SBS Model

1/48 Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) cockpit set

Product # 48023 for Hasegawa kit for 14 EUR

Product Article by Steve Bamford on May 17 2011

 

This latest release from SBS Model features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit for the Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) from Hasegawa.  

This cockpit set is designed for the Hasegawa kit and includes:

  • Cockpit floor load with detail

  • Cockpit sidewalls with plenty of rich detail

  • Pilot seat that is very thin and looks very much to scale

  • Flat instrument panel in resin

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit including the control stick and other little detail parts.

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, rudder pedals and a whole host of tiny handles and detail parts for the cockpit.

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

  • The gunsight has a resin base with a clear acetate center glass.

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The design of this cockpit and all of it's parts will give you a very detail rich cockpit once you have it completed.  One thing I appreciated very much was the fact the well laid out 2 pages of instructions including a painting guide for the cockpit, thus saving the modeller time researching colours.

SBS Model has done an excellent job capturing all the cockpit details of the Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) and this cockpit set is a very pleasant improvement over the Hasegawa kit cockpit.

You can purchase this and other fine resin detail items directly from SBS Model or from the many retailers that carry their products.  

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

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford