Hawker Tempest Mk.V
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Manufacturer: Special HobbyStock Number: SPH 32049Scale: 1/32View all products of type "Tempest" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
Please Note: Special Hobby models are limited run kits which consist of plastic, resin and metal parts. For intermediate to advanced modelers only, they will require extra work to build successfully.
This is the all-plastic version of Special Hobby's 32052 kit, no resin or photoetch.
The plastic parts come via as many as eight sprues of grey styrene and one clear plastic sprue and the surface throughout benefits from neatly engraved panel lines and rivet details. During the build, the modeller is guided by a highly detailed A4-size full colour instruction booklet. The decal sheets (there are three of them) and the camouflage option schemes offer in total four different machines:
- The Camouflage A represents NV969 / SA-A machine flown by Sqn.Ldr. Warren "Smokey" Schrader, DFC and Bar (out of his total 12 kills he achieved 9.5 in the Tempest).
- Camo B offers JN862/JF-Z adorned with invasion ID stripes and it was a usual mount of F/Lt. Remy van Lierde, DFC and Bar, a Belgian in RAF service with 44 victories over V-1 missiles.
- The third camouflage option is EJ705/W2-X with a smart kangaroo artwork on the fuselage side and was flown by Australian Plt. Off. F.A. Lang.
- The camouflage scheme option D brings the modeller SN165/ZD-V machine, in which cockpit its pilot Sqn. Ldr. Emanuel Barnett Lyons, DFC experienced a rather arduous story with a fortunate ending.
The decal sheets also include a complete set of stencils, including also items for the cockpit and the external fuel tanks.