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1/48 Aires Cockpit set Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat
Review by Jörgen
Toll
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This is a resin detail set with photo etched metal parts.
The Resin parts are very detailed, and some need some of the supplied PE parts to be complete.
The instrument panels have the typical Aires attention to detail. You sandwich in a clear acetate film, with dials printed onto it, beneath a photo etched frame and onto the resin panel. Looks very convincing!
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The seats are cast without seatbelts. This is a great idea, in my book, since you can add your own belts from lead foil or from the supplied PE belts. Looks much more real then if they were moulded onto the seat.
Some details on the resin parts are very delicate and had broken loose on my set. Price you have to pay for tiny details I guess. Most parts are easy to salvage, others need to be removed and replaced.
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Jörgen
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Photos and text © 2003
by Jörgen Toll
