Bf-109G Radio Compartment

Published: December 17, 2014
Company: Eduard

With the release of the Eduard Bf-109G kit, it was inevitable that Eduard would produce aftermarket products in their Brassin range. One of those sets is the radio compartment for the Gustav. The set, like all the Brassin range, is designed specifically for the Eduard kit and is a drop fit.

The set comes with seven pieces of perfectly cast grey resin and a fret of pre-painted photo etch. The resin is typical of the Brassin range and perfect little miniatures of the real things. The two biggest pieces are the sidewall details. Care must be taken to remove the resin wafers between some of the parts. Nothing too difficult but use caution.

The first part of the upgrade will be to remove the access hatch on the left side fuselage. I chain drilled the hatch… more

Bf-109G Legs Bronze

Published: December 17, 2014
Company: Eduard

The Eduard Bf-109G kit is a very nice model. It may not be 1/48th scale but it is still a nice kit as far as kits go. In keeping with the business model to provide aftermarket items for their kits in their Brassin range, Eduard provides brass landing gear in addition to their resin and photo etch sets.

Packaged in a typical plastic vacuform container are four parts, two resin landing gear doors and two brass landing gear legs. The resin is perfect and the best-looking landing gear doors in any scale. They are cast in light grey resin without any blemishes. The struts are perfectly cast miniatures of the real thing. There is no clean up required on them other than at the mount to square it off. The detail is exceptional. One thing that isn’t included on any other strut that I… more

Bf-109G-6 Engine and Guns

Published: December 17, 2014
Company: Eduard

With the release of the Eduard Bf-109G-6 kit it was inevitable that they would release Brassin sets for the kit. This one allows the modeler to open up the engine cowling and expose the beautiful engine underneath.

Packed in a sturdy top opening box with individual ziplock bags inside that protect the parts with the aid of foam inserts. Four small ziplock bags protect and segregate the parts in shipping. There are 66 resin parts molded in various shades of grey resin. I could not find any issues with bubbles or deformity. Also included is a brass photo etch fret. I mean it is from Eduard so you know it is perfect. Included is a really nice little decal sheet that has the markings for the engine. You can make up any serial number in yellow or white.

The instructions are… more

Bf 109G-6 ProfiPACK edition

Published: December 12, 2014
Company: Eduard

Having built the Eduard MiG-21PFM and the Spitfire Mk.IXs I had high hopes for the new Eduard Bf-109G, my favorite airplane. The MiGs and Spitfires are some of the finest fitting and most accurate kits on the market. They are about as perfect as you can get a kit. So each kit should get better right? Well not always.

After the big promotional build up there was quite a lot of energy and anticipation for the new kit. And then something happened, something drastic for some, the model wasn’t 1/48th scale. The wings were 8mm too long. Oh the horrors. There were other issues with the kit, such as nose profile being suspect, the lack of access panels, strange parts breakdown and a mismatched tall tail. I’m not sure how it all happened. I’m not even sure Eduard knows how it happened… more

Bf 109G Cannon Pods

Published: December 12, 2014
Company: Eduard

The underwing gondolas were designed for the Bf-109 to replace some of the firepower lost when the F/G models were designed. The problem with the pods was that they adversely affected the handling of the aircraft. Still the addition of two 20mm cannons was desirable especially when dealing with enemy bombers.

The Eduard kit comes with two gondolas in the kit. They look nice but they are 2mm too long and don’t fit on the wing of the model. Well I’m glad to tell you that this is not the case with the Brassin ones. They fit the wing of the model perfectly.

The parts come in a vacuform package as is typical of most of the Brassin range. The instructions are easy enough to understand and follow. There are 12 resin parts and a fret of photo etch. It is up to you if you want… more

WGr.21 for Bf-109G

Published: December 12, 2014
Company: Eduard

The need to blow apart the formations of the American bombers led to the development of rocket carrying aircraft. The biggest rocket widely used was the WGr.21. This was fitted to the Bf-109 as early as the G-2.

The Eduard set is designed for their Bf-109G-6 and includes 16 pieces of flawless grey resin packaged in a vacuformed container with a fret of brass photo etch. The instructions are printed in color to demonstrate how to apply the rocket pods. The key to this set is the included drilling template. After folding down the template and aligning it with the rear of the wing you use a .6mm drill to and drill the four locating holes. It also has a cutout for mounting two photo etch pieces. The one part of the instructions that is not quite clear is whether to use the full… more

Spitfire Mk.IX - Big Sin Advanced Set

Published: November 13, 2020
Company: Eduard

Having built the Royal Class Spitfire kits, I had an idea of what to expect from Eduard’s 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk.IXc: a perfect fitting kit from a maker at the pinnacle of their craft. The Spitfire Mk.IX kits are literally perfect models of the real thing. Building the kit out of the box, there is no need for filler anywhere. However, I wondered what would happen if I added some of the many available Eduard Brassin items to this baby?

Big Sin

Eduard’s 1/48 scale Big Sin Spitfire Mk. IX Advanced set has given me just the opportunity I was looking for. The Advanced Big Sin set includes a collection of four Eduard Brassin items: engine, gun bay, radio compartment, and photo-etch flaps.

Packaged in a sturdy cardboard box, the sets are wrapped securely inside… more

Spitfire Mk.IXc Early Version ProfiPACK

Published: January 24, 2022
Company: Eduard

I recently had a chance to review one of Eduard’s Big Sin sets, a collection of their Brassin-brand resin accessories, designed for Eduard’s own 1/48 scale Spitfire. For this task, I elected to use Eduard’s superb 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk.IXc early version ProfiPACK edition. While my full build of this kit, incorporating the Big Sin set, the ProfiPACK kit itself is reviewed below.

The ProfiPACK editions of Eduard’s model kits contain a nice selection of bells and whistles that can really enhance a finished model. Besides the actual kit, you are treated to world-class decals, colored photo-etch, and painting masks. These items are the things I always like to use on my models, so for me, this is the best deal for my money.

Eduard’s 1/48 scale… more

Mi-24V Hind Decals

Published: December 4, 2014
Company: HAD Models

As a Cobra pilot on the border in Germany during the cold war, the Mi-24 Hind was the boogieman. It is one big ugly and deadly helicopter. I’ve always wanted to fly one.

The Hind has sported some very colorful paint schemes, especially since the end of the cold war. Big and ugly can become somewhat beautiful when you put a nice paint scheme on them they become less ugly, kind of like putting lipstick on a pig.

The latest offering from the Hungarian company, HungAeroDecals, covers four Mi-24V Hinds in Hungarian service. The decals are printed on a 2 ½ x 4 7/8 (6.5 x 12.5cm) printed by BOA Agency so you know they are very thin, opaque and react well with setting solutions. Just make sure that you use plenty of water to slide them on. The instructions are on a single sheet… more

German Luftwaffe Pilot WWII

Published: December 3, 2014
Company: Aerobonus

Figures are the easiest way to provide scale to your model. Aerobonus figures are an inexpensive way to add figures to your model.

The latest offering from Aerobonus features a Luftwaffe pilot in flight overall in a relaxed pose waiting for his aircraft. There are four perfectly cast pieces. The breakdown is not what you’d expect. There is the body with one arm cast in place. There is another arm. Of course there is a head too. The unique thing is the separate headset which would be added to the hand.

The instructions are basic drawings with basic colors called out. This is adequate for the modeler but some may find the basic look and dismiss this figure due to that. They would be wrong. The figure is wonderfully sculpted with impressive folds and highlights. The head… more