The Hawker Tempest: A Complete Guide to the RAF's Last Piston Engine Fighter (Airframe & Miniature)

144 pages, 200 photographs (including wartime images), color profiles and 4-view drawings, 3D isometric views of all variants, and a full set of fold-out 1/48 scale plans (Mk II and Mk V). High quality and exhaustively researched guide to all variants of Sydney Camm's ultimate piston-engine fighter from its origins in the preceding Typhoon design until fully evolved as one of the most capable and powerful RAF multi-role aircraft to see action in WWII. Features more than 40 pages of technical information, along with walk around images and technical diagrams, in-depth description of camouflage and markings, expert full kit builds (representing models in 1/72 and 1/48 scale), guide to surviving aircraft, production tables, modeling information and an extensive index of kits and accessories - ideal for the modeler as well as the aviation enthusiast.