This kit is pretty standard for new Airfix, which is to say, it's a wonderful build. Very well-detailed for the price point (inside, it looks like a $25 kit), the cockpit is nice, and the wheel wells are perfectly acceptable. The gun bays in the wings can be cut and posed open, as well. A super-detailer would find plenty to do, but for most of us, there's enough detail to go around. The parts mostly fit perfectly; the only minor fit issues I found were with the bottom of the chin radiator, and the internal part where the prop attaches. Everything else was pretty much shake-and-bake, needed very little filler. The kit includes a full load of either 8 rockets or two 500-lb bombs. Unfortunately, there is no open canopy piece. The decals are fantastic, durable enough to move into place without ripping, thin enough that they settle down nicely, and look painted-on with a bit of Micro-Sol. The kit includes two Temperate Day (Ocean Grey and Dark Green over Sea Grey) schemes: one with a black spinner and a very colorful example with a red spinner and D-Day stripes.

First of all, there is a bad mistake on this kit... On the writting part... The reason why the typhoon was not a sucess, and the tempest was, it wasn't only due to the engine and reliability problems, but because typhoon's wings were too thick, which gave it a terrible performance in high altitude, and prevented it to have a good top speed. The tempest was originally a higher mark typhoon with thinner wings, but due to reasons, it was decided to call it a different name. Appart from that, we can have visible guns, the interior is perfect and would deserve a clear fuselage so we could see it... tight perfect fit, no problems whatsoever. A perfect one, once again

Good value. Impressed by nice panel lines. Plan on buying more Airfix 1/72 kits. Rockets have me some grief. Some missing mount holes.