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Tornado IDS Upgrade Sets (for Eduard/Revell)

1:48 Eduard

 

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The new Revell kit of this much missed Cold War warrior is the new standard for 1:48, and is a great kit.  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.

 

3D Printed SPACE set (3DL48089)

The Eduard SPACE sets use new 3D printing techniques that lay down successive layers of different colour resin, creating highly realistic almost full complete panels that are supplied on a decal sheet.  They can depict metallic shades, plus glossy, satin and matt colours too, which really ups the detail on everything they print.  In addition, a small sheet of nickel-plated and pre-painted PE is included for the aspects of the set that lend themselves better to this medium, such as seatbelts and rudder pedals.

 

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The PE sheet contains two full sets of crew belts, but first you’ll need to remove the moulded-in belts from the kit seats, however the work is well worth it for the improvement in detail.  The two instrument panels and side consoles are also stripped of their moulded-in detail and are covered over by new 3D decals, the pilot’s panel being the more complex of the two, comprising four sections and a PE lever.  The side consoles are replaced too, and a PE throttle quadrant with levers is laid over a blank portion of the pilot’s port console.  The additional boxes on the rear-seater’s coaming are skinned with new 3D decals, and the pilot’s coaming has two thin instrument faces added into a pair of recesses, one on either side.

 

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Tface Masks (EX905)

Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with a full set of masks for the canopy both inside and out, 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 and formation lights, allowing you to cut the demarcation perfectly with little effort.

 

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