ROD607 - Roden 1/32 RAF S.E.5a w/ Wolseley Viper - WWHP113732

ROD607 - Roden 1/32 RAF S.E.5a w/ Wolseley Viper - WWHP113732

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box worn

Includes aftermarket x4

The S.E.5a was one of the best British fighters of the First World War. H.P. Folland and John Kenworthy designed it at the Royal Aircraft Factory, and it reached the front in 1917. It was fast and stable, and it was strong enough to dive hard, with a synchronised Vickers gun in the fuselage and a Lewis gun on a Foster mount above the upper wing. The 200 hp Hispano-Suiza engine was unreliable, so Wolseley developed the Viper, a higher-compression version, which became the standard engine. More than 5,200 were built, and aces such as Mick Mannock, James McCudden and Billy Bishop flew them.

• 1/32 injection moulded kit, with parts moulded in grey on seven sprues
• Clear film for the windscreens
• Detailed Wolseley Viper engine, cockpit, Vickers gun and wing-mounted Lewis gun on a Foster mount
• Waterslide decals for several aircraft, including F.8005 “Schweinhund”, E1295, D6856 and C1904, with RFC and U.S. roundels, squadron letters and numbers, and stencils
• Multilingual instructions with aircraft history and specifications

Aftermarket:

• MasterCasters MST32015 S.E.5a resin cockpit coaming and wheels for the Roden kit
• AIMS 32PE017 S.E.5a external details photo-etch for the Roden kit
• Eduard Zoom 33042 S.E.5a pre-painted photo-etch (Designed for Wingnut Wings kit but still useable for this Roden kit)
• Yahu YML3205 S.E.5/5a pre-painted instrument panel for 1/32