Aires

1/72 F-4E Phantom II cockpit set

Product # 7272 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Mar 15 2012

 

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin cockpit for the F-4E Phantom II from Hasegawa.   

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit tub and 2 ejection seats

  • Instrument panels with coaming in resin

  • Rear instrument panel shows the gauges with wiring on the back side of the instrument panel

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panels

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panels

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, ejection seat handles, canopy mirrors, rudder pedals, control sticks and much more

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

  • The HUD has a clear acetate center glass.

 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  There was  a control stick that broke off during shipping, but the broken part was found in the box and a spare control stick is also included as one of the resin parts (resin part #7).  So although it would be nice if it didn't break.....life is seldom perfect and a quick application of CA glue will get this problem sorted, so I see this broke control stick as a non-issue.

This is an excellent detail set and well worth using on the 1/72 Hasegawa F-4E. 

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