aircare84 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Just finished today; Special Hobby Tempest Mk V 'Hi Tech' kit. Finished as SA-M, a Mk V flown by James Sheddan of 486 Squadron. Beautiful model when finished. Takes a lot of work to get there though. Many fit issues which I guess is common for the brand. Sure looks good when finished though. The Hi Tech kit comes with the 1/2 engine, lots of resin to replace plastic kit parts, HGW seat belts & photo etch details. After seeing Misoslav build so many, I was real interested in trying my hand at one. Got the kit @ 1/2 price on sale at a on line retailer. Added Barracuda resin nose & prop, Eduard flaps. Painted using MRP paints. All markings except stencils, kill markings & Squadron flag are painted on. Thanks to Reimund for the kill markings & flags ! Weathered using washes, pastels & hair spray technique for the chipping. Thanks for looking & all comments welcome. Larry Edited April 22, 2019 by aircare84 red baron, scvrobeson, Hartmann52 and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHepplestone Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 She’s a beauty. That engine looks fantastic. How much of the plumbing was in the kit and how much did you add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Larry, this is a real beauty! Most interesting to my eyes is the wonderful engine! CONGARTULATIONS! Cheers - Reimund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Very nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Excellent work!! Love the Tempest. Very convincing finish...and that engine!!! Thank you for sharing that. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Wowzers! That is lovely for sure. The paint work is superb. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 2:23 AM, TimHepplestone said: She’s a beauty. That engine looks fantastic. How much of the plumbing was in the kit and how much did you add? Tim, All of the larger piping was included with the engine as separate pieces. I broke 1 & had to fashion a replacement. All of the small silver lines & linkages I added. Dpgsbody55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 VERY sweet!- and I concur with Brian's comments about your paint work. Perfect. Cheers, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Fantastic looking Tempest! May ask... how did you merge the Barracuda resin nose with the resin engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thanks for all the great comments everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 looks beautiful!! So did you cut the barracuda nose in half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Thunnus said: Fantastic looking Tempest! May ask... how did you merge the Barracuda resin nose with the resin engine? Thanks John! It took my Dremel with a drum sander & a fine round burr. Quite a bit of sand, grind, fit & repeat. It is doable, just be prepared for quite a bit of work. front of the engine & forward part of the Barracuda nose required most of the attention. Also, the barracuda nose is slightly narrower @ the spinner, so I had to trim the upper forward part of the engine to look right, where the frame piece is. Also, the Barracuda nose has a flange molded onto it that tucks inside the kit airframe, was still able to use the lower half of this flange. Wasn't much different than the rest of the kit, had quite a bit of fit issues with this one. Larry Edited April 24, 2019 by aircare84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, nmayhew said: looks beautiful!! So did you cut the barracuda nose in half? Thanks!. Yes, I sawed the upper half off of the Barracuda nose. Practiced on the kit pieces first. Anthony in NZ and nmayhew 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 This is awesome- well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Very nice, Larry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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