bigbadbadge Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Hi All Also been doing this one at the same time as P40. Nice Kit to build. Fit appears very good although some minor fettling is needed. I lost the perspex cover at the fron/top of the tailplane to the carpet monster and so made a new one from some clear sprue made the appeture wider and inserted and filed and polished in. Added metal rod to tailplanes for strength. Wings Build up nicely and are now on, will post some more piccies soon. Thanks for looking. All the best Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Further progress on the Whirlwind, Wings on. Wings go together very well and so did undercarriage bays with onlu a small amount of filler needed on the engine nacelles only. Little bit of cleaning up and some filler to go on Tail plane then should be able to paint. Thanks for looking All the bestChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Nice, looking forwards to this, great looking plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi All Bit of progress on this one, underside now painted, Black was a mix of Humbrol Matt Black and 78 Cockpit green First coat of Dark earth applied today, although no piccy at the mo. Thanks for looking All the bestChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Gorgeous aircraft - if only it had decent engines and the air ministry wasn't anti twin engine fighters. 'If only'. Your model seems to be coming along very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Always had a soft spot for this aircraft great to see this one through to completion, we are with you all the way ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Hi all A little more progress Thanks for looking All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Lovely build of the Whirlwind ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicE1 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Looking really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 This is looking very tasty! I can see another addition to the stash coming on! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Hi all Further slow progress on the Whirlwind. U/C on, the tail wheel has no locating lugs so small holes drilled through ends and tailwheel and an old snapped .035 drill shaft put through to make a small axle. Main U/C legs I found a bit fiddly however this was most likely my fault, decals on also. They went on without the need for any settling solution and settled into the very fine panel lines a treat. Hope you enjoy All the bestChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Lovely job on a lovely aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Well, that's that decided.....I'll need to get one (or two, or three.......) of these for the stash. Great work on this one Chris, looks superb. Always loved the Whirlwind, especially in DE/DG scheme and the SH kit looks a lot better than the Airfix one. Now, if Airfix made a new tool Whirlwind I could afford to do all those WHIFs that are running around in my head. Cheers DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Looks a very nice kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekon Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Looking really nice, whatever it's shortcomings as an aeroplane it was still had attractive lines and you've done them justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 She looks great, I do like the undersides. Just a shame the 48th one is hard to find . I have toes for fingers and can't get away with 72nd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 She looks great, I do like the undersides. Just a shame the 48th one is hard to find . I have toes for fingers and can't get away with 72nd. Mr Airfix, I hope you are listening regarding a 1/48 whirlwind? Hehe! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Mr Airfix, I hope you are listening regarding a 1/48 whirlwind? Hehe! I'll second that! And BTW that are really neat piece of modelling. Well done. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyC Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Great looking job you've done there. I've got a couple of the SH kits and an old Airfix one so I'll coming back to this for reference. Often thought a what if model using the Whirlwind mainframe but with Meteor wings and engines could be quite interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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