Aires

1/48 Lavochkin LA-5F/FN cockpit set

Product # 4629 for Zvezda kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Mar 26 2015

 

      

This detail set from Aires features a complete resin and photo etch cockpit for the Lavochkin LA-5F/FN from Zvezda.  

This detail set includes;

  • Resin cockpit floor and 1 pilot seat

  • Instrument panel in resin

  • Acetate panels for the instrument panel and gun sight

  • Photo Etch panels for the instrument panel

  • cockpit side walls

  • shelf behind pilot headrest

  • Small resin bits to detail the cockpit 

  • Photo etch detail parts including seatbelts, canopy mirror and much more

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

  • The gunsight has 2 clear acetate pieces for the gunsight glass glass.

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The quality of the resin casting is flawless and bubble free.  

The instructions are in the usual line drawing format that Aires is famous for and which are so easy to follow.  You will be required to sometimes cut away detail on the kit parts to fit these parts.

You will be required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The Small Shop, then this will be an easy process.  They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.

The Lavochkin LA-5F/FN was a much loved and very competent Soviet fighter during WW2 and this cockpit is loaded with all the fine detail that will bring the Zvezda Lavochkin LA-5F/FN to life. 

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 product sample.

Steve Bamford

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford