This latest release
from Aires
features a complete
resin cockpit for the Spitfire Mk. V from Hasegawa.
This detail set
includes;
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Resin
cockpit floor
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Resin seat
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2 side
walls
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Instrument
panel in resin
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Acetate
panels for the instrument panel
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Photo Etch
panels for the instrument panel
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Small resin
bits to detail the cockpit
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Photo etch
detail parts including seatbelts, side frames for gunsight, instrument panel
control handles, rudder pedals and other smaller photo etch detail parts
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You get
photo etch seat belts to pose any way you please
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The gun
sight has
Photo etch side with a clear acetate center glass.
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Spade type
control column
Click on
images below to see larger images
The quality of the resin casting is
flawless and bubble free. The level of detail is very inclusive and seems
to capture all the detail perfectly. You will be required to remove
the sidewall detail from the kit parts before you fit the resin side walls in
this set. If you want to pose the cockpit door in the open position to
show the cockpit detail better, then you will need to cut the door from the
resin sidewall and also cut the cockpit door from the kit fuselage.
Probably doing away with the kit sidewall door and use using the resin sidewall
door would be the best approach if you plan to display the door in the open
position. To use both parts would probably give you a door that
would be too thick.
The Spitfire is a very popular
plane with modellers and this set gives you all you need to improve upon the
Hasegawa kit cockpit.
You can purchase this and other
fine resin detail items directly from Aires
or from the many retailers that carry their products. A list of some of
those retailers can be found here.
Steve
I would like to
thank Aires for
providing me with this review sample.
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