1/32 Hawker Tempest

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[Spitfire]

My very favourite subject (after Spitfires) so I will be interested to see how you tackle this one.

Cheers

Dennis

[Martinnfb]

[Bomber_County]

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…..

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

If you think the engine is one solid chunk of resin. Think again…

 

[denders]

Wow, 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[FullArmor]

Nice find👍

[ScottsGT]

Holy schmolie! What a project this is going to be. 

[JeroenPeters]

Just got this amazing book. A real must have!

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Jeroen, how do you find the various aircraft parts that you incorporate into your build? 

[JeroenPeters]

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. 
 

 

 

[Andy the Sheep]

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.

[JeroenPeters]

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!

[JeroenPeters]

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

[JeroenPeters]

Got more goodies.

almost ready to start!

 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

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!

 

[JeroenPeters]

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!

 

[JeroenPeters]

Started with the engine bearers. You need to be very careful in lining these up properly

 

[JeroenPeters]

Engine bearers now properly alligned.

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Lots of tiny parts. A real gem. I hope 😬

[JeroenPeters]

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.