1/32 PCM Tempest V

[Guest]

Thanks Polux, it's a welcome opinion! I was thinking something similar. I'm always happy to have a view from a fresh pair of eyes, I've been looking at the damned thing for weeks!I'm going to apply a bit of "antique bronze" very subtly which should brighten them up a bit.

I've got plenty of time before I fit them, which may not be a good thing

Cheers

Steve

Yes had the same thing with the bezel on the Lysander motor it looked dead after matt varnish. Gave it a thin coat of satin & it came alive but without looking obvious.

Laurie

[stona]

I cracked and took off the masking.







It's obviously a bit pristine but I'm fairly pleased with it so far!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Looking great so far!

[Ian M]

Looks good from here Steve.

Ian M

[Guest]

Looks very 'clean' and good to me!

Polux

[tr1ckey66]

Nice build Steve. Scheme looks really crisp (as they tend to do at this stage) but I'm sure after a few restrained washes etc the effect will calm down and you'll have yet another stunner for us.

Cheers

P

[Vaughan]

[stona]

Cheers chaps. It does look a bit too clean at this stage. I've sprayed the walkways this morning and will leave the model alone for a while before going on to decals and weathering.



They were sprayed with a dark grey rather than black. I don't want them to match the newly applied "invasion stripes".

Not much else to get on with on this one in the mean time, I may have to start something else

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Steve your motoring on this one! The Komet was 10 days, 11 for the FW190 and now your only up to 13 days on the Tempest(Roman watch out). A very clean build but I'm sure you will weather it down a bit. So whats the next project?

[stona]

I fancy the PCM Fw 190 A. Problem is that I have a rear canopy but no windscreen in the spares and neither in the box! I may liberate a windscreen from a previously built Fw 190.

As it happens I have to visit the loft to fit a new upstairs landing light on SWMBO's orders which is a perfect excuse!

The Hobbyboss Spitfire is tempting too, though the prospect of a correction set at 40 something euros is making my eyes water a bit.

I won't be mucking up the Tempest too much. This is how it looked some time shortly after June 6th.



Cheers

Steve

[flyjoe180]

Great progress Steve, nice to see someone else using enamels too.

[stona]

Great progress Steve, nice to see someone else using enamels too.

Always Joe, until they ban them.

Each to their own, I'm not trying to suggest that I'm right and anybody else is wrong, but I find them easier and much more controllable and very much more sympathetic to approximate thinning which is all I do. I have tried acrylic paints of various types, I persisted for a couple of years, but finally gave up and reverted to what I know best.

I'm lucky to have an area to work in which doesn't cause anybody else problems and I have a very good spray booth/extractor.

Cheers

Steve

[Dave W]

I use enamels and acrylics myself.Depends what I have to hand.

[colin m]

I can't believe how far you've got with this one. Great effort and great result so far.

I use acrylics now, but when I have to use enamels (as in it's the only suitable colour I've got to hand) something inside me is quite happy !

[stona]

JN808 has now been given an identity with the application of the decals. They are very nice, by Cartograph, and went on trouble free.



I shall treat them overnight and then on to the home run!

Cheers

Steve