Eduard Model Accessories

1/48 Spitfire Mk. V cockpit set

Product # 648183 for Airfix kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Sept 12 2016

 

      

This resin and pre-painted photo etch set from Eduard is part of the Brassin series and is available directly from Eduard Model AccessoriesThis set includes a full cockpit for the Spitfire Mk. V in 1/48 scale.

 

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The spitfire cockpit is one of the more complicated cockpits and this set includes all that wonderful complicated detail.  You also get clear acetate to make the glass in the gunsight.  The instrument panel is done with pre-painted photo etch which is probably the quickest and most effective way to do an instrument panel.  The seat and armour plate and the seat frame are a multi-piece affair that captures the detail of the real seat very well.  The side walls are detail rich and have further parts you attach to the sidewalls to add further detail.  Seatbelts are pre-painted photo etch.

There are 4 pages of instruction in the usual line drawing format that Eduard is famous for and which are so easy to follow.  The instructions also include painting instructions.

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 cockpit set is a kit in itself and once painted and assembled, it will give your Spitfire a stunning level of cockpit detail.

You can buy this detail set and thousands of other items directly from Eduard Model Accessories.

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Steve Bamford

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