CMK Tempest Bomb Racks with 500lb & 1000lb Bombs (4442 & 4443 for Eduard/Special Hobby) 1:48

[Mike]

Tempest Bomb Racks with 500lb & 1000lb Bombs

(4442 & 4443 for Eduard/Special Hobby)

1:48 CMK by Special Hobby

 

 

The WWII Hawker Tempest was a capable fighter with power to spare, so that it could become a fighter bomber by the addition of a pair of stubby pylons, one under each wing to which the bombs were lashed, with sway-braces keeping the bombs steady during flight.  It was able to carry either two 500lb or 1000lb bombs, which is the aim of this pair of sets from CMK.

 

Arriving in their usual blister pack with instructions and card header keeping the parts inside, each set contains resin parts for two bombs, plus a small fret of Photo-Etch (PE) separated from the resin by a sheet of clear acetate.  Both sets are broadly similar to build, with one exception.  The larger bombs have separate fuses in their nose.  Otherwise, it’s a case of removing all the parts from their casting blocks, adding the sway braces to the pylons, which are handed with L & R next to each other on the block, then adding the four PE stabilising vanes, spinner on the rear, and surrounding the PE vanes with the tubular outer fin.  A scrap diagram shows the correct location for the pylons, and as mentioned the larger bombs have a short fuse inserted into a depression in the nose.

 

Bomb Racks & 500lb Bombs (4442)

 

 

 

Bomb Racks & 1000lb Bombs (4443)

 

 

 

Highly recommended.

 

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