Mick Drover Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) Hi all. I've just finished up the very nice 1/48th Eduard Tempest. This is the series two boxing that corrected the short comings of the main gear. I've added some extra resin into it by way of the spinner, exhausts, controls surfaces (sans rudder) and wheels; all from Barracuda. The main gear legs and doors are from the Eduard Brassin set and the kit etch was used in the cockpit. I opted for the raised plastic IP and decals as the etch item was a far 2D; perhaps okay in 72nd scale kit but not in a 48th scale kit. The radiator flap has been cut out and fabricated from a thinner material and posed open. The rear aerial is from stainless steel wire. Only two things slightly annoyed me. Firstly was the raised rivets down the seam line. It's near impossible to retain when cleaning the top and bottom seam without annihilating them. I reinstated mine with a rivet wheel, it ended up looking not half bad. And secondly is the seam through the middle of the flap on the underside of the wing. I've no idea why it was place in this location as it goes right through the beautiful rivet details that festoons the kit. No doubt a reason for going the AM route of the flap and flap well courtesy of Eduard!!! Nice marketing. The main paints are Mr Color with LOTS of oils and water colours sitting on top of them. It's also a first for my new Cameo cutter. I've used it create the paint mask for the upper and lower wing roundels, the fuselage roundels and codes and the fin flash. The benefits of making the paint masks is you can brew up your own colours for the paints. I'll be using it a lot more for future projects. WIP here. Onto the piccies...from my phone 📸📸 Cheers, Mick Edited March 1, 2021 by Mick Drover Corrected grammar 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Excellent work all round.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 That's a cracker. The filter drew my eye in particular, for some reason! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 That looks very smart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Executed exquisitely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Wonderful attention to detail, absolutely stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Great build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Very impressive build and some great weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Excellent! Very good subtle weathering too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 13 hours ago, swralph said: Excellent work all round.😀 Thanks @swralph! 10 hours ago, jackroadkill said: That's a cracker. The filter drew my eye in particular, for some reason! Cheers @jackroadkill. If it's the images that referring to about the filter, there's no filter applied. Just stratight off the phone. 10 hours ago, phildagreek said: That looks very smart! Cheers @phildagreek 9 hours ago, supersonic said: Executed exquisitely! Thanks @supersonic 9 hours ago, Farmerboy said: Wonderful attention to detail, absolutely stunning. Cheers @Farmerboy 9 hours ago, PhantomLover said: Great build! Thanks @PhantomLover 9 hours ago, Tbolt said: Very impressive build and some great weathering. Thanks @Tbolt 8 hours ago, wellsprop said: Excellent! Very good subtle weathering too Thanks @wellsprop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 All of the above accolades are well deserved. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 That's an absolute beauty Mick...I am still amazed at the beautiful weathering...do you give lessons?? Cheers Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Awesome. I believe it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Lovely finish and weathering - congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Superlative Tempest – 'shrunk reality' has seldom been a more fitting expression. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 4 hours ago, rodenlee said: That's an absolute beauty Mick...I am still amazed at the beautiful weathering...do you give lessons?? Cheers Shaun Thanks Shaun, it's kind of you to say that. If you ever in Brissie, stop by and we can talk shop and other stuff! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 12 hours ago, SAT69 said: All of the above accolades are well deserved. Congratulations! Thanks SAT. I'm feeling a bit humbled! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Dunny said: Lovely finish and weathering - congratulations! Thanks Dunny. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Mick Drover said: Cheers @jackroadkill. If it's the images that referring to about the filter, there's no filter applied. Just stratight off the phone. Ha, crossed wires here! I meant the intake filter below the nose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Beautiful, looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 That is a beauty. Bet you're pleased with this one- i certainly would be! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 hours ago, F-32 said: Beautiful, looks superb Thanks @F-32 5 hours ago, GRK said: That is a beauty. Bet you're pleased with this one- i certainly would be! I'm pretty happy with this one @GRK. I think I'll come back to it to add a little bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireGap Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 That is very nice, the subtle, low contrast wash over the rivets works beautifully - easily visible close-up, not so much at distance, just like the real thing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 9:48 PM, Mick Drover said: Thanks Shaun, it's kind of you to say that. If you ever in Brissie, stop by and we can talk shop and other stuff! Mick We might be able to get to QLD sometime soon...you never know!! Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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