Aires

1/48 F-16D block 30 fighting Falcon cockpit set

 product # 4454 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on July 8 2010

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin cockpit for the F-16D block 30 fighting Falcon from Hasegawa.

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit tub and 2 ejection seats

  • Instrument panels in resin with very detailed instrument coamings

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panels and clear panel for the HUD

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Four detailed cockpit sidewalls

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, instrument panel, ejection seat handles and much more

  • You get photo etch seat belts to pose any way you please

  • The HUD has Photo etch side with a clear acetate center glass.

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The detail in this cockpit set is amazingly well done.

This is a brilliantly detailed cockpit set and with some careful painting and weathering you will have a stunning cockpit in your F-16.  This resin cockpit set is a vast improvement over the Hasegawa cockpit that comes in this Hasegawa kit.

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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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford