1/32 Special Hobby Tempest

[Paulw]

I have built this kit before and I think I figured out how to sort of navigate myself around the issues that the kit poses. The last time I used the Barracuda cowl and prop set and it came out OK.





This time I am going with a mostly OOTB build Using a resin seat and 3d printed seat decals.
One of the most annoying issues is the kit cowling fit so I decided to add the cowling halves first to the fuse halves and see if I can find a fix. This is what I found.





The lap joint the is the assembly was not flush mounting. I then filed and cut away the offending area of the entire joint and was able to pull it down more closely to where it should be.




After I had the all curedI went to the next step and started assembling the pit and the inside walls. I sprayed a coat of aqua gloss and did some washes.

Ill do some more to the pit and get it finished in the next few days. I am taking this slow.









By the way, Ill drop a couple of pics to show what my previous model looked like.









Thanks for looking.

 

[jeaton01]

Good start, Paul. That's a nicely detailed cockpit.

 

[Brokeneagle]

 

[moon puppy]

Tough spot to work in. Nice job Paul.

 

[razordws]

Great start Paul, looking forward to seeing more!

 

[Piet]

 

[lupanzer]

Great job so far!

Luiz.

 

[Paulw]

Thanks for the kudos everybody.

I chose to really take my time with the pit before I cemented it into the fuse half. I only have two pics so far but I plan on getting the whole fuse sewn up today sometime which will be sometime after I do the snow removal and since we are expecting 8 to 12 inches more that might be going on for a couple of days. To me the cockpit assembly is pretty fiddly so I just let parts cure before I continued on to the finish. I was going to use the 3d seat belt decals but I chose the Eduard pe set over them because the Eduard set looks more scale to me where the decals looked more for a 48 scale subject instead of the 32 that they are.
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[jeaton01]

Great looking panel. There is a lot of "stuff" in that cockpit.

 

[moon puppy]

Great work on the office.

 

[centaur567]

Nice looking office. Gary S .XLV MMXXIV