluebottle Squadron, the 32" wingspan really lends itself to conversion to micro RC for those who know what they're doing.
The Hawker Typhoon was a mighty fighter and this kit really does it justice with vacuum-formed optional "car-door" or bubble canopies, spinner, exhaust stubs and lightweight built up wheels.
Waterslide transfers give the option for building either the bubble canopy Typhoon 1B of 175 Squadron from April 1945 or "Car door" canopy Typhoon 1B of 609 Squadron of early 1943.
Once again, this is very definitely not a kit for beginners!
INCLUDED IN YOUR KIT
- Quality strip wood & laser cut balsa parts.
- Full size CAD drawn plans & comprehensive instruction booklet.
- Quality coloured covering tissue.
- Lightweight built up wheels.
- Moulded spinner & exhaust stubs.
- Optional ’Car door’ or bubble canopies.
- Propeller, rubber motor & hardware.
- Optional markings sheets printed on lightweight paper
- PVA glue
Please note: Water slide transfers are not currently available for this modelÂ
Only Suitable For Ages 14+
Choking Hazard - Contains small parts, keep out of reach of children.
UK SHIPPING
Most orders are shipped via Royal Mail’s Tracked 48 service.
We are in the middle of nowhere and so our Royal Mail collection is at around 1pm.
Example:
An order placed before 12pm on Monday should be with you on Wednesday.
An order placed after 12pm on Monday should be with you on Thursday.
For larger or heavier orders, we use UKMail/DHL to deliver your package on a Next Working Day service.
Example:
An order placed before 10am on Monday should be with you on Tuesday.
An order placed after 10am on Monday should be with you on Wednesday.
For larger or heavier orders, we use UKMail/DHL to deliver your package on a Next Working Day service.
Shipping is free to UK Mainland addresses for orders over £30.00, otherwise we charge £6.00 for Royal Mail Tracked 48 parcels and £12.00 for UKMail/DHL Next Working Day.
NORTHERN IRELAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
Royal Mail considers Northern Ireland, Scottish Highlands and UK Islands as part of the UK and so does not charge a premium for deliveries.
Pretty much all other UK couriers have surcharges for deliveries to the following postcodes: IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17-26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE, BT, IM, TR21-25
If you live in one of these postcodes and the parcel size of your order is outside Royal Mail's dimensions, you will have to pay a surcharge.
Our system is not clever enough to work this out and so if your order attracts a surcharge, we will contact you before despatch to see if you would like to pay the surcharge and proceed with the order or cancel and receive a full refund.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
Smaller items
Items that fit within Royal Mail International Tracked Medium Parcel parameters (59cm x 17cm x 15cm weighing less than 2kg) can be sent to most countries outside the UK.
For example up to 3 of our smaller 18” wingspan kits can fit into one of these parcels.
A parcel like this currently costs around £14 to Europe and around £18 to send to the USA and will take up to 3 weeks to arrive. This is because Royal Mail hands over the parcel to the local Post Office service for your country who have to clear it through customs and then deliver it to you.
The Royal Mail tracking code also transfers over to the tracking for your country’s postal service.
Larger items
For items that do not fit within Royal Mail International Tracked Medium Parcel parameters, we use standard international couriers such as DHL, FedEx and UPS.
These companies use something called volumetric weights to calculate the cost of shipping.
For example, a Balsa Basics RC bundle kit that measures 102cm x 34cm x 16cm and weighs 2.5 kg is actually calculated at 14kg!
This makes these very expensive to send outside the UK - a large kit can cost nearly £40 to send to France.
