Eduard Hurricane Mk.I Update Sets (for Airfix) 1:48

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Hurricane Update Sets (for Airfix)

1:48 Eduard

 

 

This is a welcome release for anyone with an Airfix Mk.I Hurricane.  Eduard's range of 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.

 

 

Upgrade Set (491104)

Two frets are included, one nickel plated and pre-painted, the other in bare brass, with a small slip of acetate for the gunsight glazing.  A complete new layered instrument panel and compass are the primary parts on the painted set, with a new seat that utilises the kit adjustment mechanism; rudder pedals; control column details; sidewall equipment; gunsight with clear acetate lenses; radiator fronts; shell guide covers for the wing mounted machine guns; straps for a receiver in the gear bays, plus additional small skin components and hoses; replacement gun bay covers with inserts for the surrounds; cooling flap on the radiator; actuators for the rudder and trim flap; loop under the access stirrup, and two grab handles on the canopy, one inside and one outside of the glazing.

 

 

 

 

Zoom! Set (FE1104)

This set contains a reduced subset of the interior, namely the pre-painted sheet that are used to improve on the main aspects of the cockpit, as seen above.  Whatever your motivations for wanting this set, it provides a welcome boost to detail, without being concerned with the structural elements.

 

 

 

 

Seatbelts STEEL (FE1105)

These sets 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.  This set comprises four parts, a Y-shaped section draped over the seatback, shoulder restraints on a plate that attaches to the base of the head armour, and of course the two lap belts that affix to the sides.  It should be noted here that Eduard have shown the Y-shaped part incorrectly placed, when the two upper ends should attach to the back of the shoulder buckles, and the lower end of the Y should disappear through the cut-out low down on the seat back.  If you correct this error your belts will look more accurate.

 

 

 

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