Wanted - 1/72nd Heller Tempest V canopy

[comrade harps]

I'm at the canopy stage of my whiffed-up French Operation Downfall Hawker Tempest V (it's going to be French) and find that I've lost the windscreen bit of the canopy.

Anyone got a spare to share, please?

It the Heller kit, but maybe the Matchbox one would do?

[The Wooksta!]

The Matchbox one definitely won't fit the Heller kit.  It's one piece and very thick.  If you can't get a Heller one, try the Aeroclub Sea Fury canopy. 

In addition, the Falcon canopy sets may have a Tempest on them.  They may look pricey, but when you consider the number of canopies you get and then break the price down, they're fatastic value for money.  Highly recommended.

[comrade harps]

Thanks 4 that. I didn't know about those canopies.

I'll think I'll buy a cheap heller kit on ebay, though. I originally got the kit for $5 from model Expo, so it's still a bargain.

[sequoiaranger]

I DEFINITELY have a spare Heller Tempest Mk V canopy you can have. Trouble is, I am on a ship in the East China Sea right now, and won't be back home for at least another week. If you can wait, I would be glad to find it and send it to you.

I made a whiffed "Hawker Henley Mk IV Divebomber" a few months ago (build thread is in the Current Projects, Aircraft, a couple of pages down, probably), and I used a Heller Tempest V (and a Revell Tempest V) for part of the body, but used the Henley canopy.

My Internet usage will stop today until I get back, but if you want the canopy and can wait, PM me or respond here with a mailing address and when I get back I can send it to you! PS--there is a chance I have "parted out" the kit(s) and the canopy might be in a bin full of other canopies, but at the very least, I would have a vac-form version from a British canopy set. One or t'other.