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Nice scratchbuilding Tom, You are not going to do the bevelled edges on the hubs then? These will hardly be seen anyway as soon as the massive undercarriage legs Are fitted. You are ahead of schedule now Cees

Yes please! Cees

Thanks for the offer Tom, Haha, that would be the same situation I started with a year ago. Will let you know. Cheers Cees

Tom, Looking great, did the bombay roof/floorpieces prove to be sturdy enough? Cees

Peter, What can be said about this masterclass in scratchbuilding. Apart from:..... Fantastic. Cees

Update, The Tempest has been given a thin coat of aluminium to represent the aluminium skinning. This will be Polished and coated with clear to seal it. This will be followed by the camouflage. Here and there The paint will be worn away to expose some aluminium as on the real thing ( I hope). But it's a start. Cees

Here's a pic of the prop. The wheelwells have received a coat of interior green. Getting there. Cees

Hi Paulo, Nice choice. The Fulcrum still has that iron curtain look about it. The cockpit looks great. Cheers Cees

Newsflash! The prop has been saved. I had to file the chord of the roots and put all blades on a short plastic rod to get them to sit a bit higher up the spinner. Looks much better. With prop on the Tempest looks huge. Painting time next. Cees

Hi Rossco, Good idea, every Kiwi should build a Tempest. I think I will undercoat it in aluminium and seal it with clear. After that camouflage will follow. I will then experiment with Wear and tear. Cees

Wish your painting was better? Yeah, right. What impresses me most ( apart from fantastic scratchbuilding) is the momentum you Keep up. Cheers Cees

Update, The airframe is together again. After the pic was taken the cavities have been filled With kitchen towel ready for a coat of paint. The windscreen has been removed as the canopy doesn't fit, to be replaced with An aftermarket item. Need to finish this one. Cees

Bumpethey bump. Any news? Cees

Thanks George, Really appreciate it. Reciprocal workings of LSM. Yeey Cees

James, The exterior has, the interior will wait until last. But as I was planning to close the canopy anyway that won't be a problem. Apart from the non fitting canopy that is. Might replace that with a Fisher or MDC canopy. While preparing the prop I noticed that the propeller blades don't fit the cut outs. The part to hold all four blades is too close to the back plate. This would tilt the blades forward, which looks ridiculous. Time to paint the thing. Cees

Does a minor set- back also count as update? While preparing for a first coat of paint I dropped the Tempest....... It landed on the hardwood floor and I saw parts flying around. The closest thing to see a Tempest fly, but I saw it lying in the bin for a second. The starboard taiplane and the rudder had broken Away. Luckily it were clean breaks. Something was rattling inside However. The dreaded image of loose cockpit parts. The control Column had broken away at the base and the shoulder belts Had come loose from the seat. The tail is complete again now, and the cockpit masked off again. Will repair it when the airframe painting is finished. Now to get some paint on. Waited too long already. Cees

Bertl, Do you heat the plastic or use a hot screwdriver or spoon? Although that must be hard to control and could melt the plastic. Cees

George, Don't forget to contact Revell about those decals. Cees

Hi Peter, Great tutorial how to scratch build an instrument panel. Something I always try to avoid, but why actually? Must be a mental thing. (mental note: must not avoid scratchbuilding insturment panels). You are setting new standards here. Cheers Cees

The instrument panel looks great, rest of the cockpit ook. Cees

Nice idea about the adapted window wipers/mixers. I use a large nail for that, cleans easily and then stir the next colour within seconds. Cees

Good to see David helping you, He is thè Hornet expert and a nice chap too. He built the cockpit including wooden structure from scratch. Cees

About exhausts in general. I have 24 years experience in wreck recovery (WW2 in the Netherlands) and have never ever seen a rusted exhaustpipe. Regardless of these were recovered from the ground or the IJsselmeer (the big lake in the middle). These were made from high quality steel. Even if made from lesser materials during WWI the heat would prevent any rust building up. As Bertl says, why not play with many colours as that is exactly what it is, the heat discolours the steel. Thanks Bertl for your tutorial. Cees

Some more work done. The cannon stubs have been ground away, the centre hole was a very convient referencepoint for a round file. Slowly but surely the hole was enlarged to the correct diameter for the beautiful Master barrels ( although the leading edges cracked on several occasions, yay superglue). Radiator fairings dry fitted. You can see the PCM fillet and the Revell counterpart. Getting there in the end I hope. Cees

Calling Mike Horina, Could you describe how you managed to marry the Matchbox/Revell wings to the PCM fuselage? There is little area to give strenght and there is a large gap between the wings and fillets. Cees