Hawker Tempest , Indian Air Force

[Basuroy]

Hello folks , this is the special hobby kit finished in Indian Air Force colours . When the British quit the land for good (1947) , we inherited about 100 each Tempest and Spitfires from the Brits and operated both types for up to 5 years first as front line fighter and later as trainer after we acquired the Vampires and Ouragans . 

This is I believe one of the older special hobby kit and it proved to be a very frustrating build , the resin wheel well especially required machine tool to sand it down ! This was my first mixed media model built last year and it has everything - PE , resin( including the cowling nose ) and vacuform canopy . The black trimmings were airbrushed and the aluminium was brush painted with Gunze Metal colour before being sealed with a matte coat - these things were painted in Aluminium paint and not actual natural metal so they were not very shiny . I have also added a photo clicked in 2015 at the Delhi Air force museum of the real thing . 

Ps: I tried to improvise and improve my photography to remove background clutter , as such I would appreciate what improvements I can do to improve the photo further ? 













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[celt]

Love the Tempest,you have done a good job capturing the brutal yet graceful lines of the aircraft.

[stevehnz]

For a kit with acknowledged frustrations, you've done a super job on that, in fact, it'd be a super job even on an easy build kit. I like the Indian Air Force scheme too, makes a nice change.

Steve.

[ArmouredSprue]

Nice model! You've done a really good job.

[Basuroy]

Cheers folks , appreciate the kind words