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Legend
LA4814 F-105D Cockpit set (for Monogram kit) |
Review
Type: |
FirstLook |
Scale: |
1/48 |
Price: |
$21.95 |
Contents and Media: |
18 resin pieces and 1 colour instruction
sheet |
Advantages: |
Fine detail on all parts |
Disadvantages: |
The resin has not been cast properly
on the review set and is transaprent in areas. |
Recommendation: |
Limited recommendation |
As one of my favourite aircraft the Monogram
1/48th kit, whilst old, is still very good. Unfortunately
the cockpit and other areas can always do with an bit of
updating as they are quite basic.
The update comprises 18 cream resin parts
that make up the cockpit for the single seat aircraft and
a small colour sheet that gives you an idea on how to assemble
the seat. Whilst the parts are nicely detailed unfortunately
the casting on a number of them is not the best. The problem
is that the parts have been cast very thinly, unfortunately
some of them have been cast so thin that they are transparent.
In the case of the area under the front canopy there is a
hole where the resin did not cast properly. The side wall
details and the edges of the ejection seat are also very
thin. The set comprises:
The instructions are not realy effective
as they are a mix of the box top and a colour sheet that
shows you how to put the ejection seat together. Whilst the
set isn't complex it would have been good to a bit more
of a detailed set of instructions. A good example is that
there is a radio looking item in the resin parts but I can
find no reference to it at all in the 'instructions'.
I give this a limited recommendation due to the poor casting
of some items. If this is a 'one off' then all is good in
the world. If it wasn't for the poor/thin casting the set
would have rated much better.
This set courtesy of my wallet but is available
from South
East Hobbies.
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