Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Coming along really nice!
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Beautiful work, John. I've always thought the Sea Fury landing gear was interesting. It had a lot of travel and the hose arrangement was rather elaborate. Without two pictures its hard to see how it achieves all that motion.
Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Thanks guys!
The rear bottom joint has been filled and puttied. Rivets and panel lines have been restored.
A coat of primer (Mr Primer Surfacer 1000) has been applied to check the joint. There is a joint along the starboard fillet that has cracked due to insufficient glue.
In order to fix this joint without re-cracking, I have to do a little bit more than just apply putty. So I've gouged a small trench along the joint using my scribing tool.
The trench is filled with black CA glue.
After some more fine sanding, another coat of primer to check the area.
The rear bottom joint has been filled and puttied. Rivets and panel lines have been restored.
A coat of primer (Mr Primer Surfacer 1000) has been applied to check the joint. There is a joint along the starboard fillet that has cracked due to insufficient glue.
In order to fix this joint without re-cracking, I have to do a little bit more than just apply putty. So I've gouged a small trench along the joint using my scribing tool.
The trench is filled with black CA glue.
After some more fine sanding, another coat of primer to check the area.
John aka JKim
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
The rockets have been painted and decaled.
John aka JKim
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tempestjohnny
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
John those rockets look fantastic
Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Nice work on those seams.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Medicman71
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
You really do great work on the seams.
Mike
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Sponsored by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Saab, BAE, and Dassault
Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Thanks guys! Seam work is one of those thankless jobs that we modelers have to deal with. It's important enough,from a presentation perspective, to spend a little extra time to make those noticeable joints disappear as much as possible.
The brass flap inserts have been glued into place using extra thin CA glue.
A preliminary view of what the flaps will look like once they are installed.
The flap insert area is given a primer coat and all of the orifices have been masked with either wet tissue or tape.
I've decided to give the model an overall light primer coat to make sure I have a stable base for the metal finish to come. I'm using Mr Primer Surfacer 1000 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner.
After the primer, the base metal shade is sprayed. I am using AK Extreme Metal White Aluminum. Very similar to Alclad.
The brass flap inserts have been glued into place using extra thin CA glue.
A preliminary view of what the flaps will look like once they are installed.
The flap insert area is given a primer coat and all of the orifices have been masked with either wet tissue or tape.
I've decided to give the model an overall light primer coat to make sure I have a stable base for the metal finish to come. I'm using Mr Primer Surfacer 1000 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner.
After the primer, the base metal shade is sprayed. I am using AK Extreme Metal White Aluminum. Very similar to Alclad.
John aka JKim
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Stikpusher
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Beautiful work John! The NMF looks outstanding!
The NMF looks outstanding!"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Eduard 1/48 Hawker Tempest II
Those rockets.... oh my.... 
You're making excellent progress on this one. We'll done!!!
You're making excellent progress on this one. We'll done!!!
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn