Quickboost has released a highly detailed MiG 15 ejection seat to replace the ones found in the Trumpeter and Tamiya 1/48 scale kits. The seat may be easier to find than the Tamiya kit these days, but it is a welcome detail part for anyone with that kit. Anyone building the easier to come-by Trumpeter kit will likewise be pleased with the opportunity to considerably enhance the cockpit of that kit by adding this one detail. The Quickboost seat captures the look of the prototype very nicely with crisp (and more refined) details, and realistic molded-in safety belts that will add much to the cockpit of either kit.

Quickboost’s ejection seat is cast in their familiar gray resin and is made up of two pieces (the seat and a separate headrest). Everything comes on a small casting block with risers on both ends to protect the parts. Parts can easily be separated from the casting block with a razor saw or xacto blade. There is a little thin flash in the open areas between side frame members. But it is easily removed with a #11 blade after the parts are separated from the casting block. The simple instruction sheet included in the package shows where to locate the headrest but it’s pretty obvious where to place it. Because the material is resin, it is necessary to use superglue (CA) or epoxy cement to attach the parts to each other and to the kit’s styrene plastic fuselage tub.

This product is highly recommended as a quick and easy way for a modeler to improve the cockpit detail of any 1/48 scale MiG 15.

My thanks to IPMS/USA and Quickboost for the review sample and IPMS/USA for the opportunity to review this excellent little detail part.