Many thanks Chuck!

That’s coming along great, David.

Of the resurrection of rivets...

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When I started using the masks, I thought I was, just making things more complicated than they need to be ( why change the habit of a lifetime!)... but they have turned out well... I used the trumpeter rivet wheel for the re riveting and it worked fairly well although it can be difficult to see where exactly you are placing the wheel - I used automotive vinyl tape to help with the re riveting.
Anyway more photos...

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That riveting really pops, David. This is peaking perfectly!

Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all !

It been a while and having made it through December time is beginning to come free again.

The last photo in the post above was taken back in November the evening before setting off for Telford.

The bulk of the work done but all the little bits, nav lights, undercarriage, aerials etc all still to be done.

I packed up like never before and headed of to Telford taking the Tempest with me.

The club had unofficial 1/32 fighter build going so the others were keen for me to get the Tempest more or less completed, so after a few hours in the hotel room and on the stand ( and queuing for the new Eduard Tempest) here it is - still a few bits still to do but almost there!

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A great collection of Tempests. As dear Will Shakespeare himself quoted in his great play about the RAF, ‘the Tempest’ - “our rivets now have ended...” he also wrote (same play) about Telford model judges, “hell is empty and all the devils are here...”

At last 'all the little bits' its amazing how long all these seem to have taken...nearly there...

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