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Obscureco

N

ormally we only catch up

with Obscureco once a year

at the US Nationals but

at the show, one of there recent

sets had sold out, so they have

now posted us the missing set.

Designed to it any of nine

1/72 scale boxings of the A-3 Sky

warriors and variants released to

date this set supplies a seamless

intake for the engines and is

a very noticeable addition.

Fitting the set needs just a

thin razor saw to remove the

forward part of the kits engine and

enough courage to cut up quite an

expensive kit. The instructions use

thumbnail photographs and some

very humorous text to illustrate

exactly what you need to do.

1/72 SCALE

A-3A/B/KA-23B/EKA-3B ENGINE INTAKES

Designed for: Hasegawa

CONCLUSION

Obscureco have quite a large

range now and the quality of the

casting and instructions are first

class. You can see the full range

at http://www.obscureco.com where

you can order the complete range

and they use a flat-fee postage

policy of $3 for the USA and $11 for

the rest of the world, per order.

Yahu Models

A

nother box from Yahu
supplying a selection of
their inished or pre-
painted instrument panels which
require some minor assembly as
well as etched brass seatbelts.
On the front of each pack is a
printed illustration of the panel
inside and it is only when you open
the packet you realise that all
of the detail seen on the printed
image is present on the scale
panel no matter the size, which
in 1/72 scale is quite amazing.

1/72 SCALE
YMA7305 MIRAGE F.1EQ INSTRUMENT
PANEL
Designed for: Special Hobby

YMS7214 WORLD WAR 2 SEATBELTS-
USA
Designed for: Various

YMS7215 WORLD WAR 2 SEATBELTS-
JAPAN
Designed for: Various

1/48 SCALE

YM A 4805 PZL 37 LOS INSTRUMENT PANEL

Designed for: Mirage

YMA4863 FW-190A-3 INSTRUMENT

PANEL

Designed for: Eduard

1/32 SCALE

YMA3237 FI156 STORCH INSTRUMENT

PANEL

Designed for: Hasegawa

YMA3240 L-19/O-1 INSTRUMENT PANEL

Designed for: Roden

CONCLUSION

I was very impressed with these

sets when I first saw them and

having used them a few times

my high opinion of them has not

changed. Our thanks to Yahu

models for supplying the review

samples, the full range can be

seen on their website at http://www.

yahumodels.siemianowice.com

and also from Hannants in the UK.

Eduard Löök

T

his month we take a ‘look’

at the two further releases

in the Eduard Löök range.

Both of this month’s sets are

for 1/32 scale Tamiya kits, the

P-51D-5 and the F4U-1A. The sets

are cast in black resin, with colour

printed details and the instrument

dials are glazed. These parts

are a direct replacement for the

kit parts, making these sets a

very simple drop in upgrade.

1/32 SCALE

634 002 F4U-1A (for Tamiya kit)

634 003 P-51D-5 (for Tamiya kit)

CONCLUSION

For 1/32 scale these instrument

panels offer a far more

3-dimensional option than a colour

photo-etched panel and I am sure as

more products are added to the line

this range will become very popular.

As it offers an easy to use upgrade to

your cockpit, with the added bonus

as they include a set of seatbelts.

My thanks to Eduard for

supplying these samples for

review http://www.eduard.com

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