Eduard Hawker Tempest V Photo-Etch, Stencil Decals & Löök Upgrades (for Eduard)

[Mike]

Hawker Tempest V Photo-Etch, Stencil Decals & Löök Upgrades (for Eduard)

1:48 Eduard

 

 

We've just finished the review of the gorgeous 100% new tooling of the mighty Tempest Mk.V in 1:48 from Eduard here (very much worth a look if you've not seen it already), and Eduard have very sensibly released a host of PE and resin sets to coincide with the launch.  This review covers the PE, stencil decals and Löök sets, which arrive as usual in a flat resealable package, with a white backing card protecting the contents and the instructions that are sandwiched between.  The decals replace the film bag for a Ziplok bag, but are otherwise similar.  You can see our review of the resin Brassin parts here.

 

There are three PE sets, a stencil decal set and the Löök panel, as follows:

 

 

Upgrade Set (48976)

This single sheet of brass is a supplement to the PE that is included in the kit, adding more detail to the airframe, with new mesh panels in the chin intake and replacement cooling flap at the rear; additional details in the main gear bay; new laminated gear bay covers for the main legs and brake hose detail.

 

 

 

 

Seatbelts STEEL (FE943)

In case you don't already know, these belts are Photo-Etch (PE) steel, and because of their strength they can be etched from thinner material, which improves realism and flexibility in one sitting.  Coupled with the new painting method that adds perceived extra depth to the buckles and other furniture by shading, they are more realistic looking and will drape better than regular brass PE.

 

 

 

 

Löök Resin Instrument Panel & Seatbelts (644006)

This set contains a high-quality instrument panel moulded in black resin, which has been overprinted with instruments bezels, dials and switch-gear in much the same manner as is done on PE panels, but with a more 3D look due to the substrate used.  No painting will be required, unless you wish to weather the black of the panel around prominent edges, and this also applies to the STEEL seatbelts that are included, which are slightly different to the set above, insofar as they have fold-over belt-buckles to add a further dimension to them, and even higher realism than the standard belt sets.

 

 

 

 

Masks Tface (EX628)

Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with everything that's in the ProfiPACK boxing, but also give you another set of canopy masks tailored to fit the interior of the glazing so that you can paint the interior and give your model that extra bit of realism.

 

 

 

 Landing Flaps (48977)

Eduard landing flaps use an ingenious technique to achieve excellent true-to-scale flaps using few parts, and requiring the modeller to simply remove the retracted flaps from the lower wing, plus scrape the upper wings to accommodate the thickness of the completed bays.  Each half of the two flap sections is constructed in the same manner, by twisting and folding over the attached ribs to create a 3D shape, with extra parts added along the way.  The bays glue to the inside of the upper wing and the flap attaches to the rear wall of the new bay.  Repeat this for the other side, and you're almost done.  The bays have a "dimpled" panel in the small central section, and the detail is pressed through with the tip of a ball-point pen before installation, while a few small parts are added around the flaps, and a length of 0.9mm rod from your own supplies is fitted with hinge points that then mount in the bay, and the correct angle is shown in a scrap diagram.

 

 

 

 

Stencil Decals (D48030)

This is a separate re-print of the kit stencils, and arrives in a ziplok bag, with a card sheet behind it, and the locations printed on the instructions.  We all know the quality of decals from Eduard, so we're assured they'll be in pretty good shape to help you stencil either your Overtrees kit, the kit decals you stuffed up on first time around, or another 1:48 kit of the type that you previously didn't have stencils for.

 

 

Review sample courtesy of

[colin]

Their new look IP's are not a patch on Yahu's for detail, and I can't understand Eduard for this, their normally ahead of the game with this stuff

[Nocoolname]

On 12/27/2018 at 3:18 PM, colin said:

Their new look IP's are not a patch on Yahu's for detail, and I can't understand Eduard for this, their normally ahead of the game with this stuff

Agreed. I bought their sets for the FW-190 and Me-109 when they were released and found them to be very toy like. I've not tried the Yahu sets yet but I'm tempted.