CT Modeller Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Hawker Tempest II 26 Sqn, Zeltweg, Austria, 1947 I was recently sorting some old kits and found a half-finished Matchbox Tempest in a Heller Tempest box, so I decided to get on with it. This has most of the Matchbox trenches filled with Milliput (though I must admit I got a bit lazy when it came to the engine cowling area) and panel lines/fasteners drawn in with pencil, which was then sealed with Klear. Markings are from Xtradecal. I found illustrations of this aircraft with a red spinner and also a blue / white spinner, but I went with the Xtradecal illustration. Satisfying to have rescued it after all these years. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) Very interesting model!!! We don't see everyday a Tempest II ! Edited September 3, 2016 by polo1112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Looks great in this scheme,....nice one. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 It looks great, shame you didn't give the engine cowling the same treatment as the rest of aircraft though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Looks great,built acouple of those with my pocket money as a kid...didn't look this nice mind you...lol Infamous Matchbox trench panel lines aside,they did some cracking little kits for the era..I have no idea how this matches up to plans but it looks every bit like a Tempest to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostbase Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Nice job, good to see a Tempest II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Very cool in the silver finish. Love the look of a tempest ii Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 That's a grand Tempest you've got there. It's nice to see the old kits given full justice and not just written off. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Love it,always nice to see someone create soething as good as this from a Matchbox kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 That looks very smart. I have of these in the stash, that I plan to 'improve' with bits from a scrapped Academy Tempest V, I hope it comes out as good as yours has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprue Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Its good to see these old classic kits being finished so well. Nice one ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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