Eduard Yak-38 Forger Ejection Seat 1:48

[Mike]

Yak-38 Forger Ejection Seat

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

The Harrierski from Hobby Boss has been out a while now, but it's never too late to get hold of a good ejection seat to fill that cramped cockpit with a bit of detail.  The K-36VM seat installed in the Yak was shoe-horned into the cockpit and to be honest, not much else can be seen.  The set arrives in the familiar Brassin clamshell box, with the resin parts safely cocooned on dark grey foam inserts, and the instructions sandwiched between the two halves, doubling as the header card.

 

 

Inside the box you get the crispest resin you will ever see, with ten resin parts and a small fret of pre-painted nickel-plated Photo-Etch (PE) parts for extra detail.  The seat pan and headbox are mated via a trio of long pegs that ensure a snug fit, with resin ejection handle housing that is augmented by PE parts between the pilot's knees.  Resin swing-down arm rests fit to pegs on the sides of the seat back, and a control panel is installed on the right side.  At the rear two rams and the central support for the ejection mechanism is added from a combination of resin and PE.  The rest of the PE parts are used to detail the seat with stencils and levers, with the option of adding some small sections of wire from your own stock to complete the finest details.  Some of the PE parts are best added after painting, as their details will be obscured by paint unless masked.

 

With careful painting, the seat will become the focus of the cockpit, needing little else to finish it off.

 

 

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