Aires

1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt wheel bays

 product # 4466 for Tamiya kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Sept 9 2010

 

This latest release from Aires features a set resin main wheel bays for the P-47 Thunderbolt from Tamiya.

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  You get the main landing gear bays along with 3 piece landing gear doors.  Detailing is good and there are plenty of tiny details in the gearbays such as hydraulic lines etc that will look fantastic once carefully painted.  There is detail on both sides of the gear doors including rivet detail.

The Tamiya P-47 is a beautiful kit and this wheel bay set will be well worth picking up as it will really dress up this important area of your P-47.  

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