Revell has provided this beautiful 2026 release of the Hawker Hunter T.7 / T.7A. This is the second in the Hawker Hunter 1/32 series. The T.7 series is the two-seater version of the classic British Fighter. This was developed in 1958, with a total of 1,900 being produced. They were in use up until 199.

• Seven grey sprues
• Two clear sprue
• Two resin parts
• One large decal sheet
• One instruction book

The detailed quality is excellent in every way with this kit; crisp and detailed molding. The kit can be built in three versions: RAF 208 Squadron UK 1990, RAF 92 Squadron Blue Diamonds display team 1961, and Royal Netherlands version 1968. I selected the Blue Diamonds.

The Assembly is quick and easy. The dark grey plastic is soft, so be careful when removing parts from the sprues. Also check the plastic bags when you remove the sprues, as I found three parts had fallen off.

The assembly as in most aircraft, starts with the cockpit stage 1 to 13. Only a few comments for this stage, which would be a decal for part B27, would have been good. Locations of the provided decals are not very clear, so just check a few reference photos.

Stages 15 to 18 cover the ejection seats, which were easy. I would have liked to have seen PE seat belts, as the molded ones are a little heavy-looking.

Stages 19 to 23 is the assembly of the nose of the aircraft. The only items to point out here is the fact that you need to add enough weight to the nose to stop it from being a tail sitter. Also, I did not install the front landing gear or the front nose to make it easier later to install extra weight if needed.

Stage 24 to 26 is the rear fuselage assembly. Here you need to remove a section of the upper fuselage and replace it with part A4. They do supply a jig for cutting the section, I would recommend just using this to draw around and then cut 1mm inside the line, as the jig makes the cutout too large. I did not do this and had to do a lot of filling.

Stages 27 to 31 are the wing assembly. With no issues or comments needed.

Stage 32 to 37 is the fuselage assembly. Again, it was very easy and no problems.

Stages 38 to 45 are the landing gear build-up. The only comment here is that there are no brake lines on the front gear, just the two main gears. This would have been an easy addition.

Stages 46 to 51 are the addition of the cockpit glass and fuselage details. I selected having the cockpit open.

The final construction stage is the drop tanks.

I was doing most of the painting during the build and just did a few minor parts to paint and finish up.

Last, we added the decals, which were very good and adhered perfectly.

In conclusion, this is a fantastic kit . I really enjoy building it; the Hawker Hunter has always been one of my favorites.

Thanks go to Revell for providing this kit to review and IPMS/USA for allowing me to review it for them.