Phantom2 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) Hi! I jump right in with this kit; I have done the cockpit, no painting, so well below the 25% limit. More pictures later. Stefan Edited December 7, 2023 by Phantom2 R Palimaka, Stevepd, Dpgsbody55 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Good choice and the markings options for his aircraft are correct too, unlike a few kits on the market! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Hey ! welcome aboard, it feels good to have some company in the GB Excellent choice of topic by the way, this pilot and his aircrafts are special to me. I will follow with much interest. cheers Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) Hi All! As I said earlier, my build for this GB will be the Hawker Tempest Mk.V from Special Hobby. As I often do when starting a short-run kit, I cut loose all major parts and did a “Tape-together-build”, just to get a feeling of the fit of the major parts. The fuselage taped, no problems whatsoever, very good fit overall. …and the wings, now You´ll get a feel of how big this aircraft really are, P-47 Thunderbolt sieze! The worst and most notorious place to get a good fit usually are the join between the wing and fuselage on the underside. But it looks passable here. The fit against the wings were quite sloppy on the top side, so I cut off the fuselage bulkheds and placed them inside…. …and VOILÀ, the gaps almost disappeared! ”Fighting Face” It looks quite buildable, this will be a fun build! Stefan Edited September 5, 2023 by Phantom2 Gazzas, LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Hi All! As usual, the build started in the cockpit, It´s very detailed, but a bit fiddly to get together. The fit was very good and it was an very enjoyable experience. I cleaned up the resin parts, the seat is incredible! I managed to sand trough the seat pan, but that´s a easy fix. You get both the larger, early 5-spoke and the later smaller 4-spoke wheels and the tail wheel in resin, as well as in plastic. Perfectly detailed and very crisp, made by CMK (as all resin in this kit). The wing guns, two types of gun sight, compass, and several other small details in resin. The cockpit parts are already used as you can see on the pictures above. More to come soon.... Stefan Edited September 30, 2023 by Phantom2 LSP_Kevin, BradG, denders and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Excellent start ! It is good to see you are working on this build. Keep it up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Good start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Hi All! A few more pieces have been added to the cockpit. From what I have read, the front and propeller is somewhat off and needs correction, so I got the Barracuda Cast nose correction set. This set contains a new nose section and a completely new propeller. All parts included in the set. The parts all cleaned up and ready to go. The reason I bought this set was to get a nice, clean nose without any seams, not to correct the shapes of the thing. But when I compared the resin parts with the kit parts, I do understand why it´s needed. More to come soon! Stefan Loic, LSP_Kevin, mozart and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Good oh Stefan, love the Tempest….it’s a Hawker after all. Will you be able to paint the assembled cockpit easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Nice one, the Tempest is a favourite of mine, I recently built the PCM version and I have the same SH kit in the stash waiting it's turn, so will follow with interest. Cheers Dennis mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 hours ago, mozart said: Good oh Stefan, love the Tempest….it’s a Hawker after all. Will you be able to paint the assembled cockpit easily? Yes Mozart, That, is a question I will reply later on.... It will be not be easy, that I know, but It´s better to paint the cockpit after assembly, I know I would make a mess of it if all was pre-painted anyhow. So far the fit has been very good, this is nothing like any Special Hobby kits from several years ago, this is more like an Airfix or Eduard kit. SH have evolved something marvellous the last few years, this is more mainstream then short run! Stefan mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Hi Stefan Congrats with sharing this build, but sorry, the plane was named "Le grand Charles" http://www.gaetanmarie.com/fr/le-hawker-tempest-mk-v-le-grand-charles-de-pierre-clostermann/ Nice build, I'll follow, Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, rafju said: Hi Stefan Congrats with sharing this build, but sorry, the plane was named "Le grand Charles" http://www.gaetanmarie.com/fr/le-hawker-tempest-mk-v-le-grand-charles-de-pierre-clostermann/ Nice build, I'll follow, Thank You Yes, You are correct, I have edited the title of the thread. Thanks for the heads-up! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) The name of the plane, «Le grand Charles», refers to the General Charles de Gaulle who was big (grand) by the size, by the character, by his resilience and especially had impressed the young «Free French» what was P.Clostermann when he first met him in London. Edited December 7, 2023 by Furie Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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