Aires

1/48 Me 410B-2/U4 cockpit set

Product # 4585 for Meng kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Jan 30 2014

 

 

This detail set from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit set for the Me 410B-2/U4 from Meng.  

This detail set includes;

  • Resin front cockpit tub

  • Resin rear cockpit tub

  • Front and rear crew seats

  • Front and rear side cockpit walls

  • Electronics panel

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, rudder pedals, canopy handles and much more

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

  • The gunsight has a clear acetate center glass.

 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  

There are 5 pages of instruction in the usual line drawing format that Aires is famous for and which are so easy to follow.  You will be required to sometimes cut away detail on the kit parts to fit these parts.

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 Me 410B-2/U4 has plenty of canopy glass and this cockpit set permits you to add all the high quality detail that will show so well under all that canopy glass.

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 product sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford