Hawker Tempest F.6 249 Squadron (Real World)

[Gondor]

So years ago when Colin (Freightdog) produced the Tempest Mk.6/F.6 conversion set I thought it would be nice to get a couple, one ended up on a Typhoon and the other languished around for a while untill I heard that Airfix was produceing a Mk.V and I thought why not fit the two together.
It took a lot of grinding down of the radiator to get it to fit, aroundabout 1mm, and a bit of fetteling here and there, but here are the results.
The decals and main wheels are from a recent KP kit. The wheels needed the hub drilled out a little to fit the Airfix axle, but that's better than them being loose. Other than a slight amount of white on the edge of the tail flash the decals were ok.








This is supposed to be a real world aircraft GN-A NX126 of 249 Squadron, RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, 1947

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice, the unusual red code letters look interesting. 

[NARSES2]

Nice, the unusual red code letters look interesting. 

Indeed

[Wardukw]

Yes this is like  ..love the Tempest / Typhoon family..big .bad and brutal..very sweet indeed 

[NARSES2]

Yes this is like  ..love the Tempest / Typhoon family..big .bad and brutal..very sweet indeed 

Yup, I've always been a fan of the family

[su27rules]

Nice!!

[kitnut617]

Very nicely done Alistair 

[Gondor]

These are the three that I had at the Scottish Nationals over the weekend



The rear left of this group is The Hushle
At the front is a Tempest 1b with the F.6 being the aircraft on the right.

Gondor

[Tophe]

This Twin-Tempest is weird, like having wing anhedral (external, and dihedral internal) in an inverted V-wing layout, uncommon!

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_tempest-gondor.jpg

[Wardukw]

A very very nice family sitting there Allister mate 
I want to build a another 48th Typhoon but thr only one i know off is monograms old one..might just have to hunt one down me thinks .