Tolga ULGUR Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 7 hours ago, dennismcc said: Great build and finish, looks really good. Cheers Dennis 4 hours ago, Neo said: Great build i love it Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, mc65 said: Wonderful build and awesome paint job! I love this aircraft, and have the same kit on the stash waiting ,with all the gorgeous aftermarket I found on it. Did tou find the barracuda nose-kit's fuselage joint satisfactory? Also, forgive me for saying that, it seems to me that the model seats a little bit too high on the undercarriage, maybe it's just the photos prospective? Thanks - Yes Barracudacast set is excellent and fixe kit's shape problems. Minor works need in the joint area to the fuselage - I had the same feeling when I finished the model. I checked the angle of the legs, they seemed right to me. Didn t they ? This may be due to the larger wheels used on the early Tempests. Or it's due to perspective of the photos. I'm not quite sure either. mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 IMO the issue is not in the length of the u.c. legs or the wider wheels. It’s in the RAKE of the main u.c. which is much more pronounced on the real plane as you can see on this composite photo. (Sorry for the wobbly red lines but, hey we’re not on that other forum ) Anyhow yours is an excellent rendition of a Tempest V series 1. Congratulations! Cheers, Quang Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 If you look at the angle of the bottom of the u/c doors to the ground gives a clue that they need to project forward a bit more. Sorry it's a really excellent Tempest in all other respects. Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 50 minutes ago, quang said: IMO the issue is not in the length of the u.c. legs or the wider wheels. It’s in the RAKE of the main u.c. which is much more pronounced on the real plane as you can see on this composite photo. (Sorry for the wobbly red lines but, hey we’re not on that other forum ) Anyhow yours is an excellent rendition of a Tempest V series 1. Congratulations! Cheers, Quang 9 minutes ago, Panzerwomble said: If you look at the angle of the bottom of the u/c doors to the ground gives a clue that they need to project forward a bit more. Sorry it's a really excellent Tempest in all other respects. Yes you are right ,it seems that its angle not correct. Well not sure that is it possible to fixe it Thanks for the clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Your model is excellent and doesn’t need to be fixed. You can only make it worse. Don’t tell me, I know! Citadelgrad and Tolga ULGUR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, quang said: Your model is excellent and doesn’t need to be fixed. You can only make it worse. Don’t tell me, I know! Thanks quang Citadelgrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Hi again In the beginning I thought I can live with this wrong landing gear angle, but later I change my mind I decided to fix it. Great courage. So I have got a pair of new main landing leg. Thanks god the wheels came off easily from the landing gear struts. And here is the result. I think it looks much better than before Happy modelling dennismcc, Out2gtcha, aircare84 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 You made a very good Tempest even better. Well done. Awesome model. Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Very good, now it stands correctly on the ramp! I hate to touch again a model I condidered completed, respect! Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Looks amazing, what a brave move. Can you share what you did to fix it? Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Excellent and brave fix! I've had to do similar things in the past, but only when absolutely necessary, and was a bigtime risk. Your gamble has paid off handsomely! Well done Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 3:30 PM, Gerhard said: You made a very good Tempest even better. Well done. Awesome model. 20 hours ago, mc65 said: Very good, now it stands correctly on the ramp! I hate to touch again a model I condidered completed, respect! 17 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Excellent and brave fix! I've had to do similar things in the past, but only when absolutely necessary, and was a bigtime risk. Your gamble has paid off handsomely! Well done Thanks for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 18 hours ago, Citadelgrad said: Looks amazing, what a brave move. Can you share what you did to fix it? Thank you. First I removed wheel bay doors and then the wheels from the landing gear struts. Luckily wheels came off easily without damage The landing gear struts slot is not completely closed, it is like a small pool with open sides. T-shaped struts fit here. So it wasn't too hard to remove. But the struts were broken during this work. So I borrowed a pair of landing gear struts from another Tempest box. That s all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I felt really rotten for mentioning anything afterwards I'm glad you managed to fix it . That's a cracking Tempest , and unlike mine languishing on the SOD , finished ! Bravo sir ! Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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