Aims Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Last years Christmas present finished! 1/48 Eduard Hawker Tempest of No. 3 Sqn RAF flown by Sqn Ldr Charles H. Macfie, late 1947, Germany. Thanks for looking 65 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Beauty!...subtle weathering is spot on... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) That's a great looking Tempest! 😀 It really looks like a hard-worked warbird. Super result! Edited October 9, 2020 by Gary Brantley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Beautiful build and finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Gary Brantley said: That's a great looking Tempest! 😀 It really looks like a hard-worked warbird. Super result! Agree 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Oh boy this is stunning great work and lovely painting and weathering. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Is that Alclad II? Nice finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Beautiful Tempest! Stunning in every way. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aims Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks everyone, Is that Alclad II? Nice finish! No it is Mr Paint Silver representing RAF High Speed Silver Thanks John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 That does look beautiful and thanks for the heads up on the Mr Paint Silver, definitely going to have to try that. Really like the shading you have got along the panel lines as well, its a lovely subtly worn look, what did you use, oils? Cheers, Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin8 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Great build. It definitely has the "a few missions under it's belt" look. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aims Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) The silver was pre-shaded in Mr Paint RLM 81 being the only medium brown from Mr Paint that I had! Artist oil paint Raw umber was seeped into the working panels/control surfaces followed by some black only in a few places so as not to over-power it in 1/48. Some Florys grime was added to places but most of it removed and some AK dark earth dust applied to the wheels. The exhausts are black primer then Alclad Jet Exhaust then AK exhaust stain Edited October 9, 2020 by Aims 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbouille Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hello Beautiful build, impressive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I’m sorry but to me the weathering is rather over done. The RAF was in the throes of introducing High Speed Silver as an overall finish for day fighters in 1947 so the RAF Germany Tempests would not have seen a great deal of flying, let alone action, after adopting the colour scheme. Gunnery would be limited to the occasional range sortie or Armament Practice Camp and wouldn’t be a day-to-day occurrence. Also the aeroplane appears to have been that of the Squadron CO, who almost certainly would not have wanted to be seen by his peers in an aeroplane that grubby and, despite post-war demobbing, manpower would have been readily available to keep the boss’s aeroplane looking smart (especially after a defaulters’ parade). I’m not doubting your skills or abilities, but I think that maybe this wasn’t the right canvas for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Something weird keeps happening to me - every time I buy a new model for the stash someone posts a RFI of the very same model, expertly done and far above what I can manage.... I really like this model and think it looks great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, stever219 said: I’m sorry but to me the weathering is rather over done. The RAF was in the throes of introducing High Speed Silver as an overall finish for day fighters in 1947 so the RAF Germany Tempests would not have seen a great deal of flying, let alone action, after adopting the colour scheme. Gunnery would be limited to the occasional range sortie or Armament Practice Camp and wouldn’t be a day-to-day occurrence. Also the aeroplane appears to have been that of the Squadron CO, who almost certainly would not have wanted to be seen by his peers in an aeroplane that grubby and, despite post-war demobbing, manpower would have been readily available to keep the boss’s aeroplane looking smart (especially after a defaulters’ parade). I’m not doubting your skills or abilities, but I think that maybe this wasn’t the right canvas for them. I think the weathering is fine. It’s like the acropolis, with irregular columns. The irregular Colums make for a more pleasant viewing experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aims Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) I have never said this model was 'in action' anywhere in my introduction but No 3 Sqn were up getting dirty over the firing ranges of what became West Germany on a regular bases as they were 'heavily involved' for 1 year perfecting the use of the Tempest as a platform for delivering RP. I tried to get the No.3 Sqn daily record of events log from the National achieves in the UK but it is only available up to the end of 1945 at the moment. High Speed Silver Tempests started to appear as early as the beginning of 1946 - not 1947 but yes No. 3 Sqn received them like this in 1947 but the majority of photos of High Speed Silver Tempests based in Germany show them dirty - as is Macfie's aircraft in the photo. I hope that helps. Edited October 10, 2020 by Aims 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahavelona Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Fantastic job weathering this lovely bird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ththtttu7 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Beautiful 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It looks very nice in this sceme. All British planes with high speed silver are looking amazing. Concerning weathering: on the first look I also thought that the weathering is a little bit overdone. But I detected a picture in the www. RAF- Sylt. The first picture is showing much more weathered Tempest out there. Best regards Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Looks sharp, I like it in the silver finish, good effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Beautiful. Whether or not the real aircraft would of been weathered to this degree, we are all entitled to a choice of how we finish our builds and I love what you've done here. It makes it far more interesting IMO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aims Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Weathering based on photo of this aircraft plus 90% of the other silver Tempest photos. thanks anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Outstanding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Beautiful work, really really nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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