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finished: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/99978-sh-hawker-tempest-british-tourist-132/

I thought that Special Hobby chosed new direction and kits quality will be now something different, I was wrong. Ok some parts are well detailed, surface riveted, but fuselage and wing halves not cooperate with interiors. Lots of dry-fitting, sanding needed. Scheme is from British occupation zone in Germany sometime about 1945-1946. Work In Progress

Last details to glue plus some areas to tweak and Tempest will end up in glass-case.

Decals and wash applied. Rivet lines are inconsistent in depth so after flooding them with black they look exaggerated, so I used white-gray in places. I used this mixture (and brown/light brown Tamiya enamels) to add some worn effect, dust streaks, smudges where it was most "tormented" by maintanance. Even front canopy doesn't fit perfectly, some sanding needed...

Painting stage, all of "decorations" painted using mask or handpainted like bell-emblem on tail (not perfect but had no decals unfortunately). Im not a fan of black-basing rather like to brighten surface using surfacer as a base, then I modulated primary colors making efects of worn metal surface. I will use decal roundels i'm not patient enought to mask them :).

Progress - fuselage closed. I always check correct wings lift, in kit fuselage pushes them so they're facing down too much. Maybe that's not perfect comparison but it is some reference. This gap needs to be filled, it was not existant on real plane: gap behind engine cover, i filled it with CA glue then cleaned with Debonder - CA remover. to be continued...

Cockpit finished, resin seat and HGW seatbelts from the box. I added Eduard instrument panel. Thank you John, I decided to bend underside fuselage part to met with fuselage halves.

Next steps, some parts are real deal to be fitted corectly, extensive filling and sanding needed.

Hi all, I started Special Hobby High Tech 2 kit Tempest MK V. Its a mix of nicely done details, not worse from mainstream kits with old-time imperfections bonded with their earlier short runs - for example cockpit collides with wheel bays, wheel bays with wing halves, gaps between fuselage and wings. I will skip adding engine, its a petty but this requires cutting and trimming plastic, lot of work basically. I found this scheme of Tempest from first years after war when RAF stationed in Germany. Fortunately Montex was producing mask for PCM containing W2-Y. Some details like bell and question mark was not provided. I will add Eduard PE with IP and some cockpit details. This is my idea on spinner correction, I glued plastic "core" from old droptank then poured few layers of two-component epoxy glue. When it cured I sanded and used Tamiya (thicker) and Gunze (thinner Surfacer 1200) for correcting small imperfections. Cockpit ready for paint, rear "wall" needs to be sanded to not expand fuselage.

Surely, thanks Ray!

Thank you guys!

Tamiya Masterpiece kit with scratchbuild cannon and gun bays, Eduard seatbelts, ResKit tires, cables and some details added too. Sadly not many companies are willing to make this level of quality kits.

Thanks! For me it is best looking Russian WWII plane, this Yak-9 version in particullar because of it "long nose". Thank you Dennis!

Great thanks Ray!

Thank you guys! In my opinion Mc 202 should be way cheaper. ICM CR.42 is no brainer, no problems, only patience required when mounting top wing. I did my night-fighter version, showed it here: https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/19440-icm-fiat-cr-42cn-132/