Aires

1/48 Typhoon Mk.IB gun bay

Product # 4506 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on June 7 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a resin gun bay set for the Typhoon Mk.IB from Hasegawa.  This set gives you the gun bays for the right and left wings.

This detail set includes;

  • Gun bay doors

  • Gun bays

  • Ammo boxes for the gun bays

  • Guns that include the part in the gun bay as well as the barrel that sticks outside the wings

  • Small detail parts to attach the ammo boxes to the gun

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  This set is straight forward.....cut the gun bay doors from the wings....clean up the gun bays to get them to fit inside the wings....then you just assemble the parts inside the wings.  The gun bays have very well done ribbing on the inside and the ammo boxes have very delicate finely done ammunition that will look excellent once they are painted and given a dark wash.  The gun bay doors have the quick release openers all finely engraved. 

The Typhoon is a great looking plane and this set will permit you to add some great looking detail to a very prominent area of your Typhoon. 

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 review sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford