Eduard SU-30SM Updates & Masks (for Kittyhawk) 1:48

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SU-30SM Updates & Masks (for Kittyhawk)

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Kittyhawk have been releasing all kinds of Flankers since around 2017, with the SU-30SM hitting the shelves 2020.  Eduard's new 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.

 

 

Su-30SM Upgrades (491150)b]

Two frets are included, one nickel plated and pre-painted, the other in bare brass.  A complete set of new layered instrument panels and side consoles are the primary parts on the painted set requiring the removal of the moulded-in detail, with new rudder pedals; HUD box front; ejection seat and headbox details; coaming instrumentation and a complete skin for the canopy sill structure and canopy hoops for the clear parts with rear-view mirrors also supplied.   The intakes have new PE auxiliary doors folded up, with build-in FOD guards made from laminated parts; curved main gear bay skins; a set of parts to completely skin out the air-brake bay; a raft of blade antennae with bases; AoA probes; more detailed antennae on the trailing edge of the tail fins, and a set of static discharge wicks for the tails and flying surfaces.

 

 

 

 

Zoom! Set (FE1150)

This set contains a reduced subset of the interior, namely the pre-painted parts 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 (FE1151)

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 and harnesses, you also get a set of bunny-ear handles between the pilot's knees that gets him out of there in case of an emergency.

 

 

 

 

Masks (EX743)

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/tyre masks for the wheels, allowing you to cut the demarcation perfectly with little effort.

 

 

 

 

Masks Tface (EX744)

Supplied on a larger sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with everything above, but also give you 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. 

 

 

 

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