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Company
Eduard
MSRP
$9.95
This set is part of the Brassin line and provides an upgrade for the wheels on the Hasegawa/Eduard F-104G kits.
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Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$19.95
This set is part of the Brassin line and provides an impressive upgrade for the exhaust can, burner ring and nozzle of the J79-GE-19 powered F-104G.
The set is intended for the Hasegawa/Eduard kit. I used it on the Hasegawa F-104 Starfighter “Nato Fighter” stock # PT20 boxing. This set replaces parts U6, R26, R27 and L8 in the original kit. Photo etch parts are included to represent the burner ring(s). The exhaust tube is a seamless part which has very well done interior detail. In fact, every part in this set is a refined replacement of the plastic parts in the base kit. The exhaust nozzle is much thinner and has more surface detail than the kit part.
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Company
Master Model
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$5.50
Master Model from Poland continues to expand its 1:48 Air Master line. This time with a detail set covering the weapons for the P-38M Night Fighter.
Master Model does not specify for which P-38 kit this set is. I know of two kits of the P-38M: Academy and Monogram. I did a side-by-side comparison with the Monogram one.
As shown in the picture, the respectable (but quite old) Monogram kit has all flash hiders molded the same size, closer to the size of the cannon than to the size of the machine guns.
As you can see from the pictures the metal parts for both the machine guns and the cannon are very delicate with extra thin edges in the conically-shape flash hiders.
This set is an easy way to enhance the looks of your model, either the Academy or the Monogram one.
Highly recommended.
I would like to thank Master Model and IPMS/USA for the review sample.
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Company
Master Model
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$10.25
Master Model of Poland continues to expand its 1:48 Air Master line. This time with an armament set for the Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito Mk.II/Mk.IV including Browning .303 barrels and Hispano 20mm cannons and a pitot tube.
As you can see from the pictures, the metal parts are extremely fine with excellent detail all around. In some cases the parts were so small that I had trouble getting really good quality pictures of them. I am including a manufacturer image on the review.
The design of the detail parts implies that you will have to modify the plastic parts. It will be an easy replacement, you need to remove the plastic cannon/machine gun and drill a receiving hole. If you doing in a clean and smart way you might even be able to install the metal machine guns and cannon after the model painting is completed.
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Company
Eduard
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$49.95
Eduard has issued this kit based on the Roden model kit with the additional the Eduard accessories.
In the box is:
- 6 x light grey sprues
- 1 clear sprue
- 1 photoetched details parts
- 1 mask set
- 1 decal sheet
- 1 instruction booklet
All the sprues are well-molded, although there is some flash and a few sink marks which are easily fixed. The detail is very fine and crisp.
The kit can be built as any of eight versions, you need to decide between before commencing the built which you are going to do. I went with Version B, one of the Swedish Volunteer force which was sent to Finland to assist in the winter war against Russia in 1940.