The nacelle went together with no issues. First, the inside was masked and painted a combination of aluminum, wood, and CDL (Clear Doped Linen, for which I used Tamiya Buff acrylic). Don’t forget to drill the appropriate holes in the nacelle sides for the version you are building. The bottom seam wass covered by the armor plate floor and the remaining seams were easily dealt with. The assembly was masked – engine and cockpit – and sprayed with Tamiya rattlecan OD, which dried quickly and hard. I decided to leave the landing gear assembly and the nacelle MG mounts off until after the wings were mounted and rigged. Otherwise, I would surely break something off.

For those of you that have never heard of Aerobonus, they are a line produced by Aires that includes various RBF tags, munitions carriers, and some select weapons. The product for review today is a set of six resin seeker head covers in 1/32 scale for any of the AIM-9L/M/N variants. In this case, the RBF tags are printed on yellow vinyl and are marked in white letters in Hebrew specifically for the Israeli Defense Force.

Thank you, Lone Star Models, for providing a very timely improvement to an excellent recent kit release. Thank you IPMS/USA Reviewer Corps for once again allowing me to evaluate a cool new product!

This product replaces the Revell PV-1 exhaust pipes. The Revell PV-1 kit exhaust pipes seem a little thick-walled and awkward looking. The Lone Star exhausts are a direct replacement of Revell kit parts 40 and 41. The Lone Star parts come in a plastic bag with an instruction sheet and are cast in tan resin on pour plugs. The exhausts require a little bit of fitting to the kit engine nacelles. I found this fitting to be not too difficult. The interior of the exhaust was thinned just a little with a quick file pass. The resulting appearance on the kit is excellent!