Basilisk Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) My forth build in this GB is the Westland Whirlwind. As only two Squadrons used the type, marking choices are a bit limited. But two aircraft had been evaluated by 25 Squadron in May 1940 and these two aircraft had been painted in the early fighter camouflage with black and white undersides. The picture of this aircraft aren't great, but show the camouflage and markings used nicely. I think the early camouflage colours with the large fin flash look very attractive. I will build the Special Hobby Whirlwind kit in 1/72 scale, again OOB, but making my own markings. It looks to be a very detailed kit with lots of Resin and PE. It will be interesting to see how well all goes together. I am set to start my four kits on the 2nd of January, Cheers, Peter Edited February 15, 2016 by Basilisk 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Always thought the Whirlwind looked like a cartoon with its unusual proportions - that slim fuselage with a big tail and huge engines - the kit certainly seems well detailed and hopefully doesn't hold any issues in store for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Nice combination Peter, one of my favourite aircraft in my favourite early-war camouflage scheme Roll on Jan 2nd... Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Too Late Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Good choice Peter, also one of my favourite aircraft. I've got this kit in my stash so I'll be following your build closely come January. Haven't finished a single model since returning to modelling but your Spitfire and Hurricane are inspiring stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermaniac Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Always thought they looked like they were built for speed Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Good choice Peter, also one of my favourite aircraft. I've got this kit in my stash so I'll be following your build closely come January. Haven't finished a single model since returning to modelling but your Spitfire and Hurricane are inspiring stuff For a new BMer you've got the model making spirit spot on. I'm at 2 completed, 5 needing small works and 29 in the Three Boxes of Doom. I concur in the excellent choice of aircraft and the effort to find a different scheme without Whiffing. (NOTE: I have nothing against What-If? and other options are possible. ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thank you all. For a new BMer you've got the model making spirit spot on. I'm at 2 completed, 5 needing small works and 29 in the Three Boxes of Doom. I concur in the excellent choice of aircraft and the effort to find a different scheme without Whiffing. (NOTE: I have nothing against What-If? and other options are possible. ) Yes I got a taste for it after finishing my two BOB builds! One advantage having multiple builds on the go is that you have to clean the airbrush only once So it should be of no surprise that the Whirlwind has also the black primer in place. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Got a bit further this week. Painted the interior green in the cockpit and silver in the wheel wells. Adding all the PE leavers to the cockpit was a bit fiddly. I think the cockpit should look nice after all the bits are in place and it is fully painted. Cheers, Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Tidy detail work for 72nd scale. That would be good in 48th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 The PE came with the kit, so I had to add it Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Some nice work there, I am looking forward to starting mine, looks like it should be fun. But looking at your build has made me realise one thing. I need to get some interior green. I have not built a WW2 British aircraft in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good start,love this aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Ahhhh god Peter I can keep up with all your builds Great choice and great start Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Some nice work there, I am looking forward to starting mine, looks like it should be fun. But looking at your build has made me realise one thing. I need to get some interior green. I have not built a WW2 British aircraft in years. Thank you Bish. It is a rather pleasant build for a short run kit. Good start,love this aircraft! Thanks Steve, so do I. Ahhhh god Peter I can keep up with all your builds Great choice and great start Rob Thank you Rob. I struggle a bit myself in keeping up, but I managed to get some more work done. Actually, I finished seven cockpits this weekend Here is my cockpit galore. And yes, the Whirlwind was part of it. With the exception of the eduard Super Fabric Seatbelt, it is all OOB. The cockpit is nicely detail, but the control stick is a bit overdone. Looking forward to closing the fuselage. Cheers, Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 You're not joking about that control column... I think, if I ever get round to making my one, I'll replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Nice office! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Looks a lot better than the last Whirlwind I built (mind you I was about 10 and it was the old Airfix version). Top job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 You're not joking about that control column... I think, if I ever get round to making my one, I'll replace it. Yep, it is a bit bold. I actually came across a column from a Academy Typhoon. I may replace it with that one. Nice office! :-) Thank you. Looks a lot better than the last Whirlwind I built (mind you I was about 10 and it was the old Airfix version). Top job! Not surprised. I remember building the Airfix kit 40 years ago... Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 I got a little bit done on the Whirlwind this week. Fitted the air intake PE in the wings and replaced the control column with one from the spare box (Academy Typhoon). Does look better now. Still needs to be fully painted. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 At least I progressed nicely on the Whirlwind. The fuselage and wings are now glued together. The Radiator intake with the PE look nice. And the cockpit doesn't look bad either. I am glad I replace the stick, looks much better now. Hopefully more to show in a week. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 As I was unable to work on my builds for most of March due to illness, I will be unable to finish this model in the time-frame of this GB, but I will continue to post my progress here and when finished post some pictures in the RFI section. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Done a bit more work on the Whirlwind this week. It is now all together with the Resin exhaust fitted. Most profiles of P6967 show it with the early style exhaust, but on the pictures I have of this aircraft, they look like the later type to me. So I used the exhaust which came with the kit. But it had the small acorn fitted at the tailplane to fin junction. To reduce the acorn was rather more involved than I thought as it not only had to be shorter, but reduced in diameter as well. I decided to replace the canons with Masters canon made for the Hurricane Mk.IIc which are the same as used in the Whirlwind. I replaced them not because the Special Hobby resin canons are lacking in detail, but because I will most likely brake them after I have them attached. The holes needed for the canons are rather large (1.1mm) But they will look nice. Here they are just placed temporary. Still need to add some of the smaller parts before it is ready to apply the primer. But I am getting there Thanks for watching. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Looking good Peter; I got a set of Master barrels for the Whirlwind in my stash too, the resin ones didn't look very robust to me - good to see that the brass ones fit okay and thanks for the measurement of the holes, that will save me a bit of trial and error Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks Stew. After seeing the canons on the pictures in my post, I am not sure I will use them as they just look too bold compared to the original. Also when seeing the exhaust on my pictures - they just don't look right. They are too long and come too close to the wing leading edge. I will rework it and place them further forward. One advantage of having it glued on with CA is that they should come of without to much of a drama - In theory at least. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hmm, difficult to tell about the cannon from the pictures you posted but in defence of the brass ones I would say: they will look slimmer with a coat of black; they will still be more sturdy than the resin ones in the kit (though how necessary 'sturdiness' is depends on how much handling the finished model will get, I suppose) and finally... well, we do have to make some sacrifices to scale in order to build kits at all... The exhausts do look a little long but I'd recommend checking some more pictures before you trim them down, the picture that shows the exhausts best is taken at quite an acute angle - for what it's worth I think you are probably right but it will be a lot easier to take too much off than to add a bit on again Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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