TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Good afternoon I will join this Gb with the Hawker Tempest produced by KP and I will represent Le Grand Charles one of the Tempest flown by the F/Lt Pierre Closterman The Box art The painting guide on the back of the box The sprues The clear parts and the decals sheet Patrice 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Fabulous choice Patrice, reminds me, I must dig out my copy of The Big Show, its been a while since I last read it. Welcome and good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Good evening Wez Thank you very much I will start when I will have finish my Hellcat .. Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Delighted to see this one in the GB. As @Wez said, I've lost count of the number of times I've read the book, yet still can't resist going back to it. Best of luck with his one. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Good evening Pat Thank you very mcuh for your comment Cheers Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Great choice Patrice .Great looking kit . I know you will do it justice . Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Hi Martin Thank you for your comment and support .. I will try to do my best .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Good evening all This is the aricraft I will represent Some books I started this build today by painting the side walls of the cockpit The instrument panel I placed Eduard belts on the seat And I also prepared the propeller Best regards Patrice 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Bonsoir Patrice, this looks like a good choice, and the sprues appear nicely engraved. I only know the very old models of KP, and I still have a couple of them in the stash. The new ones do not seem to have anything in common with their forebears, which is maybe a good thing! If I am not mistaken, this is not your first Tempest... Practice makes perfect. Have a lot of fun. JR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 11 hours ago, jean said: Bonsoir Patrice, this looks like a good choice, and the sprues appear nicely engraved. I only know the very old models of KP, and I still have a couple of them in the stash. The new ones do not seem to have anything in common with their forebears, which is maybe a good thing! If I am not mistaken, this is not your first Tempest... Practice makes perfect. Have a lot of fun. JR Bonjour Good morning Jean Thank you , your are right I built the Heller Tempest a few months ago for the Heller Gb ... I have already built the KP P 51B Mustang and I can confirm that the new kits are better then the early kits .. Concerning the kit it looks nice but so far I have just painted some parts I will tell you soon how it fits ... Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 Good evening Today I placed the radiator , I glued the front and rear part of the fuselage together I also glued the seat and the stick on the flour , and I glued this on the right half fuselage with the instrument panel Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Good evening Today I placed the parts that represent the side walls of the landing gear bay on the lower wings but I am not sure that it is the best way to do .. Then I glued together the upper and lower wings I also closed the 2 fuselage halves And I worked on the wheels I decided to sand the tyres because I was not pleased by the way they were represented Patrice 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Looks pretty nice actually, that new Tempest of theirs. Good luck on the build Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 Good evening This morning I placed the wings on the fuselage On the left side it looks rather nice But on the right side it is not so good and I will have to use some putty Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Good job Patrice. You are really fast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Looking good Patrice, I wonder if a small spreader under the cockpit would help with the wing to fuselage gaps. Maybe too late for you now, something for me to try when I get one of these. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 5 hours ago, stevehnz said: Looking good Patrice, I wonder if a small spreader under the cockpit would help with the wing to fuselage gaps. Maybe too late for you now, something for me to try when I get one of these. Steve. Good morning Steve Yes It might be a solution but it is too late for my build .. Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Very quick work Patrice. Looks a good quick, I have one on order from my LHS, but I think more might be wanted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) On 7/10/2021 at 6:48 PM, JOCKNEY said: I've lost count of the number of times I've read the book, yet still can't resist going back to it. I'm the same as Pat. I have three copies! All looks very good Patrice. Have you decided which of Pierre Clostermann's Tempests you will build? [Edit! A re-read of your thread showed me I’d missed your earlier post! A very good choice!] Edited July 23, 2021 by Johnson Not paying attention! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Thanks for taking this one out for a test drive for us Patrice - great work so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Johnson said: I'm the same as Pat. I have three copies! All looks very good Patrice. Have you decided which of Pierre Clostermann's Tempests you will build? Good morning I’ve read this book several times and it’s always a pleasure to read it again ... I think that I will build his last aircraft the one wit the Cross of Lorraine on the nose .. Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: I think that I will build his last aircraft the one wit the Cross of Lorraine on the nose .. I have the same (or similar, there was confusion about the s/n) plane on my shelf, modelled many years ago using the Heller kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Good evening Yesterday I placed the horizontal stabilisers and used "some" putty on the fuselage / wings joint Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Looking good Patrice Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Good evening Today I painted the undersurfaces in Grey HU64 Patrice .. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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