Aires

1/32 MiG-3 cockpit set

Product # 2158 for Trumpeter kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Oct 13 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a resin and photo etch cockpit for the MiG-3 from Trumpeter.   

This detail set includes;

  • 1 pilot seat

  • Cockpit floor

  • 2 side panels full of detail including framing and rivets

  • 2 Tube frames to mount to each side panel

  • 2 part seat with wonderful detail

  • Instrument panel in resin

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, trim wheels, rudder pedals and more

 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The MiG-3 had a complicated cockpit with it's side walls and interior cockpit tube framing.  The cockpit tube frames reminds me of earlier aircraft designs.  One of the tube frames even has a tiny pistol for the pilot to use if he is shot down.  

This is a beautifully engineered cockpit set and I do think it will look stunning once installed.......it really captures the complicated cockpit very well. 

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