Eduard Yak-9D Exhaust Stacks (648805 for Zvezda) 1:48

[Mike]

Yak-9D Exhaust Stacks (648805 for Zvezda)

1:48 Eduard Brassin PRINT

 

 

We reviewed the new Yak-9D from Zvezda recently here, and now Eduard have begun to release some additional detail sets for the detail-hungry modeller who isn’t satisfied with the capabilities of injection-moulded styrene.  As usual with Eduard's Photo-Etch (PE), small Brassin 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. 

 

 

The resin is further protected by a crystal-clear clamshell box that closes securely with a friction-toggle.  Inside the box are two rows of four beautifully printed exhausts on a single print-base that have hollow D-profile tips. The kit includes a full depiction of the Klimov engine for inside the cowling, with individual stacks included, but they don’t have hollow tips.  The replacements do have hollow D-profiled tips, and are supplied as two paired exhausts in the centre openings, and two more singles at the ends of the block, replicating the pegs at the base to secure them into the engine block.  Once removed from the print base they are a drop-in replacement for the kit parts, with the only difference (apart from the detail) being that you need to use super glue (CA) to locate them in their slots.

 

A superb update to the kit parts that are eminently simple to use.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

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