Eduard Model Accessories

1/48 MiG-29 cockpit and pilot helmet 

Product # 648091 for Academy kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Oct 18 2018

 

      

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 MiG-29 cockpit in 1/48 scale for the Academy kit.

 

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This resin set includes:

  • cockpit tub with sidewalls

  • one ejection seat with separate resin headrest and photo etch seatbelts, ejection seat handles etc and smaller resin detail parts

  • resin instrument coaming

  • resin instrument panel

  • photo etch HUD with acetate "glass"

  • pre-painted instrument gauges to go behind resin instrument panel

  • smaller pre-painted detail parts for cockpit

  • smaller resin parts to detail cockpit

  • resin launch rails behind ejection seat

  • resin rudder pedals with photo etch straps

  • photo and resin parts to detail canopy (frame etc) CA glue fogs canopy, cover canopy in Future to avoid this

  • photo etch canopy mirrors

  • multipart pilot helmet

There are 5 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.

The Academy is a fine kit, but the cockpit could use the extra super detailing that this cockpit set offers.  The addition of the pilot helmet will be an excellent item to pose on the wing or in the cockpit of your MiG-29.

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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