This is the 1/32 scale kit from Pacific Coast Models. There is a build thread here for those interested to see how the kit goes together.
http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/1-32-pcm-tempest-v.19965/
I've attempted Remy van Lierde's aircraft. More on this Belgian airman here.
http://www.hawkertempest.se/vanlierde.htm
Here's the original.
Here's mine, without the canopy cover and the dead flat terrain of Newchurch on the Romney Marshes.
This is around the 17th June 1944. No 3 Squadron and the rest of 150 Wing had been put on alert to deal with the V-1 attacks which had just started. Van Lierde would eventually be credited with 40, his first was shot down on the 17th. The weather was a little better on this weekend and five other pilots were also successful.
More pictures.
A vain attempt to show all the lovely photo-etch in the cockpit.
This kit makes a great looking Tempest. It doesn't leap off the sprues and throw itself together but the fit is generally good. You will get to practice cleaning up flash on just about all the injection moulded parts, but that's a minor quibble.
I wouldn't suggest it as a first kit but anyone with a few under their belt would have no need to approach this with trepidation.
I forgot to say that this is out of the box except for the pull down step which I've borrowed from a Hurricane and the whip aerial on top of the fuselage which is made from a bristle and white glue.
Cheers
Steve
http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/1-32-pcm-tempest-v.19965/
I've attempted Remy van Lierde's aircraft. More on this Belgian airman here.
http://www.hawkertempest.se/vanlierde.htm
Here's the original.
Here's mine, without the canopy cover and the dead flat terrain of Newchurch on the Romney Marshes.
This is around the 17th June 1944. No 3 Squadron and the rest of 150 Wing had been put on alert to deal with the V-1 attacks which had just started. Van Lierde would eventually be credited with 40, his first was shot down on the 17th. The weather was a little better on this weekend and five other pilots were also successful.
More pictures.
A vain attempt to show all the lovely photo-etch in the cockpit.
This kit makes a great looking Tempest. It doesn't leap off the sprues and throw itself together but the fit is generally good. You will get to practice cleaning up flash on just about all the injection moulded parts, but that's a minor quibble.
I wouldn't suggest it as a first kit but anyone with a few under their belt would have no need to approach this with trepidation.
I forgot to say that this is out of the box except for the pull down step which I've borrowed from a Hurricane and the whip aerial on top of the fuselage which is made from a bristle and white glue.
Cheers
Steve
, but i love the look of the kit and the way you have finished it, very neat clean job with loads of detail
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