warhawk Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) Well, having finished my master studies of architecture, I decided to finish the other thing that has been bugging me for quite some time - this model. The kit itself is well detailed for the price of 7-8 euros and goes together nicely. Typically for Academy kits, it has many small shape errors, most significant of which being the prop blades. They are too wide and should be reshaped (be careful whether your aircraft had DH or Rotol unit!). This simple fix adds immensely to the general look, as OOB aircraft looks somewhat like a caricature. Also typical for Academy kits, the decals are rubbish. I only used serials and codes from the box. I printed the scoreboard on my home laser printer, as it should have swastikas and a single Italian "kill", not balkenkreuze. Everything else is from the left-over stash... other modifications: - Fuselage lengthened by 2mm and widened in couple places with 1mm inserts - Reshaped wing contour (aileron edge) - Reshaped prop and spinner (to Rotol) - Wheel wells scratchbuilt - Transparent wing tank pylons scratchbuilt - Quickboost exhausts and Squadron vac canopy - A lot of tiny stuff added in the cockpit, landing gear area and elsewhere... Wip pics here colors used: cockpit: Hu78 + few drop of white Dark green: Revell Matt 68 + a little Hu 116 + few drops of white Ocean gray: Humbrol 106 + a little Hu 157 + few drops of white Medium Sea gray: completely mixed It is finished as Evan Dall Mackie's last wartime mount, on which he flew only a couple of missions. A special thanks goes to mr Chris Thomas and other fellow modellers on this forum, who helped me with a couple of dilemmas. regards, Aleksandar Edited September 27, 2019 by warhawk 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Stunning. Came across this via the link at the end of you Work in Progress thread and it made for an enjoyable read full of inspiring work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Truly a tremendously tip top Tempest! Some great attention to detail in the WIP thread. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Excellent work! You've really made an effort to correct the errors and add some extra detail, and the result is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Lovely jubbly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicE1 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 nice job ,looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunners Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 that's a nice looking model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Crackign build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Really great job, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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