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Hi Guys, Today Cees and myself went to the yearly KMK Modelshow in Belgium. A treat. As always. 10:00 arrival. Ordering two large pints to steady the hands. Lots of vendors, demo's, models, tools and tasty sandwiches. I did not take a lot of pics and the pics I did take were taken with the iPhone. But thanks to the beers, they are pretty steady. First off we talked to a guy who modeled a Hotchkiss tank in the computer and has them printed out 3D through Shapeways. AMAZING detail!!! Wow.. For a comparison he put his parts next to Bronco's and Trumpeters' offering. The white / transparant is 3D printed. The spring in the Bogeys actually worked. And here are some random shots of stuff that attracted my attention: Scale 1:16:
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those demarcation lines are awesome.. Really tight masking too. Impressed.
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Hi Jamme, I know you are right and i'll wait. I just cant help myself! Why depict the antenna as a doughnut? Its just as easy to draw it to scale. Ok. I won't say anymore. (Why draw moulded on spark wires? Thats even more work than making them fine or leaving them off.) You did not read this.
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Ok. I'm going to do something i usually never do but lookin at the 3D renderings it looks as if this thing is smaller scale. Look at the engine mount detail, spark wires, pit detail and antenna on the spine. Weird..
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Soooo.... the inevitable question: Did Dragon sell both the 163 and 335?
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HGW 1:32 Sopwith Snipe 'Super Detail Sets'
JeroenPeters replied to James H's topic in Aircraft Reviews
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Eeehhh..... Wow! I knew of the two gifted DH9's to India and the restoration project, but this movie is just great. Thnx for the heads up! Cheers, Jeroen
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ME-163 Cockpit Progress
JeroenPeters replied to efrick's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Nice work there! I made this pit too some time ago. Remember it fitting not that great. How's your fit?? Cheers! Jeroen -
Hi Dave, Lovely work. This has nothing much to do with your build, but i just wanted to share this with you: http://www.marceldulong.com/c7.html How cool is that?
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Special Hobby 1:32 Morane-Saulnier Type N "RFC Service"
JeroenPeters replied to Grant's topic in Aircraft Reviews
Nice review Grant! I've always felt an urge to get my hands on one of these. Sweet kit by the looks of it. Well done! -
Great review James! 'Finger' licking good! This set indeed is awesome and adds a lot of detail to visible places. Cheers, Jeroen
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Wie bitte?? I actually think the white scheme is one of the most difficult to pull off. Especially if you're a slob like me
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That looks sweet! Görings plane. Tempting!
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Including ammo drums! Can't believe my luck!! This is great news...
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Scale Model Challenge 2013, October 13th, 2013, Veldhoven
JeroenPeters replied to One-Oh-Four's topic in Modelling Discussion
See you there!- 3 replies
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Revell 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (Early and Late)
JeroenPeters replied to Mikester's topic in Aircraft Reviews
Wow! What an amazing review!! Congrats and compliments. Cheers, Jeroen -
Pacific Coast Models 1/32 Tempest MK.V Review
JeroenPeters replied to JeroenPeters's topic in Aircraft Reviews
Hi Nick, Here you go: http://doogsmodels.com/2013/05/24/pcms-upcoming-132-tempest-first-pics/pcm-32016-tempest-colour-guide/ Seems like not only Google is your friend... So are your fellow staff members -
Pacific Coast Models 1/32 Tempest MK.V Review
JeroenPeters replied to JeroenPeters's topic in Aircraft Reviews
Hi Grant, thnx. I posted it but it was really a joined effort by Cees and me. It really is a nice kit. Cheers, Jeroen -
Happy BirthDave!
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Van harte!! See you tonight! Cheers, Jeroen
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1:32 Hawker Tempest MK.V Short Run Injected Plastic, Photo-etch and Resin Manufacturer: Pacific Coast Models Catalogue # PCM32016 Available directly from Pacific Coast Models (www.pacmodels.com) Finally, a Hawker Tempest in our scale! The wait has been long but now we have a 1/32 kit of the Hawker Tempest V. Since it hit the shops early july it has been subjected to a lot of webdiscussion. Talk about loose and damaged parts, wings and fuselage halves being warped, non-fitting radiator inserts and spinners etc. It seemed like this kit was rushed to get it in the shops as soon as possible. The Tempest was dead in the water before it even had a chance to be fully appreciated. This review is intended as an unbiased in box review of PCM’s latest offering. What’s in the box? The kit comes packed in a large box with artwork showing a Tempest overflying a steamtrain. The box is is big enough to contain three kits. Our sample was packed in a zip-lock plastic bag. The transparency sprue is separately packaged avoiding damage. The parts count is surprisingly low for such a large model. despite this the interior detail is quite comprehensive with various levers, fittings etc. Photo-etch is included care of Eduard. This consist of coloured instrument panels, consoles, trimwheels, chains, seatbelt and non-coloured oval radiator faces. Resin parts are provided for the rudder pedals, exhausts with hollowed out ends and wheelbays. The designers really do know their Tempests. ] Oversized box The oversized box allows the parts to shift. This could cause parts to come loose from their sprues. In our example the chair and radiator back plate came loose. The plastic The plastic parts have been made by Sword and come in dark grey thickish plastic. Being limited run low pressure injected there is quite some flash but that is unavoidable with this kind of kit. Some hefty sprue gate towers show this. Most parts must be cleaned up to remove moulding seams or flash. The plastic is what we have come to expect from PCM and that is a good thing. Not too soft and not too brittle. It's easy to work with .This is no shake and bake kit though, and should be treated as such to avoid disappointment. If you want an easy kit then this is not for you. Panel lines These look very good compared with the various drawings. They are a bit on the heavy side but a coat of paint (or light saniding of the surface) should make them less obvious. The elevator and aileron separation lines are a bit faint. They could have been deeper. Apart from some areas such as inspection hatches and the starboard inboard leading edge there are no rivets. Aside from this the oiltank was located in the port side leading edge and had a distinctive rivet pattern which is nicely rendered here. The cockpit It is very well furnished with almost nothing left out. The basic framework is present with the various consoles, boxes, chains etc. The seat has the characteristic quilted backpad and adjusting levers. Controlcolumn and rudderpedals are rendered in plastic and resin and looks good.The attention to detail is impressive as even the undercarriage emergency kick-down pedals are included. Although not much can be seen through the small cockpit opening. Some points are noted below: Gunsight The Tempest did not use a gunsight with reflector glass. The graticule projected directly onto the windscreen. A primitive head up display. This has been correctly depicted in resin in the kit. See photo below. Also in this photo are the resin rudder pedals. Nicely detailed. Heelboards There’s been some controversy recently about the heelboards sloping or not. They are in fact sloping down towards the nose. The pilot would push them down. Fuselage The Tempest is a large aircraft and it shows. The rudder is separate and can be positioned at an angle. The radiator intake consist of a large oval opening. Herein the radiator assembly needs to be fitted. This is detailed with photo-etch parts.But it's the standard radiator core, no cuckoo doors are provided. After D-Day various dust filters were tried in the field. The radiator shutter flap is fixed. This should be cut out and fitted with an actuator (not provided). There was no warping present on our sample. However a dry fit is recommended before glueing. The wings These are large mouldings consisting of five parts. Two upperwing halves and three underwing parts. There was no warping present on our sample. There are no separate flaps or ailerons. The aileron hinge is not pronounced enough. This version has the earlier long barreld cannon shrouds making it a series II. The shell ejection openings are moulded as shallow indentations. For realism they should be filed out. In the two outer wings a lamp is fitted. The pitot tube is provided as a separate part. Exhausts No need for after market or hollowing out plastic yourself (which can be exhausting . The resin exhausts are nice. Thin edges. Sharp detail. Weld beads lines. Spinners and propeller Two spinners are available in the kit but one propeller The shorter version was used on earlier airframes and the longer version on later airframes. But it is possible that these were retrofitted to earlier airframes as well. The Tempest V used De Havilland Hydromatic or Rotol variable pitch constant speed four bladed propellers. The kit has four separate blades and a hub. This is the De Havilland version. They look a bit think with flash. When choosing your aircraft check which spinner is needed. Canopy The windscreen and canopy shape are well rendered with good clarity. One thing missing is the flared rear that blends it into the fuselage lines. The surface detail is sharp which makes it easy to mask. The Tail The tailplanes are in two pieces but no separate elevators. According to photographs the elevators did not droop. The elevator hinge is not pronounced enough. A point of note: Navigationlights rear stabilizer There’s something missing in the instructions. The tail navigation lights are located in the wingroot fairings. The kit has the cutouts in this area. The transparency sprue has two spurious items numbered CP2 which seem to fit here. The instructions however do not mention these in stage 26. Droptank One cool feature that at first had me scratching my head are the droptank fairings. You will find them on the transparent sprue. Cees however found this logical since many of these were made of transparant accetate. On the inside reinforcement strips were visible. You'll find these on the small decal sheet. See photo above of transparent sprue. See photo below of small decal sheet with reinforcement strips. With the fairing being transparent you may want to add some fuel lines. See diagram below. Gear(bay) The geardoors are depicted quite nicely and have (almost) all the details you may expect in this scale. Rivets, reinforcements, strips, etc.. For the accuracy nuts: Some additional rivets could be added and the structural holes on the bottom of the door don't match up. The maintenance hatch shown open in the photo below is depicted on the outside of the door, but not on the inside. However: not much surface detail would show. All in all, it's an accurate door. The wheelbays are provided as one large resin casting with good detail. Care is needed fitting these into the wing. Check twice before glueing. Some kits had badly warped wheelbays but ours was flat as it should be. When warped they can be straightened in hot water, Resin has a memory. The undercarriage legs are provided in one piece. They look basic but acceptable and should look good with the finely detailed undercarriage doors. Wheels The wheels have the correct four cavity wheel hubs and are of the smooth version. Later Tempest had block thread tyres. The wheels themselves look to be a bit undersized and too fat in cross-section. According to photographs the side walls should be flatter with a thinner cross-section. I have no detailed drawing of the wheels themselves, but then Barracuda Details hit the market with new resin replacement wheels. When seeing these wheels next to the PCM wheels, you can clearly see a difference. All I could do was comparing the Hyperscale photo's to an actual Tempest wheel photo and it looks like Barracuda Details is more accurate. A pity these Barracuda Details wheels did not make it into the kit, but if this is the only after market you need to get, you're still not spending big bucks. Tailwheel The Tempest uses a characteristic anti-shimmy tailwheel. The groove inside prevented the tailwheel from oscillating causing structural failure. The kit correctly depicts this. The rim is closely fitted against the tyre. Sprue shots Our sample had little flash and practically no sink marks. Not even on the props where you'll often find them. The gear legs are pretty complex for a WW2 fighter and need to be carefully cleaned up with a sharp blade. Decals One big decals carrier is supplied as well as a colour printed booklet showing the different schemes. The sheet covers 5 individual aircraft. The semigloss decals are perfect in register and printed by Cartograf. Easiest way to check the register is to look at the outer border of a roundel. Colours are on the mark too and from experience I know the PCM decals respond well to Micro Set and Micro Sol. Photo etch 'Missing' parts What we did not find in the kit is the retractable step situated in the lower part of the fuselage. Easy to scratch though. Here's a detail pic to help out. On late production airframes the starboard fuselage just behind the cockpit there should be a static pressure plate. This was unpainted aluminium or steel. It is not certain to us if all airframes had this.(See photo below - source: www.iwm.org.uk) So check your references. Overall shape The airframe in the box looks good and certainly captures the brutish look op the Tempest very well. Panel lines match the drawings from the reference books we used (see below). We however did not scale these to 1/32 to see how the matched up as this is an inbox review. We did however check the total length and width. The Tempest had a 41 foot span (1249,68 cm). Scale this down to 1/32th scale and that gives you 39 cm. This matches the kit! Construction This being a limited run kit, presents the usuall 'pitfalls' and attention areas. First of all: limited run kits often do not feature locating pins. This means a bit more dry fitting and extra attention when glueing. One tip when fitting the wings: I find it easier to first glue the top wing to the fuselage, before glueing the bottom wing to the top wings. This almost always eliminates gaps in the wingroots. Thickness in plastic may vary between models. Therefor it may well be possible that your wheelwell needs sanding to be able to fit between the lower wings and upper wings, while someone else on some forum has no problem at all fitting it all in. Which brings me to the radiator. In our sample the radiator fits snug between the fuselage halves. If yours doesn't you may need to trim / sand 1/32 inch around the edges. And last but certainly not least: the short chord spinner is not right. If you are choosing a scheme which uses that (most do), contact Pacific Coast Models. Sword (who supplies the plastic parts) have corrected the spinner and bulk head. Further: make sure your example does not have any warpage. If so: contact Pacific Coast Models. Reference used in this review The Hawker Page by Christer Landberg (thanks Christer for you assistance) Hawker Tempest Mks I, V, II, VI, TT Mks 5,6 4+ Publications The Hawker Tempest by Richard Franks Airframe & Miniature No.4 Verdict The Tempest is a beast of a plane, which becomes apparent when opening the box. Even though the box is pretty much oversized. I have built several PCM kits, so I know the standard of plastic, resin, PE and decals. This kit, even with some flaws, surpasses all of them in terms of research, surface detail and attention to detail (like the transparent drop tank fairings and gun sight that correctly uses the front windshield as reflector). Yes the wheels are a bit donut shaped and you might want to get Barracuda Details resin ones'. Yes, you might have to check if your kit has no warpage or wrong spinner, but if your kit is like our example you now have no excuse whatsoever to finally build your Large Scale Tempest. We can recommend this kit and would like to give it a 7.5 out of 10. One last tip: when ordering it from overseas: ask the store / reseller to put some soft packaging foam / material inside the box. That way you can snip the parts out of the sprues yourself Thanks to Ken Lawrence from Pacific Coast Models for choosing to cover this subject and providing us with the review sample. Cees Broere and Jeroen Peters
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Special Hobby 1/32 Hawker Tempest Mk.V (SH32049)
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WnW DH9.a Ninak Finished!
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WnW DH9.a Ninak Finished!
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Hi Matt, You are right. I only adjusted the last pic in photoshop, but then realised i liked the blue toned pics more and left it like that. Gives an eerie atmosphere- 15 replies
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