The Sound and the Fury - Wooksta's Tempest thread

Doug K · February 06, 2026, 10:57:50 AM

The Tempest is one of my favourites, and this example is lovely

Captain Canada · February 06, 2026, 10:59:08 AM

Good looking machine !

The Wooksta! · February 06, 2026, 11:57:42 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on February 06, 2026, 10:50:39 AMTime to dig that Heller Tempest out of the loft.

There's a part started Academy one that is handier, because the Ventura Tempest I and Kora Annular Sabre conversions are geared to go with the Heller.

NARSES2 · February 07, 2026, 04:50:38 AM

Be nice to see a 2 TAF example

The Wooksta! · February 07, 2026, 05:51:28 AM

Maybe for Telford? I just need to cast the relevant bits as I can't find the box with the correct castings.

The Wooksta! · February 07, 2026, 08:30:06 AM

Just found the relevant box of bits. It turns out that the resin piece I have for the nose is too wide for the Academy, but perfect for the Heller. As it happens, there was a part started one (cockpit in but unpainted and wings assembled) so that's been chopped. The Academy will get an Eagle engine, so I'm not wasting anything. Or it may just get Cat. E status.

Glenn Gilbertson · February 07, 2026, 02:57:48 PM

A magnificent looking beast!

buzzbomb · February 07, 2026, 03:41:28 PM

Very nice work there

Built the Tempest prototype using somebodies conversion back in the day. This is the logical step from there.

The Wooksta! · February 07, 2026, 03:53:49 PM

That'll be the Ventura fuselage conversion. It's rough but workable. This was mine, Central Fighter Establishment.

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I've cleaned up another, which will probably end up 2TAF.

Captain Canada · February 08, 2026, 11:12:17 AM

Another good looking build. Love the look in camo.

The Wooksta! · February 08, 2026, 04:50:11 PM

This is the fuselage of the part started Heller Tempest that's getting the under fuselage scoop.

Cockpit all painted and I've added some tape seatbelts. The Heller kit has a basic but reasonable cockpit. I've done some weathering, minimal, with a quilting pencil to indicate some scuffing.

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And with the new cowling in place. It's a clone of the old LF Tempest I conversion, but like others, I've dropped the cowl for. Seafire 47 style scoop behind the spinner, so the cast exhausts had to go and were filled with superglue and baking soda. I also had to do some surgery to the notch so it clears the wing and allows for fit.

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The wing's already assembled, so once this is cleaned up, it'll go one. I'm aiming to have some primer on by the end of the week.

Gondor · February 09, 2026, 12:08:10 AM

Interesting. I look forward to seeing it later this year.

The Wooksta! · February 10, 2026, 11:54:55 AM

The filler applied earlier is now sanded back, so I could turn my attention to the scoop.

Needed some work to sort out an air bubble and the outing stop removed to fit the fuselage. Once done, on it went and then filler time.

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Once the filler is gone, I'll get the tailplanes on. I'll need to start looking up 2TAF Tempest units next. Sure I have the relevant Osprey volume.

The Wooksta! · February 12, 2026, 04:00:49 AM

Filler around the scoop is nigh on sorted and the tailplanes are now on with a skim of filler. Get that sanded back later and wait for some dry weather to get a coat of primer on.

Dizzyfugu · February 12, 2026, 05:07:14 AM

As a small side comment: an annular radiator (apparently inspired by the German Fw 190D-9) was tested, too:

Looks odd, but why not?