JeroenPeters

This will do.

First sketch of the antenna wire fairing

Question for Gunnar. The teardrop inlet for the radio wore that goes to the TR9D radio on the model is wrong so i deleted it. First of all it should be offset to the port side so it would fit between two stringers. And the shape is off. Looking at pics it has a flat rear and seems to have a flange. A lower inset. If that makes sense. Do you have a proper drawing or photo?

Building the whirlwind next to the tempest required more room. Cees Broere said: get a second desk. So i made a corner desk. If i had the room i’d get a third desk.

Pit as good as done. One thing missing from the Quinta set is the oxy regulator on the right sidewall. I took that of the Kitsworld set.

After some matt varnish. Perfect for some additional washes and scratches. Getting close to closing the fuselage.

Busy with the HGW harnesses. This usually takes me three evenings. Almost done. Just need to drape and glue the straps into position. And then seal it all in with matt varnish, followed by a wash. The drawing shows an early Sutton harness and how it was attached. No Whirlwind but probably quite similar.

Working on the Seat going by reference material. You can see how the early sutton harness is attached to the seat. I love using the AK weathering pencils to get a worn look. The leather will get some more lighter areas along the edges.

Slowly getting there. Next up: HGW seatbelts

Everywhere and nowhere. Just scored some Whirlwind crash parts. Need to verify their authenticity if possible. Got those from Ebay.

Just got this amazing book. A real must have!

This is my favorite part. Adding life to the pit. Still a long way to go.

Slowly bringing life to the cockpit.

Started adding the Quinta decals and some washes. Lot’s more work to be done!

Started to put it all together and add wiring.

Alclad white aliminium with a bit of chrome is on.

Primed the inside of the fuselage. Check out the Kitsworld detail set. I havent touched it but it’s starting to fall apart. Really poor quality. I would recommend the Quinta Studio set.

Love it!

Pretty happy with my new radio print

First cockpit green.

Reprinted the radio. Perfect now. Also started painting the cockpit with some black pre shade.

It all seems to fit. might reprint the radio, since some supports ruined some details.

All fitted. A real pain but hopefully worth the effort. I’ll now scratch the panel and face the same dilemma the whirlwind fighter project faces: what was printed on the information panel inside the hatch?

Managed to find a rare fuel gauge from a Hawker Tempest. The Tempest had two. The upper one showing the nose tank contents and the bottom one (with two dials) showing the wing tanks contents.

Installing the frame (which needed trimming…) and stringers.