Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 23 Administrators Share Posted March 23 Now that I’m reading into RAF material, I might as well start this kit. Got it from Cees Broere years ago, so that obligates me to build it. Bought the expensive Napier Sabre engine yesterday (95€!) and got a shitload of sets today. Only need to get the gunbays and some other stuff. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 My very favourite subject (after Spitfires) so I will be interested to see how you tackle this one. Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bomber_County Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 This was my second ever 1/32 kit, it was an interesting experience……..mainly due to my lack of building skills at the time………might just have another crack at it…….following along with interest….. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 25 Author Administrators Share Posted March 25 19 hours ago, Bomber_County said: This was my second ever 1/32 kit, it was an interesting experience……..mainly due to my lack of building skills at the time………might just have another crack at it…….following along with interest….. Special Hobby kits sure can be challenging! Not much of this kit will be used in my build :)))) All panels will be opened and left off. The Napier Sabre engine should land on my doorstep today. Already looked at some online reviews. Always thought it was a one piece resin chunk. But alas... many small parts to clean up and assemble. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 27 Author Administrators Share Posted March 27 If you think the engine is one solid chunk of resin. Think again… 11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Wow, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 31 Author Administrators Share Posted March 31 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. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Nice find👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Holy schmolie! What a project this is going to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 11 Author Administrators Share Posted April 11 Just got this amazing book. A real must have! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Jeroen, how do you find the various aircraft parts that you incorporate into your build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 14 Author Administrators Share Posted April 14 2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Jeroen, how do you find the various aircraft parts that you incorporate into your build? Everywhere and nowhere. Just scored some Whirlwind crash parts. Need to verify their authenticity if possible. Got those from Ebay. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy the Sheep Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 The Tempest is one of my favourite aircrafts, the peculiarities of the Napier Sabre engine are fascinating and this is going to be a very interesting build. Enough reasons to pull up a chair and follow your progresses, Jeroen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 27 Author Administrators Share Posted April 27 39 minutes ago, Andy the Sheep said: The Tempest is one of my favourite aircrafts, the peculiarities of the Napier Sabre engine are fascinating and this is going to be a very interesting build. Enough reasons to pull up a chair and follow your progresses, Jeroen. At the moment still collecting books, reference and some more upgrades. Thnx! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted April 28 Author Administrators Share Posted April 28 Just got this: WW2 RAF HAWKER TEMPEST A5 SELF ADHESIVE BOOKPLATE BOOKPLATE HAS BEEN SIGNED 9 HAWKER TEMPEST PILOTS RON POTTINGER 3 SQD KEN REEVE 247 SQD KEN KNEEN 41-26 SQDS DEREK TAPSON 197 SQD JOHN BYRNE 197 SQD JOHN THORBURN 80 SQD JACK HODGES 174 SQD DAVID INCE 193-257 SQDS FRANK WHEELER 174 SQD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 10 Author Administrators Share Posted May 10 Got more goodies. almost ready to start! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 13 Author Administrators Share Posted May 13 First part is cleaned. Beware: if you’re planning on using the nose fuel tank set AND the engine set. Be sure to use the firewall from the nose fuel set and not the one provided in the engine set. The latter only has detail on the front. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 17 Author Administrators Share Posted May 17 Started cleaning up the first parts. Very time consuming and delicate work. The firewall already has 16 parts attached to it. This will take some time! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 28 Author Administrators Share Posted May 28 Cleaned up all the parts for the first few steps. Then i discovered some misaligned casting on the engine block. Wrote and email to Special Hobby. They replied swiftly and sent me a replacement straight away. Great customer service! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 5 Author Administrators Share Posted June 5 Started with the engine bearers. You need to be very careful in lining these up properly 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 8 Author Administrators Share Posted June 8 Engine bearers now properly alligned. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 8 Author Administrators Share Posted June 8 Just visited Cees Broere and was treated to a few great reference books. Almost ready to go full speed on this build. Which is snail pace in my world. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 10 Author Administrators Share Posted June 10 Lots of tiny parts. A real gem. I hope 😬 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 11 Author Administrators Share Posted June 11 A bit frustrated with the Special Hobby engine which turns out to be special indeed. In the sense that the back of the replaced engine block is completely misformed and also a little misalligned. I have decided to even use the original block which i had replaced. A lot of careful filling and shaping will need to be done. Also: some small parts are missing of the casting blocks. I will have to scratch those. Pretty dissatisfied with this expensive set. I’ll fix it but it will take a lot of time. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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