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.

The metal parts (mainly the 20 mm Hispano) seem to be slightly smaller than the plastic parts. I do not know which part (metal or plastic) measures closer to the real object -in scale-. At any rate the metal part looks better. This is not a complain on the Tamiya molds; it is just the limits of injection plastic parts.

I also happen to have the Airfix Mosquito Mk.VI in my stash. Adapting this detail set for the Airfix Mosquito would imply a similar modification for the Hispano (cut the part, drill a hole) but a much significant modification for the Brownings, as the plastic part would need to have the barrels removed, then open the gun tray holes and scratchbuild a holder for the metal barrels.