**** DONE: 1/48 Tempest MkV - Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Nice !

 

[JKim]

Jeez, that cockpit sidewall cockpit curvature is severe! Does the Tempest feature a cockpit side door? Looks like there'll only be room for the pilot's head to peak out of! Nice work on the interior Andy!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Hugh

Jeez, that cockpit sidewall cockpit curvature is severe! Does the Tempest feature a cockpit side door? Looks like there'll only be room for the pilot's head to peak out of! Nice work on the interior Andy!

No side door John. Check out how it looks with the other wall on below. Added the compass. Seat and bulkhead to be added from the back once the belts are on.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Andy.

 

[rochie]

Very nice

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

nice....

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[JKim]

That REALLY makes for a small opening doesn't it. Nice work on the pit Andy!

 

[fubar57]

Nice work Andy. No Tempest in my stash......yet!


Geo

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Geo. The availability of these kits seems to come in spurts. I remember a time they went for stupid money on E-Bay after Eduard stopped their initial production run. They then decided to make another limited production run several years ago and that's when I picked mine up. I think since then that they stopped production and maybe restarted again once more. Someone (Hello Airfix) ought to come up with the new one as, if it weren't for the additional resin and PE parts that Eduard put in the kit, this model would be pretty crude.

 

[JKim]

Did you guys hear about the new 1/32 Tempest being put out by Special Hobby (MPM/CMK)?

Special Hobby 1/32 Hawker Tempest Mk.V (SH32049) - MPM Production/CMK Models

 

[Donivanp]

Nice cockpit incredible work.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Don. John, yeah I heard about that one but 1/48 is my scale and there's nothing out there.

 

[Donivanp]

Not knowing enough on the Tempest, was it produced, like the Typhoon, in a car door style?

 

[Crimea_River]

No. All were bubble top.

 

[Donivanp]

Ok thanks, I understood they were the same basic design with different engines.

 

[Crimea_River]

The wings were completely different with the Tempest introducing a much thinner chord.