Bit of advise sought with the SH 1/32 Tempest

[Graham T]

I'm coming close to uniting the fuselage, nose & wings, a process that is illustrated in the instructions but can anyone say whether it is better or necessary to attach the wings, then the nose OR the nose followed by the wings?  I don't know whether its just me but I'm finding the sequence laid out in the instructions a little "dubious" at some points & I don't want to slip up at this important stage!

 

(It's the Mk V if that matters).

Edited January 30, 2017 by Graham T

[Howard Moon]

Graham,

 

With mine, I attached the nose sections before joining the fuselage halves. Wings were fitted and the L/Edge inserts fitted afterwards. On mine there was virtually no tolerance between the inner walls of the u/c bays and the cockpit framework. It makes for a very snug fit and worth bearing in mind when building up the undercarriage bays. All in all, found it to be a quite trouble free build.

 

Hope that helps

 

Howard

[Don149]

When I built it , I assembled the fuselage complete with front end first, and then the completed wing , minus leading edge inserts. Big mistake ! .

To get the wing into the fussy required much surgery, it just wouldn`t go in. If I built another one , I would fit the front end last.

On the Mk V the spinner and chin intake are over scale!, in hindsight I should have stayed with PCM Tempest I already had.

Lets hope the forthcoming Typhoon is more accurate.

[Howard Moon]

1 hour ago, Don149 said:

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To get the wing into the fussy required much surgery, it just wouldn`t go in. If I built another one , I would fit the front end last.

 

That's a pity. As I said in my earlier post, I found it a snug fit which benefitted from a lot of dry fitting:

 

 

 

 

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[Stonar]

I have to say that I too  found the cockpit assembly a fairly snug fit, but it did not require any surgery. The resulting wing to fuselage join was also snug, but then that's what we all want isn't it?

This wasn't a build I photographed extensively but I did take this to show the wing fuselage fit to someone. This is just dry fitted.

 

 

I don't remember having any trouble with the fit of the nose and those inserts, though the radiator/oil cooler was a bit of a fiddle, maybe because I chose to modify this part of the kit somewhat.

 

I found this kit to be vastly superior to the PCM kit in terms of engineering and construction. The PCM kit has more in common with some of the older Specialhobby kits, like the He 113 with which I am currently wrestling, that is not many parts, but badly formed and ill fitting (like limited run kits of yore).

 

Cheers

 

Steve

Edited January 31, 2017 by Stonar

[Graham T]

Thanks for the replies.  I fitted the nose first (very good fit) & am now struggling with the wing!!  To say that the fit of the u/c bays around the cockpit framework is "snug" is an understatement.  I've had to sand away as much of the inner faces of the former as possible without going through (although I did in one small area).  In the process, the starboard inner end of the trailing edge came loose so I've go this re-glued & clamped firmly pending another try.  It's really the first issue I've had with this kit, let's hope it's the last.

[73north]

Special Hobby are great kits , you just need to take your time and realise they are not ' shake and bake ' , they have the added attraction that the SH Company makes models that others don't touch

for example the lovely Fiat G.55 in 1/48 Scale , a joy to make ( sadly sold on ebay )

http://www.stormomagazine.com/ModelArticles/FIATG55/DavidWalker/FiatG55_1a.html

 

This is the kit and the contents - it was a really nice kit , where I admit I went over board on the super detailing

I am really pleased to hear the Tempest is getting made in 1/32 scale , as the eduard 1/48 Version isn't easy to find or that accurate ( the tail fin needed work I heard )

anyway - good luck with the builds on the Tempest !!

[Troy Smith]

1 hour ago, 73north said:

, as the eduard 1/48 Version isn't easy to find or that accurate ( the tail fin needed work I heard )

anyway - good luck with the builds on the Tempest !!

 

discussion of the Eduard kit problems and suggested fixes here

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/77475-jaguar-tempest-kit/

 

HTH

T