SPA Modeler

The Hellcat and one Tempest have their decals. These are the Revell decals. Good quality, nothing to complain about. The second Tempest will have a hodgepodge of decals for its Zirkus Rosarius markings. https://i.postimg.cc/7LYLbt6D/IMG-0746.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XYgJj6nQ/IMG-0748.jpg https://i.p...

Very nice, it is on my wishlist because my Boeing SST could use a companion.

My first airbrush was a Badger 200. Worst of both worlds, single action but internal mix. So the hassle of cleaning an internal mix with the control of single action. :headslap: I then upgraded to a HS Ultra, bullet proof build quality, reasonable price and nice control. Easy to clean to. Nowadays I...

Other link, same book, very much recommended:

https://www.scribd.com/document/1805975 ... c-Card-pdf

By the way, I have understood that this is with approval of the writer.

Is there a tutorial you could steer me towards for push molding canopies? Sure. What I do a very basic, use the old canopy as a mould. Put some clear plastic on a frame (the smaller/precise the the cut out out is the better the result). Heat the clear plastic over a flame (like stretching sprue you...

Nice one Duke! And a nice personal touch with your nephew flying this bird.

Some more progress, I made replacement canopies. A simple push mould. Success rate was 2 out of 5.

Congratulations Mike!

I am currently on holiday in Normandy. And today we visited the V-1 site at Val Ygot. The Tempest was one of the planes used to intercept V-1’s. So that was a nice link with my current build. https://i.postimg.cc/Pf7JLVBK/IMG-0719.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/C59xWdj9/IMG-0720.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/k...

Yea, reading glasses, I am still getting used to mine A little update. I have decals for only one Tempest (can’t complain for 1 euro). So one Tempest is going to be in RAF colours. And the other one in captured German markings. The so called Zirkus Rosarius used several captured allied planes for tr...