Isracast - Isradecals

Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf' conversion kit

Product # 48012

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Nov 1 2006

 

 

This cream coloured resin conversion set with photoetch will permit you to convert the 1/48 Hasegawa AH-64D to the Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf'.

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You get 36 resin pieces and a good sized selection of photo etch that contains metal parts for screens, canopy wipers and other delicate parts.  The resin pieces contain finely detailed items to get all the details correct and build your Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf'. 

The resin casting is very well done, the photoetch parts are finely done and the 16 page instruction book is involved, but easy enough to follow.  

This set is for the modeller that is keen to build an accurate Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf'.  There are plenty of parts to dress up the cockpit (including a detail rich instrument panel), plus plenty of items to dress up the exterior of your Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf'. I had a very nice chat with  Ra'anan Weiss (the owner) of Isracast - Isradecals while I was attending the US Nationals in Kansas City in 2006 and he showed me all the areas of the model this conversion set corrects....and the list is extensive and comprehensive.

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I am very impressed with this set....finally you can easily build an accurate 1/48 Israel AF AH-64D-I 'Saraf' without all the time consuming research and scratchbuilding. 

Below is a selection of images from the 16 page instruction book.  This book not only includes instructions for doing the conversion, but it also provides walkaround photos of the detail areas on the 1/1 scale aircraft.

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I'd like to thank Isracast - Isradecals for the review sample.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford