Westland Whirlwind Mk.I, P7111, flown by FL L.H. Bartlett

[JeroenPeters]

Hi all,

after about 1.5 years in the making, I can call her done.
I had this idea in my head of building this plane with exposed engines and guns. The guns are easy, since they are included in the High Tech version of the Special Hobby kit. The engines however were a whole different story. 
I came into contact with a dutch 3d artist, who some time ago drew the Rolls Royce Peregrine engines for the Westland Whirlwind Fighter Project in the UK. His name is René Peters. He allowed me to use his excellent drawing to print a couple of engines for my build. So a big thank you to him!

Another big Thank you goes to Gunnar Olsen and Cees Broere for all their technical tips, info and feedback. Especially since RAF is not my main focus. 

The base is printed on transparent acrylic and has a signed photo of Leonard Bartlett underneath.

Here's what else I did:

- 3D drew the radio compartment and hatch
- Added a VacForm canopy and windshield
- 3D drew the antenna outlet on the spine
- 3D drew the exhausts and engine bearers and firewalls
- Added HGW harnesses
- Used 1manarmy masks. A must!!
- Added resin wheels
- Drew my own code masks|
- 3D drew the spinner back plates
- 3D drew the ailerons
- Seperated the flaps (this was quite a challenge!)
- Seperated the forward slats, 3D drew them and extended them
- Scratched the wingtip extended nav lights.

Build topics here.

 

[FullArmor]

Great👍. It must have been a challenging but rewarding project.

[Martinnfb]

Exceptional result, I am glad you persevered all the way to this phenomenal finish. 

Cheers

Martin

[KevinM]

Fantastic results Jeroen and if you go campaigning with it it will be a show stopper!!

[belugawhaleman]

Outstanding build!! Well done😀

[denders]

Jeroen, I saw a FB post by Special Hobby about your build.

[Alan_G]

Just beautiful

[Rod Bettencourt]

I know I commented on LSP, but seeing this again, so good. Again congrats on this build.

 

Rod

[JeroenPeters]

On 10/15/2025 at 5:00 AM, denders said:

Jeroen, I saw a FB post by Special Hobby about your build.

I saw it too. I remember contacting them about over a year ago asking whether they were interested in  buying the 3D models of the engine to produce their own update set. But they were not. Glad they at least liked the finished product!

And it's not that I wanted to make money of this. The engine itself was drawn by someone from the Westland Whirlwind Fighter Project and he would have been compensated. Ah well.

[Count0]

Nice work on a seriously weird looking airplane.