The canopy is beautifully clear and the separate windscreen means you can display the canopy open, so you can better see the cockpit detail Eduard has gone to great lengths to supply you with. The canopy is fitted onto a grey plastic sill

The fuselage comes as two halves; thankfully Eduard has decided not to complicate things by including open panels. This being a Tempest Mk.V Series 1 means there are twenty strengthening plates to attach between the fuselage and tail unit. Eduard has chosen to represent the plates with twenty one photo etched parts [yes there is a spare]. The parts for the chin radiator number eleven plastic parts. The detail on the radiator faces is exquisite. The exhausts look good, there are two pipes blending into flattened exhaust outlet.The rather large four bladed prop is made up from three parts. The rudder is separate and has noticeable raised lines to represent the rib tape as the rudder frame was canvas covered.

The lower wing is a full span one piece part. The two upper halves of the wing have some good raised detail in the roof of the wheel bay. There are six parts forming the walls of each bay and parts for the retraction gear. The ailerons are separate and presumably positionable. The elevators are separate and are also one piece. There are partly formed holes that need to be drilled out of you cant resist fitting the included rockets.

The tyres of the main undercarriage have Dunlop moulded onto the walls. Hubs are separate and look very good, and there are masks for them too. The main landing gear legs are one piece as is the complex looking activation arm and they are impressively detailed as are the inside of the gear doors. I did find there was an issue here, when building the Series 2. The legs are well detailed and pretty robust and take the weight of the model by themselves. The inside of the bays will look impressive once it’s assembled.The anti-shimmy rear wheel and oleo are made up from four parts.