Aires

1/32 F-105G Thunderchief cockpit set

Product # 2163 for Trumpeter kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on July 6 2012

 

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit for the F-105G Thunderchief from Trumpeter. 

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit tub and 2 ejection seats

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, canopy mirrors, canopy handles, sidewall detail and much more

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

  • The HUD has resin sides with a clear acetate center glass.

 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  This really is quite the involved set with a huge selection of tiny parts to add that fine high level of detail that looks so excellent in 1/32 scale.

The 4 pages of instructions are easy to follow and are in the usual line drawing format that Aires is famous for.

You will be required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The Small Shop, then this will be an easy process.  They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.

This is an amazing cockpit set and this would be a quite nice improvement in detail over the cockpit that comes in the Trumpeter kit. 

You can purchase this and other fine resin detail items directly from Aires or from the many retailers that carry their products.  

I would like to thank Aires for providing me with this review sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford