TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Good afternoon For my next participation to this Gb I will build the Matchbox Hawker Tempest I will represent the F6 version in the markings of an aircraft of No.8 Squadron based at ADEN in 1948 . The Box art The sprues Some books I will use a Printscale decals sheet I would like to know the coulours of the landing gear well and of the inner doors Best Regards Patrice Patrice 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Great stuff Patrice I've not seen a Tempest in that colour scheme before. Best of luck. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Please can you correct the unit identifier? RAF units titles are presented as, e.g. 8 Squadron, 1435 Flight, 1 ANS, 71 MU, 232 OCU. Sometimes a role letter is introduced, e.g. 1 (F) Squadron, 44 (B) Squadron and in a very few cases Roman numerals are used for the Squadron numbers, e.g. II (AC) Squadron, IX (B) Squadron and 192 (SD) Squadron. Another tradition was to give squadrons names, 214 Federated Malay States Squadron being a good example. Units were not formed in number order and there are many gaps in the numbering, for example the squadrons formed from escapees from occupied countries were numbered from 300 but ran out at 350 Squadron; in the early 1960s a joint RAF/RN squadron was formed for EW training and this was numbered 369 Squadron. Squadron numbers from 400 upwards were for Commonwealth-crewed units such as 486(NZ) Squadron, 419 Squadron RCAF and 467 Squadron RAAF. The Auxiliaries arrived on the scene in the 500 and 600 ranges, 500 County of Kent Squadron RAuxAF, 613 City of Manchester Squadron RAuxAF. There were some anomalies such as special duties units, 515 Squadron 617 Squadron and 618 Squadron being good examples. Sorry to have gone on a bit but the devil is in the detail; I’m currently (slowly) working on one of your Tempest’s successors, Avro Shackleton AEW 2 WR965, but also looking forward to seeing how you get on with Matchbox’s venerable mouldings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Great addition Patrice and from experience this kit always builds up quite well. Sure there are a few refinements that can be made, however I'm sure you will enjoy it. Cheers and best of luck.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Great addition Patrice and from experience this kit always builds up quite well. Sure there are a few refinements that can be made, however I'm sure you will enjoy it. Cheers and best of luck.. Dave Good morning Dave Thank you for your comment Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Should look great in the proposed scheme Patrice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Good evening This week end I started this build I prepared the propeller I placed some Eduard PE parts in the fuselage and painted it I scratch built a support for the Instrument panel and placed a decal from an Airfix Typhoon and I also plcaed Eduard belts on a Pavla seat Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Nice little update Patrice, this is how all great builds start out. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Good evening all Yesterday I placed in the right half fuselage a flour and a stick (from a Heller kit) , the instrument panel and Pavla seat And today I closed the 2 fuselage halves I also glued the upper and lower wings Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Good evening Today I placed the wings and stabilizers to the fuselage As you can see I add to use some putty Best Regards Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Looks good Patrice 👍 coming along nicely. Cheers Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 Good evening Today I started the painting Best regards Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Good avening Today I started to plcae the decals Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Very nice work Patrice. This will look really cool when it's finished. Cheers Greg 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 I do like that scheme... very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Good morning my friends Thank you very much for your comments .. Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 This looks lovely in this scheme great job Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 11 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: This looks lovely in this scheme great job Chris Good morning Chris Thank you for your kind comment . Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Looks the business Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Good evening During this week end I made a light weathering , I placed the canopy , the propeller , the undercarriage and 2 fuel tanks (from a Heller kit ) Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slowbuild Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Looks great Patrice! The all silver finish sets it off so much better than standard camouflage, in my view anyway. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 A beautiful build. Well done. Matchbox at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Nicely done, Patrice. I particularly like the understated weathering - it looks very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Superb! Well done indeed 👍 Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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