Roman Schilhart Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 Academy Hawker Tempest, built from the box. I used Print Scale decals (72-273) to represent an aircraft of 3. Squadron, based at Newchurch, England, in summer 1944. I did not like Print Scale's RAF Roundel colors, so these were replaced by products from Xtradecals. More info and period photographs on squadrons based at the Newchurch Advanced Landing Ground here: http://newchurchvillage.org/history/newchurch-ww2/squadron-photo-gallery/ The model was painted with Gunze acrylics. All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. The 'Chipping effect' on the D-Day stripes was done with Vaseline creme: According to original photographs, 3rd sqaudron aircraft had a halo effect around the fuselage code letters. This was probably the result of the ground crew, hastily painting the D-Day stripes around the letters. I tried to replicate this effect with masks from Tamiya tape. These were cut slightly larger then the corresponding letters. To avoid the Black/White stripes shining through the Roundel, I masked these areas too. Exhaust stains airbrushed using Gunze H95 Smoke with a drop of H12 Black added: Thank you for your interest. Best greetings from Vienna, Roman 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Beautiful modelling and painting simply stunning On a personal note I doubt any invasion stripes lasted long enough to get that weathered, but very interesting technique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Cracking job. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Like it very much. Nice painting and chipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Excellent Tiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Great build, my favourite photo of the finished model is the fourth one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 That's superb, I wish I could give it a whole row of likes. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Brilliant. I like how you did the code letter surrounds. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipthepilot Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 You have done an excellent job putting this Tempest together and the paintwork is superb. The only comment I would make is that I believe the wheel wells should be interior grey/green instead of silver. The Typhoon and Tempest prototypes definitely had silver wheel wells but it was documented that all production Tempests should be Grey/Green. The Tempest is one of my favourites aeroplanes and although it didn't arrive until late in the war it had a fascinating history flying some of the most dangerous types of mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 A real stunner, Roman. Tempests always look particularly speedy on 'Invasion Stripes'. A great paint finish and excellent work on the roundels and codes over the stripes. Also, very interested to hear about your use of Vaseline for the chipping. I haven't heard of that before. Great photography by Wolfgang as well. I agree with you about Printscale's roundel colours. They look much too bright to me. Xtradecals' are much more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Fantastic work Roman,beautifully detailed paintwork set's it apart,great to see such quality work on the sometimes unloved Academy kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 You've captured the raw power of the original perfectly. Nice one. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Meatbox8 said: A real stunner, Roman. Tempests always look particularly speedy on 'Invasion Stripes'. A great paint finish and excellent work on the roundels and codes over the stripes. Also, very interested to hear about your use of Vaseline for the chipping. I haven't heard of that before. Great photography by Wolfgang as well. I agree with you about Printscale's roundel colours. They look much too bright to me. Xtradecals' are much more accurate. Hello and thanks for your interest. Please find a short tutorial about the 'Vaseline trick' in the appendix of this RFI: 3 hours ago, pipthepilot said: You have done an excellent job putting this Tempest together and the paintwork is superb. The only comment I would make is that I believe the wheel wells should be interior grey/green instead of silver. The Typhoon and Tempest prototypes definitely had silver wheel wells but it was documented that all production Tempests should be Grey/Green. Thank you for feedback, I was convinced that all Tempest had their landing gear bays and inside of doors painted in Silver (at least that's what my reference material says). Will keep that in mind for my next build! 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: Fantastic work Roman,beautifully detailed paintwork set's it apart,great to see such quality work on the sometimes unloved Academy kit. The company has a doubtful reputation for accuracy. Their Typhoon, the Fw-190A and the P-51D Mustang look like caricatures of the real thing. The Tempest is one of the better Academy kits, along with the Fi-156 Storch and the Fw-190D. It was a joyful, trouble-free build from the box, the only problem was self-inflicted: I broke one of the landin gear legs... 16 hours ago, Graeme H said: On a personal note I doubt any invasion stripes lasted long enough to get that weathered, but very interesting technique Good point, Graeme. I confess the chipping is meant to make the surface painting look more interesting and cannot be confirmed on original photographs. May I call that 'artistic license'? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 7 hours ago, pipthepilot said: You have done an excellent job putting this Tempest together and the paintwork is superb. The only comment I would make is that I believe the wheel wells should be interior grey/green instead of silver. The Typhoon and Tempest prototypes definitely had silver wheel wells but it was documented that all production Tempests should be Grey/Green. The Tempest is one of my favourites aeroplanes and although it didn't arrive until late in the war it had a fascinating history flying some of the most dangerous types of mission. Errrr not according to Camouflage & Markings number 4 page 78 quote :- On all prototype and production Tornado , Typhoon & Tempest aircraft the insides of the undercarriage doors & wheel wells were ALUMINIUM or natural metal also were the tail wheel doors, oleo leg and wheel hubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipthepilot Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, keith in the uk said: Errrr not according to Camouflage & Markings number 4 page 78 quote :- On all prototype and production Tornado , Typhoon & Tempest aircraft the insides of the undercarriage doors & wheel wells were ALUMINIUM or natural metal also were the tail wheel doors, oleo leg and wheel hubs. There is a document signed by Sidney Camm that includes the statement "all Tempest wheel wells will be painted RAF interior green from the factory" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Roman Schilhart said: Good point, Graeme. I confess the chipping is meant to make the surface painting look more interesting and cannot be confirmed on original photographs. May I call that 'artistic license'? You most certainly may Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank083 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Great build! Beautiful paint! Professionnal photo also! Top work Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Absolutely superb. I'd have just scuffed and dirtied up the invasion stripes rather than done the chipping, but it's a stunner nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Gorgeous work, looks perfect to my eye 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I'm looking for inspiration for my Academy Tempest build that I have just started and couldn't have found a better example. Great work as always Roman. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 A superb Tempest. I especially like the overall finish and subtle weathering. Thanks for sharing. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 What a fantasticmodel great work and I will have to look at this chipping method as this looks very interesting. I live locally to Newchurch and the link you have included are very interesting too. Thank you for sharing. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Congratulations on a fantastic model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Lovely Typhoon and fantastic chipping effect 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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