Hawker Tempest Mk. V

Intermission – Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw 190D 9

Pierre LagacéLeave a comment

Updated 15 August 2021

My grandson was spending the day with his grandfather yesterday so I had no time to paint anything. However Inch High Guy is starting new builds.

https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/focke-wulf-fw-190d-9-comparison-build-part-i/

He got me reflecting again on my collection.

Tamiya Fw 190D-9

My first encounter with the Fw 190 D was in 1960 while reading Le Grand Cirque written in 1948 by Pierre Clostermann.

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There was an image I still vividly recall, well almost.

I thought it was this one found on Wikipedia.

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I was wrong.

Here’s what’s inside the book.

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This recollection led me to buy this model kit before the pandemic.

Tamiya Fw 190D-9

I remember building Fujimi’s 1/48 scale Fw 190 D in the 70s.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/fujimi-5a14-300-focke-wulf-fw190-d-9–326131

The instructions are down here…

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Some reviews can be found on the Internet.

I know I should start building this model instead but I know it won’t be a piece of cake.

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Eduard Hawker Tempest instructions

Tempest Mk. V Series 2 Eduard ProfiPACK edition

Pierre Lagacé10 Comments

I was getting a little desperate lately since this model kit I had ordered was late.

I should have bought it years ago when it was readily available. Why I did not buy it then I will never know. Pierre Clostermann was my war hero when as a teenager I had read his book.

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Buying Eduard Tempest would not have been an impulse buying. Last month I found it was still available from Model Hobbies in the U.K. I did not hesitate a second and ordered it. But it was late and stuck somewhere until this morning when I got notified that it was…

Delivered!

I was a bit apprehensive since my last order from Model Hobbies was left outside the door by the postperson. Anyone could have taken it…

So I quickly went to my mailbox down the street and sure enough the precious parcel was there.

I don’t intend to build it right away. This is why I bought the Weekend edition also to get some building experience before tackling the ProfiPack edition.

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