Scale Aviation Modeller International – September 2019

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his build is of the

Special Hobby ‘High

Tech’ release of their

Hawker Tempest V.

There are two versions of this

kit available, the standard

kit with all plastic parts

or the ‘High Tech’ release

that includes HGW fabric

harness, CMK resin details

including a ‘half’ Napier Sabre

engine, separate cowlings,

wheels and cockpit details.

COCKPIT

The cockpit is nicely detailed,

and the it is generally okay.

Some care needed and dry

itting recommended. The

instrument decals are an

interesting thing, as the

instructions tell you to apply

three separate decals to the

panel, rather than the more

common clear panel and decal

behind. I painted the panel

irst in Tamiya Tyre Black,

then gloss coated and applied

the decals individually. Time

consuming - but okay in the

end. The resin extras supplied

with the ‘High Tech’ edition

of this kit add some really

nice details, although the kit

detail is completely perfect!

The inclusion of a HGW fabric

harness is a great touch,

and just a note here , some

resin parts were damaged on

arrival, so I had to do a hybrid

mix of resin and kit parts in

places, not a huge issue but

something to consider if you

choose this kit. However, most

of the amazing gets lost once

the fuselage is closed up!

ENGINE AND

FUSELAGE

There is deinite scope to open

up some panels to expose the

inner workings should you

see it, and the addition of

instrument wiring would be

a must in this case. This is an

option I’m considering on the

Tempest II build I plan to do

next. I have a resin Centaurus

engine coming for that, panels

open! The Napier Sabre engine

is superbly represented (well

half of it!) and builds into a

feature to the kit. The it was

Simon Watts looks at the 1/32 Special Hobby Tempest V

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