Trumpeter 02890 1/48 Westland Whirlwind
Westland’s Tornado British twin-engine heavy fighter. It was the RAF’s first single-seat, twin-engine, heavily armed fighter, and it belonged to the same era as the Supermarin’s Spitfire and Hawke’s Hurricane. It first flew in the late 1930s, and with heavy armament installed, it is still the fastest fighter in service, more than any other. However, what delayed its continued development was that Rolls-Royce’s engines were guaranteed to be exported, thus delaying the entire program, and the model was produced in relatively small numbers. Throughout World War II, only two RAF squadrons were equipped with the Tornado, which later served as a successful fighter-bomber until 1943.
Features
- The kit consists of over 70 parts
- includes 2 clear parts
- fuselage &Â wing with finely engraved panel lines
