Aires

1/32 Spitfire Mk.IX cockpit set

Product # 2148 for Tamiya kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Aug 5 2011

 

This latest release from Aires features a complete resin cockpit for the Spitfire Mk.IX from Tamiya.  The 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk IX kit is a very popular kit, but this set will give you the ability to improve certain areas of the cockpit even further. 

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit floor and 1 pilot seat

  • Cockpit sidewalls

  • Cockpit door with detail on both sides of the door

  • Three bottles for cockpit sidewalls

  • Two fuselage frame members that fit behind the pilot seat.

  • One fuselage frame member to fit forward of the instrument panel

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit including the control column and oxygen(?) hose 

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  The detail on the sidewalls  has to be seen to be appreciates...there are even rivets on the sidewall frame members.  The cockpit door includes detail on both sides including the canopy breaking bar on the inside and recess rivet detail on the exterior of the door.  The resin seats is beautifully mastered with recessed rivet detail and more.  There is an oxygen hose with ever so slight ribbed detail along it's length.  The cockpit floor includes the wires and hydraulic lines(?) found on the real aircraft.

The 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire Mk IX kit is a great kit and I'm amazed how well this resin cockpit set addresses just certain critical areas on Tamiya's Spitfire to give you even more cockpit detail on your big Spitfire. 

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