Eduard Spitfire Mk.VIII Top Cowl (648338 for Eduard 1:48)

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Spitfire Mk.VIII Top Cowl (648338 for Eduard)

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

Hot on the heels of the latest variant of the Mk.VIII the HF Mk.VIII, here's the answer to at least part of your filling fun on that ever-so-prominent top cowling.  The kit parts have to be moulded as two due to their shape and the inflexible moulds used in injection moulding, whereas resin is cast in flexible resin moulds allowing for undercuts and some leeway when removing the parts from the mould.  Goodbye seam and having to square it away whilst maintaining the details, and we all know that sometimes filler shrinks back and leaves a depression, even after the model has been painted, which grates immensely from personal experience.

 

 

As usual with Eduard's resin sets, they arrive 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.  There is only one part in this box, and it is protected on each side by resin rails that link to the casting block that terminates at the front of the cowling.  The part is easy to remove from its block, and with just a little light sanding it is ready for installation.  Check the fit and adjust as necessary, then CA it into place once you have dealt with the seam on the fuel tank in front of the windscreen of course.  Detail is excellent, and knowing that seam won't come back is good news all round.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

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