Eduard Mig-23ML/MF Update Sets (for Trumpeter/Eduard) 1:48

[Mike]

Mig-23ML/MF Update Sets (for Trumpeter/Eduard)

1:48 Eduard

 

 

Eduard have reboxed the Trumpeter kit of this aircraft as a special edition "Bedna" boxing with Czech markings, allowing you to build either an ML or MF airframe.  Eduard's new sets are here to improve on the kit detail in the usual modular manner.  Get what you want for the areas you want to be more of a focal point.  As usual with Eduard's Photo-Etch (PE) and Mask sets, they arrive in a flat resealable package, with a white backing card protecting the contents and the instructions that are sandwiched between.

 

 

Upate Set Mig-23ML (48966)

Supplied on a single large fret, this busy brass sheet contains a lot of small details that are spread over the entire airframe. In the cockpit there are new launch rails for the ejection seat, plus small panels on the bulkhead, cockpit sills, canopy internal parts and seat details.  The nose gear bay receives new side skins; wiring detail and new bay door hinges, with additional detail added to the main bays too.  On the fuselage, many small vents are added as raised parts; a pop-up intake and its tunnel are fitted to a hole you make in the exterior, and stiffeners are added here and there.  The air-brakes have wiring added to their bays, and a new detailed skin added to the interior of the brakes themselves, while the intake splitter plates are removed and replaced by a new highly detailed micro-perforated part that should improve detail immensely with careful painting.  Inside the intakes, the thick splitters are replaced by more in-scale parts, new auxiliary vents are added on top, and inside the side aux-intakes are backed with a louvered box.  The fuel tanks are given PE filler caps, and other small parts are dotted around the airframe

 

 

 

Upate Set Mig-23MF (48965)

Supplied on a single large fret, identical to the one above in all but name (which is why there isn't another picture – just imagine the different number at the top), the difference are minimal and relate to one area, the tip of the tail fillet.

 

 

 

 

Seatbelts STEEL Mig-23ML/MF (FE932)

In case you don't already know, these belts are Photo-Etch (PE) steel, and because of their strength they can be etched from thinner material, which improves realism and flexibility in one sitting.  Coupled with the new painting method that adds perceived extra depth to the buckles and other furniture by shading, they are more realistic looking and will drape better than regular brass PE.  As well as the two sets of crew belts, you also get a set of the pull-handles between the pilot's knees that gets him out of there in case of an emergency.

 

 

 

 

Masks Tface (EX615)

Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with a full set of masks for the canopy, with compound curved handled by using frame hugging masks, while the highly curved gaps are in-filled with either liquid mask or offcuts from the background tape.  In addition you get a set of hub masks for all the wheels, allowing you to cut the demarcation perfectly with little effort.  You also get another set of canopy masks tailored to fit the interior of the glazing so that you can paint the interior and give your model that extra bit of realism.

 

 

Review sample courtesy of