Model Aircraft – September 2019

run producer to becoming the state of the art

kit manufacturer that we know today. It set

new levels of detail and engineering for Eduard

that meant they were able to compete with the

mainstream producers. In particular it would

go head to head with the Hasegawa kit and the

fact that it is still being made to this day shows

that it held up well.

This particular kit is one of Eduard’s popular

Limited edition ‘Dual Combo’ oferings which

contain two kits. With their unequalled etched

sets in both colour and standard brass to

detail the cockpit, wheel wells and fuselage

along with die cut masks these boxing’s are

great value for your hard earned bucks. The

engineering of the kit is good and makes for

a straight forward quick and fairly easy build

with no it issues providing you take care when

aligning before ixing parts into position. As

you progress the superb instruction sheet gives

you clear direction on which etched parts to

use for the particular variant you have chosen.

I was particularly impressed with the colour

etched instrument panel. I have always been a

fan of these as the printed instrument dials are

always unmatched by decals or hand painting.

Upon closer inspection I noticed that these

ones had clear glass over them adding even

more detail to the realism of the cockpit parts.

Further enhancements were found on the frets,

Manufacturer: Eduard

Scale: 1:4 8

K i t Ty p e: Plastic injection moulded with etch

Kit Number: 11118

P-39 ‘Bella’ Dual Combo Limited Edition

THE ‘AIRACOBRA’ HAD A VENOMOUS BITE

MODEL AIRCRAFT SEPTEMBER 2019

‘BELLA’

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