Eduard J-35 Draken Updates (for Hasegawa) 1:48

[Mike]

J-35 Draken Updates (for Hasegawa)

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Hasegawa answered a lot of prayers when they released their kit of the venerable Saab Draken, and there have been some sets available for it previously, but these are new ones. 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.

 

There are two sets, both intended for the cockpit, with the seatbelts separated so they can be etched in the new thinner steel PE.

 

Interior (491008)

This set includes a nickel-plated pre-printed sheet and a slightly smaller fret of bare brass.  It contains a complete re-vamp of the main instrument panel in two layers, additional layers for the side consoles and their smaller panel sections, plus a new throttle quadrant skin.  The cockpit side walls and sills plus the turtle-deck behind the pilot is also detailed with a substantial number of new parts including addition instruments on the coaming, the lip and interior of the canopy frame are upgraded with a lot of new parts to give it an impressive look, all of which will be visible whether you leave the canopy open or not, but more so if open of course.  Finally, although they're hardly interior parts, you get new oleo-scissor links and a few stencil placards on the sides for the gear legs, and the final exterior part is a small louvred intake on the tail fin.

 

 

 

Seatbelts (FE1009)

This set on the thinner steel etch contains a full set of pre-printed crew belts with the new printed simulated "depth" by shading, plus detail on the seat sides and a host of tiny placards on the head box and seat sides.  You'll need to remove the upper portion of the seat back cushion and the lower leg-guides, but that shouldn't slow you down much.

 

 

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