When they revamped Battlestar Galactica in 2003 they revamped many of the ships including the Viper fighters. They were retiring the Mk II as the new Mk VII was in service. Unfortunately, the Cylons had a way to disrupt the newer fighters rendering them powerless so the Mk II fighters had to be brought back into service to carry the fight. Later in the series the Mk VIIs were able to rejoin their earlier cousins and combat the Cylon tyranny.

Moebius brought out very nicely detailed 1/32^nd scale kits of both Viper versions as well as the new Cylon Raider but these kits didn’t really fit in with my collection of 72^nd scale fighters so I was very excited to see them release new kits of all 3 of these fighters in my scale and to make things better, you get 2 kits in each box. This review focus’ on the newest kit, the Viper Mark VIIs.

Quickboost is a company that specializes in drop-in resin replacement parts to enhance the appearance of your models. Being “drop-in” replacements, it is very rare you need you modify the original parts, hence the “quick” name.

In this case I am reviewing the Gun Barrels without pylons for the 1/48 F4U-5 day fighter from Hasegawa.

In this particular case the set is a “drop-in” conversion, as you don’t need to modify the original parts but there is no F4U-5 kit –that I know- without the rocket pylons.

As you can see from the pictures the resin parts have better surface detail plus removal points from the pouring stub are easier to hide than in their plastic counterparts. The diameter of the barrels seems to be a bit smaller in the resin parts.

Highly recommened.

I would like to thank Aires/Quickboost and IPMS/USA for the review sample.

Brengun has provided great little addition to any Diorama with this US Navy Oxygen Cart.

The detail quality is great, there very little flash or other imperfections. The parts once removed from the mold base are ready to assembly. The small parts are very delicate and you must take extreme care when removing from the mold base. The kit has two options when you build either an early or late version. I choose to build the early version.

The Assembly is quick and easy. The final part is painted silver with a red hose and looks great as an addition to any diorama. I highly recommend this kit and it was a joy to build.

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