Aires

1/48 F-16C Fighting Falcon Block 50/52 cockpit set

Product # 4522 for Kinetic kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Jan 6 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit set for the F-16C Fighting Falcon Block 50/52 from Kinetic.

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit tub and 1 ejection seat

  • Cockpit sidewalls

  • Instrument panel with coaming in resin

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch parts for the instrument panel

  • A few small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, ejection seat handles and a few other parts.

  • You get photo etch seat belts to pose any way you please

  • The HUD has Photo etch sides with a clear acetate center glass.

 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The control stick broke off during shipping but the broken part was in the set and can easily be reattached with CA glue.  The ejection seat has detail all around and the seatbelts are done in photo etch and they will look excellent once installed and painted.  The cockpit tub is loaded with plenty of detail as are the cockpit sidewalls.  The instrument panel coaming has loads of detail on top and the instrument panel has plenty of raised resin detail that is further complimented by photo etch parts.  Some of the Acetate gauges are used in the instrument panel area.

You will be required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The Small Shop, then this will be an easy process.

The 3 pages of instructions sheets are well laid out line drawings and easy to follow.

This is a nicely done cockpit set....loaded with detail and a reasonable amount of parts to provide plenty of detail but not burden the modeler with too many parts.  This cockpit set will be an excellent addition to the Kinetic F-16 kit. 

You can purchase this and other fine resin detail items directly from Aires or from the many retailers that carry their products.  

I would like to thank Aires for providing me with this product sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford