I started building Zio's Hawker Tempest last week. It has challenged my skills nearly every step of the way, and although it's not done, I'm reasonably confident I'll be able to finish it, so I thought I'd post my progress to date. Zio's dramatic use of highlights and shadows makes for an eyecatching model, but as I've been reminded once again with this kit, he sometimes made mistakes.
I discovered the problems with the rear portion of the fuselage too late: one side has panel lines all the way to the end, the other side doesn't. Also, the placement of the rearmost vertical panel line isn't symetrical side to side. I caught a coloring problem with the vertical tail piece too, but I'll be able to repair that easily and reprint.
The Tempest had a flat wing center section with dihedral only at the outer half of each wing. This feature was captured well in the model. The double tab assembly method results in a flattened fuselage, so I had to pack it pretty tightly with tissue to get the right shape. I'm happy with the wing to fuselage joint. The integrated fairings mated up perfectly with the wing. The canopy needed trimming at the front to get it to sit down on the fuselage correctly. The 3 piece spinner is barely acceptable, not my best work.
Anyway, here's a few photos. The first 3 show the problem with the rear fuselage. The others show my progress so far.
I discovered the problems with the rear portion of the fuselage too late: one side has panel lines all the way to the end, the other side doesn't. Also, the placement of the rearmost vertical panel line isn't symetrical side to side. I caught a coloring problem with the vertical tail piece too, but I'll be able to repair that easily and reprint.
The Tempest had a flat wing center section with dihedral only at the outer half of each wing. This feature was captured well in the model. The double tab assembly method results in a flattened fuselage, so I had to pack it pretty tightly with tissue to get the right shape. I'm happy with the wing to fuselage joint. The integrated fairings mated up perfectly with the wing. The canopy needed trimming at the front to get it to sit down on the fuselage correctly. The 3 piece spinner is barely acceptable, not my best work.
Anyway, here's a few photos. The first 3 show the problem with the rear fuselage. The others show my progress so far.
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire