Special Hobby 1/48 Tempest MK.II The Last RAF Radial Engine Fighter Hi-tech Kit SH48214Tempest Mk. II Hi Tech 1 48 The Tempest Mk. II was the last radial engine fighter aeroplane to have been introduced to service with the RAF. The type had been developed for the planned attack against Japan in the closing stages of the war. But using the atomic bombs by the Americans meant an end to those plans and the Tempest Mk. II was deployed in a couple of post war era conflicts instead. Bearing RAF colours, it fought the China backed Malayan