This accessory is for the Heller Tunnan kit. The parts are replacement pitot tubes.

The Kit

You get two finely done brass parts in a plastic envelope, which is inside another plastic envelope. Good plan – lost parts of this size would be a disaster, not to mention impossible to find. I liked the instruction sheet, it was simple, to the point, and uncluttered.

Assembly

I used a Tunnan I built several years ago. It was great to have these brass pitots, as the plastic ones had been broken off soon after I did the model.

I cut off the little projections where the pitots had been earlier and drilled tiny holes in the wing leading edge.

I painted the brass parts with Testors Aluminum Metalizer.

There is a difference between the left and right pitots, and the instructions are VERY specific about which is which.

A bit of gel-type CA, and a bit of touch up, and the project was finished.

The Product

My sample arrived packaged in the all-too-familiar orange-topped poly sleeve with the typical card insert. After close inspection of the parts, I found them to be perfect. As you can see, the kit parts offer excellent detail; even so, the Quickboost seats are by far superior in detail, and they’re a drop-in replacement. They are easily detached from the pour block and clean up with a few swipes from a sanding stick.

The Bottom Line

I recommend these babies to anyone wanting to enhance his Ju-52 build.

Thanks to, Aires/Quickboost and IPMS for the opportunity to review these nice little castings.

This accessory is for the Heller Lansen kit. The part is a replacement pitot tube.

The Kit

You get one finely done brass part in a plastic envelope, which is inside another plastic envelope. Good plan, since losing parts of this size would be a disaster, not to mention impossible to find.

I liked the instruction sheet, it was simple and showed you exactly where to put the pitot.

Assembly

I cut the remains of the old pitot off and drilled a hole in the wing where the old tube was.

I painted the brass part with Testors Aluminum Metalizer.

I put a bit of gel-type CA on the pitot and inserted it in the hole in the wing. I had enough time before the super glue set up to insure that the pitot was horizontal and straight, after which the project was finished.

History Brief

The F/A-18 was ordered for the United States Navy and Marine Corps as an all-weather, supersonic, aircraft carrier-capable, multi-role aircraft. It was first flown in November 1978, and introduced into service in January 1983. The F-18 has a proven track record so effective that it’s still used in the fleet as fighters, attack bombers, and airborne electronic warfare systems aircraft.

The Product

My sample arrived in a small rectangular box featuring a very cool painting of a retro 1950s painted Navy Hornet. The kit consists of 60 parts in grey and 1 part in clear, the panel lines are raised, and there is a fair amount of flash present. The old molds are starting to show their age. The instruction sheet is clearly printed b&w booklet. This kit features a unique decal sheets with two options:

History

For those of us who've learned to fly, there's nothing like the first time you line up with the runway and apply full take off power. You race down the runway till you feel the wing start to do its magic. With a slight backward pull of the wheel, your flying! Likewise, the aircraft you learn to fly in stays with you the rest of your life. The Cessna 150 has filled that place for thousands of fledgling pilots since its introduction in 1959. When production ended in 1985, 23,948 Cessna 150s had been built. A simple two place design that includes a small back seat (for very small children) the 150 can haul a useful load of 500 pounds at 108 Kts with the Continental O-200s, 100 HP pulling it along. Design changes over the years included a redesigned rear fuselage incorporating a rear window and modifying the vertical tail from straight to raked back. This kit represents a later model 150. Remarkably, over 2/3 of all Cessna 150s built are still flying.