Hawker TEMPEST V, Halinski, 1:33, PAPER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first of small parts in place on side panels in cockpit 

 

 

some other small parts... 

 

 

 

left panel almost complete 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cockpit taking shape 

 

 

 

slowly filling up with details 

 

 

floor panels 

 

and pedals 

 

 

 

 

 

pilot's seat 

 

 

and finally in the right place 

instrument panel 

also in the right place 

 

cockpit almost done 

lef side of the cockpit panel done 

gunsight (at least it should resemble something like that 🙂 ) 

both inner side wall panels are done and glued in place (forgot to take photo of them before gluing 🙁 ) 

it's hard to take photo of the final cockpit. I will try to get better photo over the weekend 

front end of the airplane so far 

 

now it's time to get the "outer skin" in place 

vacuform canopy 

and one more view... 

"outer skin" ready to be cut out, shaped and glued in place. 

parts for the canopy framing. more photos of the canopy assembling later 😉 

just for general view with the canopy 🙂 

 

 

cockpit outer skin 

 

 

few interior shots 🙂 

 

 

 

canopy frame 

 

front end of the canopy 

and the back end 

 

 

engine "skin" 

 

 

 

 

starting the cooling pack  

and the rest of the parts of the cooling pack 

 

oil cooler outer "skin" finished. 

 

 

 

 

 

front oil cooling parts 

 

 

 

Next chapter - Tail section 

 

all parts reinforced and cut out 

and glued together 

 

 

start of the tail wheel assembly - the rest of the parts and wheel itself will be added later 

 

tail section covered up and ready for assembly to the rest of the fuselage 

 

and fuselage with tail in place 

 

next job - tail horizontal and vertical surfaces (the rest of them) 

Fixed horizontal surfaces - skeleton ready but first - dry fit 

and all covered up and glued in place 

 

Tempest is looking really good 😉 

transition parts between the horizontal fixed tail surfaces and fusealge 

final result not bad at all. 

main parts for horizontal flaps 

right side done 

 

dry-fit 

tail surfaces all done and glued in place 

 

 

Tail wheel and covers are glued in place 

 

 

 

Time for the main wing skeleton 

These parts will hopefully become the final skeleton of the wings 

 

 

wing skeleton done, wheel bays are next 

almost done... 

glued in place 

 

slowely but surely filling the space with small parts 

 

wheel bays finished 

 

 

 

time for the wing outer "skin" 

 

 

inner parts above the flaps painted 

and glued in place. hinge for the flaps still in progress 

all parts for flaps ready for use 

 

 

flaps in progress 

 

flaps all done. ready to install 

ailerons are next 

completed and glued in place 

both sides 

recap of remaining parts 

 

 

outer wheel hubs 

wheels after initial sanding, impregnating with CA glue, second sanding 

few problematic areas are still present - more CA glue and sanding 

landing struts started - wheels ready for final paint 

 

after adding thin strips around the perimeter of the wheel to create threads and final painting of wheels 

completed wheels 

struts completed and ready for gluing to wings 

 

dry fit with wheels 

undercarriage covers 

transition on right side - fuselage - wing 

left side ready to go 

before 

and after 

few parts remaining 

flaps, covers and small stuff in place 

undercarriage mechanism 

quite a lot of wire parts 

 

Plane on it's own 

exhaust in progress 

 

propeller parts 

 

blades in progress 

propeller ready for asemble 

FINALE! Tempest is completed. 😄