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    Tempest Weathering & Final Assembly
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • May 10
    • 10 min

    Tempest Weathering & Final Assembly

    Weathering wise I decided to go rather easy on this particular model as it depicts aircraft after VE-day (thus we have red spinner, unit...
    142 views
    Tempest Main Subassemblies
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • May 2
    • 10 min

    Tempest Main Subassemblies

    With model painted and decals applied another important stage of model building has been achieved. Now it is time to start weathering...
    164 views
    Tempest Painting & Decaling
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Apr 7
    • 7 min

    Tempest Painting & Decaling

    Painting wise it is a 3-colour camouflage pattern with RAF Medium Sea Grey (RC289) on the belly and RAF Ocean Grey (RC288) and RAF Dark...
    171 views
    Tempest Flaps and Fuselage Assembly
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Mar 6
    • 8 min

    Tempest Flaps and Fuselage Assembly

    While working on the Sabre engine I was moving forward with fuselage assembly as well. Application of putty requires it to dry before...
    136 views
    Sabre II Engine for Tempest
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Mar 1
    • 7 min

    Sabre II Engine for Tempest

    This is my second approach to recreation of fully visible inline engine for the aircraft. First engine I did was Jumo 211 for Ju-87 Stuka...
    179 views
    Hawker Tempest Cockpit
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Jan 16
    • 9 min

    Hawker Tempest Cockpit

    First let me say say, that making this cockpit by using original, very detailed and crisp Eduard plastic parts straight from the box will...
    187 views
    Tempest Main Landing Gear & Gun bays
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Jan 6
    • 5 min

    Tempest Main Landing Gear & Gun bays

    Building aircrafts mostly starts with the cockpit and according to the instruction booklet of Eduard 1:48 Hawker Tempest Mk V series 2 it...
    325 views
    Miss Virginia Weathering and Final Assembly
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Dec 13, 2021
    • 16 min

    Miss Virginia Weathering and Final Assembly

    Finally, this is the 8th and the last entry on building P-38G in 1:48 scale from Tamiya. Including 7 months of pause from modelling it...
    432 views
    P-38G Canopy, External Tanks and Propellers
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Nov 14, 2021
    • 8 min

    P-38G Canopy, External Tanks and Propellers

    Finished with the painting process, I entered weathering stage of model building. It is advancing really well, but as it requires a lot...
    192 views
    Base Painting of P-38G
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 8 min

    Base Painting of P-38G

    I must say that painting this model was hell of a ride for me. Definitely the most complex paint job I have done so far! Camouflage...
    188 views
    Miss Virginia Landing Gear
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Oct 5, 2021
    • 8 min

    Miss Virginia Landing Gear

    As soon as I had main fuselage assembled and primed I started to plan how to tackle camouflage painting as this is definitely the most...
    327 views
    P-38G Booms & Fuselage Assembly
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    P-38G Booms & Fuselage Assembly

    If not counting 2 weeks in between I had almost half a year brake from modeling! That was definitely too long, but fortunately all the...
    156 views
    Prep-work for aftermarket extras
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Prep-work for aftermarket extras

    It has been a while since my last blog entry and this is because of other activities happening in my life recently which are taking up...
    73 views
    Painting, Weathering and final touches
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Jan 17, 2021
    • 8 min

    Painting, Weathering and final touches

    Painting wise it is three-colour scheme which was adopted during 1938. This comprises RLM 70 Schwarzgrun (Black Green) and RLM 71...
    440 views
    Landing Gear, Propeller and Canopy
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    Landing Gear, Propeller and Canopy

    While the fuselage was being assembled and prepared for the painting stage I took care of all other smaller elements. I like to have it...
    111 views
    Ju-87 B-2 Fuselage Preparation & Assembly
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ju-87 B-2 Fuselage Preparation & Assembly

    As shortly described in one of the previous blog entries, the mouldings of this model are very nice and we can find the riveting to be...
    44 views
    Jumo 211engine for Ju-87 Stuka
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Jumo 211engine for Ju-87 Stuka

    The Junkers Jumo 211 was a German inverted V-12 aircraft engine primarily used in bombers like Ju-87 Stuka which I am currently building....
    198 views
    Ju-87 R-2 Cockpit
    Lukasz Gmerek
    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ju-87 R-2 Cockpit

    I started with cutting out all needed parts from the sprues. The I cleaned them up - generally I use UMP Thingy Sanders sticks starting...
    228 views
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