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| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:32 |  | | Views : 318 | | Note: Blue masking tape is to cover the radiator intake and exhaust as I was prepping to paint right before I took these pictures. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:30 |  | | Views : 317 | | After cutting off the nose and radiator I originally built of balsa, I fitted the new printed pieces and replaced the tissue covering. Note that there is some green filler on the printed pieces. Because of shrinkage, the parts did not fit together a closely as I wanted, so some filling was necessary. |
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| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:27 |  | | Views : 376 | | Here is where I changed my mind. I own a couple of 3D printers, and am very good at modeling in 3D software, so I decided to see if I could merge the two. Using as many reference images as I could find, I modeled the nose, radiator and exhausts in my software, then printed them out at very high resolution. This picture is of the cowling inside and out, but I also modeled and printed the radiator, air separator and air ducting to the carbs. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:24 |  | | Views : 422 | |
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