Ju87 Stuka Seats with Belts

Published on
May 12, 2013
Review Author(s)
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$8.50
Product / Stock #
QB 48499
Base Kit
Hasegawa
Company: Quickboost - Website: Visit Site
Box Art

Hasegawa's 1/48th scale kit of the Stuka is a gem with great fit and detail and there are several aftermarket parts available for it. One thing that is lacking in the basic kit is seats with belts. Quickboost latest issue has that covered and is a two piece set with the pilots seats and gunners seat as separate parts. The parts are Quickboost's excellent, bubble and flash free gray resin. To use the parts is simple, cut the mold block off of each and sand.

I want to address the two parts individually. The attached photos of the pilot seat show the enormous improvement that the Quickboost seat is with its corrected shape, seat belts and much finer detail. in a word, the kit part is wrong and Quickboost fixes it in spades.

The gunners seat has the seat belts and the open structure. When compared to the kit seat (which I have already added PE seat belts too), the parts are pretty close for either. The Quickboost parts does have the belts so a slight edge to it.

In review, the Quickboost set is needed desperately for replacing the pilots seat and is superb. The addition of the gunners seat is also an added plus. This set is recommended for its low cost, improved accuracy and ease of use. My thanks to Quickboost for the review item and to IPMS/USA for the chance to review it.

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