Eduard Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B Update Sets (for GWH L4824) 1:48

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Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B Update Sets (for GWH L4824)

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Great Wall Hobby released their highly detailed Su-27 kit in 2021, numbered L4824, and as usual with them it’s a really nice kit, although not the cheapest in the world, or the easiest to get hold of.  Eduard's new range of sets are here to improve even further on the kit detail in their 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.

 

 

Update Set (491249)

Two frets are included, one nickel-plated and pre-painted, the other larger fret in bare brass.  A complete set of new layered instrument panels, sidewalls and side consoles with added levers for the cockpit, ejection seat detail for the anti-flail leg straps; a sensor suite for the exterior front and rear; auxiliary intakes for the twin engines plus the drop-down FOD guards in the trunking; edge skins for the air brake; roll-over hoop skins for the windscreen and canopy; anti-static wicks; and sweeper-lips for the nose-wheel’s mudguard are also supplied.

 

 

 

 

Seatbelts STEEL (FE1250)

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 four-point crew belts, you also get a set of the fan-shaped twin pull-handles between the pilot's knees that gets him out of there in case of an emergency.

 

 

 

 

Masks (EX838)

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 pair of tiny masks for the twin landing lights on the nose gear leg.

 

 

 

 

Masks Tface (EX839)

Supplied on a larger sheet/two sheets 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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