Guppy kindly supplied me with this
link to a decal set for a 245 Squadron Typhoon plastic kit decal set made by Aviaeology. I ordered the decals and used the data sheet which has photos, history and drawings to produce this skin. The version of the aircraft shown on th link has a blue and white checkered band, a repainted teeth area and a blue and white spinner. Unfortunately these are post VE Day additions so I had to delete them and go for the less colourful WW2 version they show on the plans.
As skinned the aircraft has 1945 style RAF markings with yellow bordered roundels top and bottom, a black spinner and a fairly hard edged camo scheme. The shark mouth paint is well worn, as shown by the only pre VE Day shot of the aircraft I have. The only real problem I had was the area just under the spinner, which is horribly stretched on the AH Typhoon. I haven't been able to skin the teeth to this area as a result.
This aircraft nicknamed "Sharky" was flown by several 245 Squadron pilots, including Flt Lt. Geoff Murphy, Sqd. Ldr Tony Zweiberg and the Canadian Harrison Taylor Mossip.
