Scale aviation modeller international

CMK

T

his month we take a look

at some of the accessories

we received at Eday. CMK

sets often offer something a

little out of the ordinary and

this month is no exception.

The ox with two ground crew

figures will certainly make an

interesting diorama towing a Me

163 across an airfield, definitely

a change from a Kettenkrad.

The real standout set from

CMK this month however, is the

1/32 scale resin Bristol Centaurus

engine for the Special Hobby Mk.II

Tempest. The engine kit has 95

parts cast in bubble free grey resin

and will build into a surprisingly

large engine. Whilst the engine

is designed to hit the Special

Hobby Tempest, it would make an

amazing display piece in its right!

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7407 CASA C-212 Wing flaps (for Special

Hobby kit)

7408 Ki-43II/III Hayabusa cockpit set (for

Special Hobby kit)

7409 Ki-43II/III Hayabusa control surfaces

(for Special Hobby kit)

F72346 Ox for towing a Me 163B with 2

Luftwaffe ground crew

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5129 Bristol Centaurus engine for Tempest

Mk.II (for Special Hobby kits)

The sets for the Special Hobby

CASA and the Ki-43, will certainly

enhance the detail already in the kits

and the separate control surfaces

make posing them a lot easier!

The jewel in the crown, though,

this month is the Centaurus engine.

This ‘accessory’ is very much a kit

in its own right and will lift your

Tempest to the next level and

beyond. When I look at just how

far resin accessories have come in

the last couple of years or so, I am

constantly amazed at the quality and

how every new release just raises the

bar that little bit higher. If you have

the Tempest Mk.II in your stash or

you just fancy a stand-alone detailed

model of this beast of an engine, then

this set comes highly recommended!

My thanks to CMK/Special Hobby

for supplying these samples, for

further details on these and other

sets visit http://www.cmkkits.com.

Katran

K

atran had already

produced three sets of

F-14A Tomcat exhaust

pipes for the Hasegawa kit

but with the release of the

superb Tamiya kit they have

now released three more sets.

Why three sets? The Tomcat’s

exhaust could be positioned

in three ways when parked,

fully open fully closed, or

the most common with port

pipe closed and the starboard

open which is the set we were

supplied with. Cast in grey

resin you have just three parts

per engine. A representation

of the rear of the engine to

which you add two further brass

parts for the flame holders, the

long exhaust pipe and finally

the exhaust nozzle itself.

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K4809 F-14 TOMCAT EXHAUST

NOZZLES (VARIED)

Part: K4809

Designed For: Tamiya

CONCLUSION

I really liked this release as

cleaning up the long seam inside

the jet pipe is a job that I truly

hate, it also supplies superior

detail to the kit nozzles as only

resin canm making this a nice

addition to the Tamiya Kit.

Our thanks to Katran for the

review sample and they can be

contacted at katran.model@gmail.

com and you can also purchase

from a number of retailers online.

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