Aires

1/32 Bf 109F-2/F-4 early cockpit set

Product # 2151 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on July 22 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit for the Bf 109F-2/F-4 early from Hasegawa.   

This detail set includes;

  • Resin floor

  • Cockpit sidewalls

  • Pilot seat

  • Instrument panel in resin

  • Acetate panel for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Gun Breech between rudder pedals

  • Photo etch mounting braces for armor plate behind pilots head

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, rudder pedals, trim wheels and much more

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

  • The resin gunsight has 2 acetate panels for the center glass.

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The sidewalls are loaded with rich detail.  The seat and sidewalls include rivet detail.  The resin control stick is beautifully crafted from the trigger button down to the leather boot at the bottom of the control stick.  The acetate panel has the gauges all crisply printed.  

All in all this is a beautifully crafted cockpit set and it will be an excellent addition to the big 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109F-2/F-4.

You can purchase this and other fine resin detail items directly from Aires or from the many retailers that carry their products.  

I would like to thank Aires for providing me with this review sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford