Hawk 127 RAAF Interior

Kinetic, 1/32 scale

Reviewed by Brett Green

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The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine advanced jet trainer aircraft. It first flew in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and was subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE Systems respectively.

It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft.

Operators of the Hawk include a considerable number of foreign military forces.

The Hawk 100 series is a two-seat advanced weapons trainer with additional avionics, an optional forward looking infrared, a redesigned wing and Hands On Throttle and Stick (HOTAS). Further developments include Lead-In Fighter versions for South Africa (the Hawk 120/LIFT) and Australia (Hawk Mk.127 LIF).

Kinetic released a 1/32 scale Hawk 100 in February this year. Cockpit detail is nice straight from the box, with raised detail on the side consoles and instrument panels; and photo-etched harness straps for the seats. A generic cockpit layout is offered for the Hawk 100, but the specific details of the variants differ, especially the instrument panels and consoles.

Kinetic has addressed this issue of differing cockpit details by releasing a specific photo-etched cockpit upgrade for the RAAF Hawk 127.

This simple but very effective detail set comprises one fret of colour photo-etched parts with both instrument panels, side consoles for the front and rear cockpits, mirrors, handles and other details. The fret has been produced for Kinetic by Eduard.

This is a simple but essential upgrade for anyone wanting to build an RAAF Hawk 127.

Highly Recommended.

Historical information adapted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk

Thanks to Lucky Model for the sample

Review Text and Images Copyright © 2013 by Brett Green
Page Created 18 September, 2013
Last updated 18 September, 2013

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