Scale Aviation Modeller International – March 2019

I

n recent years Eduard

have been gaining a

reputation for producing

kits of exquisite accuracy

and detail, which I have thus

far found to be completely

deserved. So, when I received

this latest ofering, I set

about assessing it with high

expectations. To ind out

whether my expectations were

met, read on. The box-art is a

beautifully realised study of

Tempest JN751 lown by W/Cdr

Beamont pulling away from a

V1 Flying Bomb, which shows

serious signs of recent damage,

presumably at the guns of the

Tempest. The big box is far

from full, but contains ive

grey sprues, one clear, one

photo-etched in steel, a set

of canopy masks and a sheet

of decals ofering markings

for six diferent aircraft. Well,

ive really, since two are the

same aircraft (JN751) with and

without invasion stripes. There

is a twenty-page instruction/

painting guide which is nicely

laid out and looks totally idiot-

proof. Challenge accepted.

Build options are limited to

the canopy: open or closed.

Undercarriage is down only

and the control surfaces are

separate, but not terribly

poseable and the laps are most

deinitely in the ‘up’ position.

The colour schemes suggested

are unavoidably similar, all

of them ofering variations

on ocean grey/dark green/

medium sea grey camoulage.

There are diferent colours

of airscrew spinners along

with either Tempest/Typhoon

identiications stripes, invasion

stripes, or no stripes at all.

I began the build with the

cockpit, which is perfect,

with just the right amount of

complexity for this scale, with

combination of PE and plastic

that should satisfy 99% of

modellers. All the components

it together without trauma

and look really good. The

instrument panel is ofered in

three diferent forms, and you

have options of raised detail (to

paint), lat panels (for which

there are decals) or best of

all, pre-painted PE which just

looks fantastic. There are PE

additions to the side consoles

as well along with etched seat

belts, just for good measure.

HAWKER TEMPEST MK.V SERIES 1

MANUFACTURER: Eduard

SCALE: 1:

KIT TYPE: Injection moulded with

etched parts and canopy mask

KIT NUMBER: EDK

DECAL OPTIONS: 6

KIT DETAILS

Eduard ProfiPack Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 by PeteR Barker

TEMPEST

HAWKER

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