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| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 14-Oct-19 09:04 |  | | Views : 434 | |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 14-Oct-19 09:03 |  | | Views : 386 | |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 14-Oct-19 09:03 |  | | Views : 347 | |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 14-Oct-19 09:02 |  | | Views : 386 | | I haven’t posted much recently on the Tempest. Nice summer weather in the Pacific NW has kept me outside most of the summer, but now that things are turning wet again, back to inside hobbies! Since I last posted, I finished painting the Identification Stipes, decals, and panel lines. The decals were a pain. I tried to use the decals in the kit but they were just too then and old. So I created my own decals in PhotoShop and printed them out on waterslide inkjet paper. Much better results! When I put decals down, I spray the surface with gloss to give it a good surface to adhere to, then overspray with flat. I tried using Tamiya clear for the overspray and it really messed up the finish. Not sure if it reacted with the paint below, or something else, but it was a mess. So reading how many of you finish your models, I decided to overspray the top and sides (left the bottom flat) with a Krylon Satin finish. It’s an interesting effect. I’m not sure I like it as much on a stick and tissue model because it accentuates all he stringers. But I can see this being really good looking on a model that have been filled in. I’m going to leave it like this for now. Panel lines were done with black or gray colored felt tip drafting pens. Usually 0.3 or 0.1. I created templates from paper for the Gear doors, elevator, ailerons, rudder and flaps so that they are consistent. Next is to finish the propeller (I’ll post that journey soon!), attaching the canopy, and weathering. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 12-Aug-19 08:58 |  | | Views : 428 | | Also put the base coat of Testers flat white latex enamel for the identification strips. This isn’t a D-Day aircraft. Starting in summer of 1944, to make this aircraft (also Typhoons) easier for ground defenses to identify, white and black strips where painted on the bottoms of the wings in a white, black white, black, white pattern. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 12-Aug-19 08:50 |  | | Views : 502 | | Starboard view |
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| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 12-Aug-19 08:49 |  | | Views : 407 | | Port side view |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 12-Aug-19 08:49 |  | | Views : 405 | | I then applied the J.A. Green after masking with blue tape. After pulling the tape, I found that I didn’t quite get all the gray on the model that I should have, so I went back and created tracing paper masks and resprayed the gray. Lesson learned here…paint the entire mode with the base color! It’s not light I’m flying this plane and need to save weight! I did get one advantage from this in that it created a soft edge between the two colors, which looks more realistic (to my eye) than the very hard edge of tape. I plan to “weather” this paint some, so I’m not worried about the inconsistent results as much as I would if this was just out of the paint barn. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 12-Aug-19 08:44 |  | | Views : 473 | | I found this site (http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/indetail/colours) that has the colors and the Federal Stock numbers for the Tempest. After going to my local Hobby store, I picked up some Tamiya Light Sea Gray (XF-25) and J.A. Green (XF-13) which appeared to be the closest matches. Probably not spot on, but will do for this application. I penciled in the outline of the camo and then I applied the Sea Gray over the top of Vallejo Base Gray primer. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:37 |  | | Views : 725 | | Note that fairings have been added. This was done with laser jet printer paper, attached with and covered by eze dope. |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:35 |  | | Views : 455 | |
| edtherenderman | West Wings Hawker Tempest | Build | 31-Jul-19 15:34 |  | | Views : 402 | |
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