Rick K Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) A Thing Divine For Nothing Natural I Ever Saw So Nobel Special Hobby Tempest Mk.V #32052 was used for Evan Mackies mount. Mackie, RNZAF, was the highest scoring Tempest ace with 20+ kills. Albeit, most of Mackies kills were in Spitfires. This kit is a most difficult build. I started this almost 2 years ago and binned it several times as my MoJo was clearly flattened with this. From the cockpit, wing root and landing gear construction offered me plenty of WTFFF! and Are You Kidding Me! moments. There was a good chance you may have heard my screams. This kit is clearly recommended for experienced modellers only. I chose Mackies build as I have several Kiwi friends and the lack of ordinance and invasion stripes show the beautiful lines of the Tempest. Weathering kept to a minimum as this aircraft was delivered to Mackie May 1945. See my build log. Build Details Yahu 3214 IP, center panel only as side panels do not fit Barracuda 32334 Nose Correction Set, 32140 Tempest Wheels, 32011 Spitfire Cockpit Upgrade Part II (Acemaker II gunsight only) Master Model 32096 Tempest Mk.V "short" Cannon Tips Maketar Masks 32122 Tempest Mk.V REXX 32043 exhausts ANYZ AN011 .5mm Braided Thread, AN016 Line Connectors MV Lenses 197 Amber, LS800 Red & Green, PN21 Clear Albion Aluminum Slide Fit Tubes .3mm, .5mm, .7mm and .9mm MR Paint 77 Nato Black 110 RAF Green 111 RAF Interior Grey Green 112 RAF Medium Sea Grey 115 RAF Ocean Grey 118 RAF Sky 122 RAF Marking Yellow 123 RAF Marking Red 135 Insignia White 183 Oxford Blue Vallejo 306 Dark Rubber Various Alclad Colors Tamiya X22 Clear, XF86 Flat Clear MiG Washes Dark Wash Streaking Grime 1203 Engine Oil 1408 PLW Deep Grey 1602 PLW Green Brown 1612 MiG Pigments Light Dust 3002 Black Smoke P023 Rust P025 Russian Earth P034 These publications, highly recommended, were critical helping me on this build. Especially the landing gear rake. Airframe Minature No.4 Hawker Tempest Osprey 27 Typhoon and Tempest Aces of WWII Warts and all this build yielded some great lessons. Thank you all for your encouragement and support during this build. Edited September 29, 2019 by Rick K Uncarina, Kagemusha, Whitey and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Beautiful build, Rick! May I publish it on the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Fanes, coogrfan, Seversky and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Biggles87, aircare84, R Palimaka and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Beautiful build, Rick! May I publish it on the website? Kev Thanks Kev. I truly feel like I got a 800lb gorilla off my back with this build. I'm sure there will be more challenging builds in my future, that 190C comes to mind. Of course you may publish. I'd be honored. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Super finish Rick ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Rick K said: Of course you may publish. I'd be honored. And here it is! https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3372 Kev Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hi Rick wonderful build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Nice job Rick! Quite a challenging kit, but you have made a masterpiece with it. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Great work Rick, well worth it, which is easy for me to say, though I do have a few waiting in the loft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Really, really nice model and execution. Bravo! Cheers, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Glad you persevered, that is stunning. All that effort has resulted in an exquisite model. I spent a lot of time looking over the photos and admiring all the meticulous work you've put in, from the build itself to the weathering. Beautiful model of a beautiful aircraft. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Very nice, I like the fact that the paint finish has a bit of sheen on it, it makes it look very realistic. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 beautiful work !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 That's one perfect build, everything on it looks just right starting from the paint work to the weathering - hats off Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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