alt-92 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 1:26 PM, Homebee said: Expected in February 2022 - ref. KPM0226 - Hawker Tempest F.2 - export I was under the impression the Chakra roundels were blue and not orange (like what Matchbox gave us once upon a time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, alt-92 said: I was under the impression the Chakra roundels were blue and not orange (like what Matchbox gave us once upon a time). Just blue in the middle or the whole thing? I've seen models with the whole thing blue, but there's photo's of aircraft which show it's two colours. That's if they were all the same or they were they changed at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tbolt said: Just blue in the middle or the whole thing? Blue all over. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/heraldry/roundels/363-roundels47.html#gsc.tab=0 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/iliad-design-48028-spitfires-over-india--623594 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, alt-92 said: Blue all over. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/heraldry/roundels/363-roundels47.html#gsc.tab=0 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/iliad-design-48028-spitfires-over-india--623594 But like I said it's clear in some images they are two colour, like this. and this, which is the scheme in the kit. The grey scale shade looks close to the orange of the fin flash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tbolt Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 44 minutes ago, alt-92 said: Exactly. They talk about it being all blue in several places, but some photo say otherwise. Also I know museum aircraft are not always a good indication of colours, but this aircraft in an Indian museum has it green and orange, be it the dot in the center doesn't match the dark shade of the photo's above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Then again, museum rebuilds aren't the best examples to use as reference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/heraldry/roundels/363-roundels47.html#gsc.tab=0 https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/aircraft/past/923-hawker-tempest-ii.html#gsc.tab=0 I have a suspicion that these Tempests were wrongly painted by Hawkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/heraldry/roundels/363-roundels47.html#gsc.tab=0 https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/aircraft/past/923-hawker-tempest-ii.html#gsc.tab=0 I have a suspicion that these Tempests were wrongly painted by Hawkers. They could have been, but the question is did they get repainted once in India? If we don't know that it's maybe best to stick to the orange that's in the kit if that's the only picture available of 554. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 hours ago, alt-92 said: Then again, museum rebuilds aren't the best examples to use as reference... That'll be why I said " I know museum aircraft are not always a good indication of colours" The point was that it looks closer to the colours in the photos I posted than the all blue one. But was the outer ring blue or green in those examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Tbolt said: They could have been, but the question is did they get repainted once in India? If we don't know that it's maybe best to stick to the orange that's in the kit if that's the only picture available of 554. I haven’t found any in service photos of Tempests with the Chakra i’ll be building the later scheme anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Sorry to revive an old thread but I don't recall it being mentioned that the Tempest F.6 kit also contains parts for the Mk.2, a la Matchbox. I presume that when KP says Slate Grey they mean Dark Slate Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) Released - ref. KPM0226 - Hawker Tempest F.2 - export - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-f-2-export-902134952 - ref. KPM0227 - Hawker Tempest Mk.II/F.2 - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-mk-ii-f-2-902134953 - ref. KPM0228 - Hawker Tempest F.2 - silver wings - https://www.mn-modelar.com/1-72-tempest-f-2-silver-wings-902134954 V.P. Edited April 21, 2022 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 9 hours ago, dalea said: Sorry to revive an old thread but I don't recall it being mentioned that the Tempest F.6 kit also contains parts for the Mk.2, a la Matchbox. I presume that when KP says Slate Grey they mean Dark Slate Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 10 hours ago, dalea said: Sorry to revive an old thread but I don't recall it being mentioned that the Tempest F.6 kit also contains parts for the Mk.2, a la Matchbox. I presume that when KP says Slate Grey they mean Dark Slate Grey. If you mean the "desert scheme" on the F.6, actually it was Light Slate Grey, a colour not often used for camouflage purpose in WW2 (but was used for codes on many types) that for some reason resurfaced in a couple of schemes in the early postwar years, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Courtesy of a friend from my old work here is the official scheme from the horse's mouth so to speak. Billa is ex-IAF as was his father. If they had been mispainted by Hawkers he believes they would have been repainted immediately upon arrival. Tensions were high at the time after all. Similar has happened with other delivery schemes over the years. Note the white background so not blue over bare metal. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Just won the Closterman boxing on eBay (combo listing wanted the other kkt), does it come with the parts for II/VI? Ask as just had just brought an academy kit so if I build it would like to do it as a VI. Edited February 28, 2022 by PhantomBigStu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 59 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said: Just won the Closterman boxing on eBay (combo listing wanted the other kkt), does it come with the parts for II/VI? Ask as just had just brought an academy kit so if I build it would like to do it as a VI. It doesn't appear to Stu, looking on Super Hobby's website at the sprue pics the Mk II/VI kit contains a whole extra sprue with the specific part for those Mks, including rockets. The Mk V is strictly Mk V fwics. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, stevehnz said: It doesn't appear to Stu, looking on Super Hobby's website at the sprue pics the Mk II/VI kit contains a whole extra sprue with the specific part for those Mks, including rockets. The Mk V is strictly Mk V fwics. Steve. Shame, cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Mine Mk II arrived today. Fast look inside and the shortest in box review: OK! I mean really "OK"! Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 9:09 PM, PhantomBigStu said: Shame, cheers Indeed it’s arrived and yep just the two sprues looks nice kit though hopefully easier to build than their spitfire is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Ordered F6 from Hannants, looking forward to this. I've made a couple of KP's recent WWI kits recently and been pleased with the results! Cheers, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 My MkII order is still sat in my Back order list at the Big H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The Big H came good today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 5:59 PM, JWM said: Mine Mk II arrived today. Fast look inside and the shortest in box review: OK! I mean really "OK"! Regards J-W Mine landed on my doorstep yesterday and she looks good Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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