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Hawker Tempest Mk Vi - Eduard/MDC comversion


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Hi Guys,

I thought this might be of intest as I see Rowans top-notch Tempest below.

Now this all started when Rowan posted on HS about the inherent problems with Eduard 1/48th scale Tempest. I was about to start my one - so it seemed natural to follow Mr B down his path of kit-cutting craziness :)

I elected not to lengthen the rear fuselage, but did thin the fin and address the Typhoon like wing thickness using a method much the same as Rowan - except i thing Rowans method of addressing the wing fillet worked betterer than mine :doh:

The MDC conversion still fit very well to the now thinner wings, and the other bits went on OK too - apart from the spinner backplate which was far to big and needing re-profiling.

Anyhow - heres what I ended up with. Its been seen before on HS - so apols to anyone who's seen her before.

One last thing the chin radiator exhaust flap is now added - its not some bizarre mid eastern cooling mod - just a lazy modeller !!

tempmain.jpg

tempside.jpg

tempUC2.jpg

And heres the gang...

TheHawkers.jpg

Please fell free to comment in way you feel appropriate.

regards

Jonathan

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