Special Hobby 1/32 I Westland Whirlwind MkI I Full Build I 

Absolutely brilliant build - well done. One point for anyone building a Whirlwind. By early 1941 RAF fighter command had gone over from using HF radios to VHF radios. The VHF radio on the Whirlwind didn't require the wire aerial from the aerial mast to the tail - the shorter wavelength meant the aerial mast itself was all that was needed. They would still have had the IFF wire aerials from the fuselage to the tailplane. There was one well-photographed Whirlwind that was kept at Boscombe Down (P6997) that seems to have kept its HF radio and the associated wire aerial. The first 18 production Whirlwinds (P6966 to P6983) were built with only provision for HF radios, having no forward aerial mast, the wire went to the back of the cockpit canopy instead. This Whirlwind P6985, being so early in the production run may well have briefly been fitted with the HF radio before having a VHF set fitted. But the majority of Whirlwinds didn't have a wire aerial.

Good to have you back, and with another great build.👌

Fantastic build! Good to see you back. Love the Whirlwind and this is a really nice kit. Would be nice if a company like eduard would release a aftermarket engine and gun bay for it. though.

Great to see you back Tim - love your channel and your builds - always a pleasure to watch - your Whirlwind being no exception as usual 👍 - Kris

Great to see you back Tim. I’ve missed your videos a great deal. One of the best online in my opinion.

Wow. Fantasick work. Great Whirlwind🙂👌

Terrific looking aeroplane and a terrific looking model, you cracked it, well done!

Grand to have you back on the channel and sharing, Tim. Never disappointed with your work .....the Whirlwind is an amazing build and such a pleasure to watch. Your presentations are terrific so more please (if it's not too much trouble🙂).

Wow. Next level work. I have never seen or heard of this aircraft, but I'm glad I did . Never worked on this scale before, but with my eyesight getting weaker maybe its time to build 1/32nd. Thanks for a great video

Not the world's most famous aircraft, somewhat underrated in its day and not developed to its full potential, it is one of my favourites........ That model is a thing of great beauty 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻

A right cracking good job you made of it. Excellence all around.

Look who's back :-) not a minute too soon.

Great job! Beautiful model. I never built mine in 72, postponed it.

Hello Tim, glad to see you back. Hope you are in good spirits. I've been there pal!

I'm new to your videos but I really like how you presented the construction and finishing. I think you did just fine with the video even after a year break,. You got me jazzed to work on my own kit! Subscribed!

welcome back Tim, a beautiful build as always. Ive also been away from my channel for a while, as you well know. maybe this will kick me into making another video. P.S. I just doing have the patience for doing step by step videos of the build - well done!

great work! Special hobby kits are a challenge to put together (their 1/32 yak-3 kit was the only one I have ever abandoned).

Excellent work! What an interesting subject, makes a nice not to big 1/32 scale model... Very cool.

Awesome job.

Great build and vid Tim, good to see you back.

Nice work. Looking at the propellers, they appear to be designed to rotate in opposite directions (the port clockwise and starboard anti-clockwise, 'up between the engines'). This begs the question of are they attached to the correct engines. From what I have read, both the De Havilland Hornet and North American P82 'Twin Mustang' initially had propellers that rotated up between the engines. On the Hornet this caused rudder effectiveness problems at low sppeds, and the P82 couldn't even get airbourne on its maiden flight due the high levels of drag. Consequently, both had propellers that rotated down between the engines (as does the Airbus A400M, which (serendipitously) also causes the wings to generate more lift)

Eric Brown said this was the only aircraft he ever flew that was a "disappointment". A beautiful aircraft in need of some development, in my opinion.

Very well done.

Beautiful work fella!!

Very nice indeed 👌

Bangin Timbo!.

Tim, where have you been 🙂? Excellent build of this beautiful sleek airplane that could have had a bit more attention back in the day..and now. Nice job 👍✨

Wow great video and nice build......

My favourite WW2 aircraft. Although not part of the canonical Battle of Britain aircraft, it flew in late 1940 when the battle was still very real so I kind of include it. Imagine these instead of hurricanes attacking the bombers while Spitfires provided top cover against the 109’s.

Beautiful Tim !! i remember making the 1/72 Airfix kit back in the day , and i loved the Whirlwind , if they had just given it the 2 Merlins like they were going too it would have been in my opinion a Mossie killer , beautiful job and im gonna pick one of these up at some point ...thank you for your build Tim ...Shaun.

Hi Tim, lovely job. Does this go together better than the Oxford ?

She came out nice! I picked up the Revell 1/32 Temptest that was a one time Special Hobby kit. It is a nice kit in some ways, but a poor kit in other ways. A mixed bag of great detail, and really poor fitting parts. I'm about to toss the darn thing in the trash.

Thanks for sharing. I have been building this kit as well. I really liked the cockpit, and it’s capacity to super detail it with various control cables. I’ve built the main airframe and it’s ready for paint. The undercarriage looks interesting, any tips?

That's how to do a video, Tim.

Did you have any problems with the fit as I thought Special Hobby were limited run type kits and had fit issues? Great build sir.

No primer inside the cockpit Tim? Beautiful end result - looks like a good kit?

I ordered this kit last week....looking forward to building it.... Did you encounter any fit issues or surface detail issues... My special hobby Tempest mkv had a few issues