Roy Sutherland has been around for a bit, providing resin details we never knew could exist, but now do because of his commitment to improving basic products. This set is one of four that I used on the new (but old) B-1B… they are in Roy’s “Barracudacast” resin accessories branch of his company. On to the review!

This set is comprised of two sets of intakes, and four intake plugs used while the aircraft is on the ground to prevent Foreign Object Damage (FOD). It is relatively simple in use, but requires some mastery of measurement, installation, and Putty/filler work. Up front, this set does NOT address the intake trunking. It only corrects the inaccurate B-1B intakes at rest.

QuickBoost provides you with four 20mm Hispano Mk. II cannon barrels with the smooth barrel fairing removed and replaced with a vented fairing to cover the recoil spring. Please note that there was quite a bit of variety in the exposed barrel of the 20mm Hispano Mk. II cannon depending on what type of wing it was installed in. The Spitfire Mk Vc and Mk Ve wing had different style fairings. The Hurricane, Typhoon, and Mosquito installations and fairings were also quite different.

Of note is the re-sealable packaging that QuickBoost uses that makes the parts easy to review and then stuff back into the package securely. There are no supplied instructions; you simply swap out the kit provided plastic parts with the new QuickBoost replacements. These QuickBoost parts are specific replacements for the kit parts found in the Tamiya series of Spitfire Mk Vb kits. If you have the new Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk Vb kit, the QuickBoost QB 48 635 set is designed specifically for it.

In-box Review

Hasegawa’s 48th scale F-16s have been around for some time now. Although they are not the newest F-16s on the block, they are still venerable kits. This boxing is the upgraded F-16C Block 50/52 with markings for the Singaporean Air Force Black Knights demonstration team.

The kit consists of 121 pieces on 14 grey sprues and one clear sprue. Despite most of the kit being over 10 years old. The parts are relatively flash free and have nice recessed details. The detail overall on the kit is mixed. In some areas, like the cockpit and landing gear, you have relatively nice details. However, other areas, like the wheel wells and Pratt & Whitney engine nozzles leave a little to be desired. In any case, it is a great basis for building a 48th scale F-16C.