IPMS/USA thanks the crew at Aires for supporting the IPMS USA reviewer corps with one more of many monthly releases, In this case another example of CAD-assisted resin wheel and tire assembly. This is a useful and timely landing gear addition in the ever-growing detail world for the sufferers of Advanced Detail Syndrome like me. And thanks to IPMS leadership for sending it my way to be reviewed.
This review is of the Aires/Wheeliant F-16I Sufa’s wheel and tire set. It is truly an improvement over the basic kit items, as a mere glance at the photos can show. The one really noticeable bit is the writing on the tire sides (“Goodyear”), and the deep, scale tire grooves of the “heavy” landing gear rubber. Be aware that 148018 is the set for Kinetic’s Sufa, and 148016 is the Hasegawa version. There are differenced in the axle arrangement, etc.