Aires

1/72 F-16I Sufa cockpit set

 product # 7256 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Dec 28 2010

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit for the F-16I Sufa from Hasegawa.   

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit tub and 2 ejection seats

  • Instrument panels in resin with coaming

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panels

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panels

  • 4 resin side panels

  • Two resin control sticks and 2 small resin parts to detail cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, rudder pedals, ejection seat handles and other parts to detail cockpit 

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

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

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The ejection seats have detail on all sides.  The cockpit tub is loaded with raised detail that will respond well to painting.  the instrument panels are a combination of raised resin detail and flat surfaces for attaching the acetate and photo etch instrument panels. 

This is a neat set  and the amount of detail it contains is quite amazing....especially for 1/72 .  This cockpit set is a massive improvement over the Hasegawa 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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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford