Model Airplane International - June 2018

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

KIT BUILD

with Spencer I was eulogising over the new

release when he offered some 'Overtrees'

(boxes of just the runners with no

instructions and decals) plus a whole host

of BRASSIN and photo-etch for an article.

Needless to say I metaphorically bit his arm

off! As he was going to model an aircraft

with every panel open using everything

available (which will hopefully be seen later

in the year) I decided to make two models:

one pretty much straight from the box as

what the eventual 'Weekend Edition' will be

and one using some of what are probably

going to be some of the more popular

upgrades, namely the BRASSIN cockpit,

some photo-etch and then Barracudacast’s,

sublime exhausts.

Not having any decals to hand wasn’t a

with Spencer I was eulogising over the new

release when he offered some 'Overtrees'

(boxes of just the runners with no

instructions and decals) plus a whole host

of BRASSIN and photo-etch for an article.

Needless to say I metaphorically bit his arm

off! As he was going to model an aircraft

Side by side view showing the BRASSIN cockpit and the kit parts. The

detail is better in the resin set and I like the open panel behind the

seat. Whether it is worth the money is up to the modeller...

A neat detail in the BRASSIN set is the

canopy opening handle. Note that some

of the coaming supports have been

removed for the resin replacement,

next time I’ll just use the kit parts

I think as it is an inconvenience

for what is a minor improvement

in detail.

Primed in Ammo One Shot

Black, the difference in detail

is more noticeable.

With a black wash the

detail on the resin set

really pops out.

I really liked the

cushion detail in

the resin set, it’s

much better than

the kit part but

when installed and

partially covered

by seat belts it’s

not worth the price

alone. I’d pay a few

quid for just this bit

though!

An essential

upgrade in

my opinion is

the Barracuda

Studios

exhaust set.

The fi nesse is

incredible.

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Ready for installation, this

is the BRASSIN set fi nished.

I added the placards from

an Airscale set as none are

included in the kit.

Compare this kit cockpit

with the BRASSIN offering.

Is the resin worth it? Only

you can decide. (Note

there’s no harness here,

I was waiting for the

postman to deliver my

HGW set).

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