Aires

1/48 SB2C-1C Helldiver wheel bay set

 product # 4489 for Revell kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Jan 27 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin wheel bay set for the SB2C-1C Helldiver from Revell.

This is a straight forward set.  You get two main wheel bays and actuating rods, but the magic of this set is all the wonderful ribbing and hydraulic lines that will be a great enhancement over the kit wheel bays.  

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.    There's 3 pages of instructions that show you what to cut away to make room for these resin wheel bays.  The Revell kit has simplistic wheel bays that you remove (with a Dremel etc) and then glue these beautifully detailed gear bays into place.

These are a sharp looking set of wheel bays and they will be a vast and pleasant improvement over the kit wheel bays. 

You can purchase this and other fine resin detail items directly from Aires or from the many retailers that carry their products.  A list of some of those retailers can be found here.    

Steve

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

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford