That cockpit does look very good Steve if the rest of the kit is anything to go by it should build into quite a stunner
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Beautiful work Steve.Comment
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Very nice aircraft. Built a 1/72 Typoon the brother of Tempest & they both look what they are an unhealthy machine if you are the enemy.
During my youthful age about 6 saw a Tempest tip over a doodle bug over the Chessington area..
LaurieComment
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That cockpit looks excelent SteveComment
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Cockpit looks brilliant steve , what is it youre not happy with regarding the harness , is it the prominent stitching ? maybe a wash of the harness colour would fade it a little? cheers tonyComment
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History alert!!Originally posted by \
The first pilot to "tip" a V-1 was Flight Sergeant A.C.Drew flying a Tempest of No.56 Squadron, the third and final Tempest squadron to become part of the Newchurch wing. He did this having expended all his ammunition shooting down two other V-1s on 26th July (1944). Sadly he was killed three days later when he flew into the ground in low cloud.
The more usual method was to shoot down the bomb from directly astern. Squadron Leader Beamont had his cannon and later those of his entire wing, synchronised at a point 250 or 300 yards ahead of the aircraft, depending which account you read. This caused friction with 11 Group as it was unauthorised and not officially cleared but Beamont literally stuck to his guns. He was proven correct by the outstanding success that he (credited with 30) and his pilots (500 in July) enjoyed.
There were other instances of "tipping" or "toppling" V-1s. There is a famous rather grainy image of a Spitfire doing just that.
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Good idea Tony, I might just do that. I was going to matt it down a bit anyway. The stitching is OTT and it's a bit shiny, not as realistic as the RB paper ones I usually use.Originally posted by \
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Indeed the first 'kill' for a meteor was just such a thing , FO Dean tipping over a V1 after his cannons jammed .It wasnt really condoned ,in fact Dean got a rollocking for causing slight damage to the wingtip of his meteor. tonyOriginally posted by \History alert!! The first pilot to "tip" a V-1 was Flight Sergeant A.C.Drew flying a Tempest of No.56 Squadron, the third and final Tempest squadron to become part of the Newchurch wing. He did this having expended all his ammunition shooting down two other V-1s on 26th July (1944). Sadly he was killed three days later when he flew into the ground in low cloud.
The more usual method was to shoot down the bomb from directly astern. Squadron Leader Beamont had his cannon and later those of his entire wing, synchronised at a point 250 or 300 yards ahead of the aircraft, depending which account you read. This caused friction with 11 Group as it was unauthorised and not officially cleared but Beamont literally stuck to his guns. He was proven correct by the outstanding success that he (credited with 30) and his pilots (500 in July) enjoyed.
There were other instances of "tipping" or "toppling" V-1s. There is a famous rather grainy image of a Spitfire doing just that.
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He did well! The Meteor achieved little success against the V-1s. The Welland turbojets were so puny that the Meteor lacked acceleration, a problem with all early jets. Beaman actually assessed a Meteor I belonging to No. 616 Squadron to see how it compared with the Tempest V in this role. His typically succinct verdict was that "it was not much good."
Jets were faster but the Tempest was the fastest piston engine fighter by a margin. On 3rd July '44 , flying with 150 grade fuel and 11lb boost, Beamont achieved 415 mph at 500 feet in a Tempest. The V-1 typically flew at 380-420 mph at altitudes up to 5,000 ft. The Tempest enjoyed a significant speed advantage over them.
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I've fixed the three sub-assemblies (cockpit, radiators, tail wheel well) to one side of the fuselage and taped the other side in position while they dry. For non habitual aircraft modellers this is a good tip. Many kits call for the sub assemblies to be attached to one fuselage half, the other half being attached later. If you don't temporarily position the two halves together you may end up with alignment issues when you eventually attempt to close everything up.
I won't beat about the bush, this was a proper jostle. Being a limited run kit there are minimal locating pins and some that should be there are so badly moulded I cut them off anyway. The only bit that slotted right intro position was the tail wheel well. The rest were very vague and needed a lot of fiddling, checking with both halves of the fuselage, more fiddling, more checking .....you get the picture!
Anyway, the result of all that is that all that painstakingly attached photo-etch and cockpit framework is now invisible, or will be when I eventually, permanently, join the two fuselage halves
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I have now zipped up the fuselage. For anyone contemplating this kit it goes together nicely, IF you ensure everything is in the right place before assembling the two halves.
As you can probably see, no filler required.
My other project has been fitting the resin wheel wells into the lower wing centre section. This has been fun. The centre section has to fit the fuselage, the a*se end of the radiator assembly and obviously the upper wings.
I must have dry fitted this a dozen times between filing and fettling sessions! The top looks like this now, thinned to almost transparent resin towards the trailing edge of the wing. The resin has been fixed in place with superglue and then strengthened with a superglue/baking soda mix.
It's a tedious job, not helped by the toxicity of the resin dust. I've been wearing a mask and it's a warm day.
Luckily the bit that will be visible looks okay.
That's it for today. I'm pondering how to go about the wing to fuselage join. The fit looks okay but I doubt that I will assemble the entire wing and attempt to attach that as per the instructions.
We'll see tomorrow with a bit of luck.
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Coming along great steve , the wells look excellent , tonyComment
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That is looking good Steve and some very nice tips also looking forward to more work from you soonComment
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Cheers fellas.
I've decided to attach the centre section c/w wheel wells to the fuselage first. I'll then add the upper wings, which go full span, followed by the outer lower section.
I've given this all a dry run and it seems to work.
Stage 1. Attach centre section.
This isn't bad and should clean up quite well. I lost the lens for the lamp in the middle and that's a replacement from clear sprue. Another good tip. It works well.
Stage 2 might be tomorrow as SWMBO has something planned for this evening!
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That is looking great Steve and some good tips thrown in for good measureComment
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