[MKA14431] Hawker Hunter T.7 (RAF) Conversion Set

RELEASED 2/2026

Two conversion sets (injection-moulded parts) are included, each containing 14 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). For modeller’s convenience a display base, made of pasteboard card, depicting tarmac section of the military airport is added. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.

On-line order (MARK I Modellerʼs Boutique via Miniwingʼs e-shop)

Description

The Hawker Hunter was a British jet fighter developed during the late 1940s and its prototype, the P.1067, was flown in July 1951. Succeeding first-generation jet fighters such as the Meteor and Venom, the first Hunters were introduced to RAF service in 1954.
The Hunter T Mk.7 was a two-seat trainer variant built for the RAF. It had the single seat nose replaced by a side-by-side seating section. Originally based on the F Mk.4 fighter, six aeroplanes were rebuilt and 55 were built anew. The first T Mk.7s entered service in 1958.
It was a two-seat swept wing all-metal monoplane aircraft powered by a R-R Avon turbojet. It featured two wing-root intakes, single jet pipe, upward-opened canopy, ejection seats and tail-mounted brake parachute. The on-board armament of the two-seat Hunter was reduced to one (or two) Aden cannon semi-buried in the fuselage undersurface, while up to four drop tanks could be carried beneath the wings.
The Hunter was one of the RAF’s mainstays from the mid-1950s through the sixties. It became a popular machine in foreign service, being exported to many countries worldwide. Two-seat variants remained in use for training and secondary roles with the RAF until the early 1990s.

Colour schemes included in the kit:

1) Hawker Hunter T Mk.7, XL620, No.66 Sq., RAF, Acklington Air Base, Northumberland, U.K., 1960

2a) Hawker Hunter T Mk.7, WV372/R, No.2 Sq., RAF (Royal Air Force Germany, RAFG), Gütersloh Air Base, West Germany, 1967-69
2b) Hawker Hunter T Mk.7, G-BXFI, painted as WV372/R of No.2 Sq., Fox-One Ltd., Kemble Air Base/Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, U.K., 2001-11

3) Hawker Hunter T Mk.7, XL619, White 77, No.45 Sq., RAF, Wittering Air Base, Cambridgeshire, U.K., acting as an umpire a/c during ‘Exercise Big Click 74ʼ, Leck Air Base, West Germany, August/September 1974

4) Hawker Hunter T Mk.7, XL612, ‘Raspberry Ripple’, Empire Test Pilotsʼ School (ETPS), Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Boscombe Down Air Base, Wiltshire, U.K., 1970-2001

Assembly instructions: