Eduard Spitfire Mk.VIII/IX Cockpit Doors (648380 for Eduard)

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Spitfire Mk.VIII/IX Cockpit Doors (648380 for Eduard)

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

Cutting out the cockpit door on a Spitfire usually involves taking a saw or knife to the kit fuselage, taking care not to damage the part you cut out.  No longer!  Now you can cut out the opening and discard the piece, using this highly detailed resin alternative in its place.  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.

 

 

Inside the box are two resin doors on one casting block, one with the controversial crowbar installed, and one without, showing the clips that it normally affixes to.  If you're building a post-war bird by all means paint it red, but for a WWII vintage build leave it interior green, otherwise the sticklers will get ya!  There are also decals that are placed in vertically between the two internal stiffeners, with a choice of black or red text and the helpful folks at Eduard have split one set of stencils diagonally, to ease putting them in around the crowbar.

 

 

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