Inbox Review Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire Mk IX c.
A quick inbox review of the Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire Mk IX c. which I will be doing for the IPMS London one year build.
Tag: Yahu
Aftermarket is optional
I recently received an order from Hannants models mainly consisting of a set of vinyl tank tracks for my Dragon 1/35 Sherman Firefly as well as a few Yahu photoetch cockpit panels for a variety of RAF Spitfires and Mosquitos in both 72nd and 48th scale. From some modelers, the idea of getting a vinyl track set instead of using individual links is a copout. Similarly, the idea of just getting photo etch for a cockpit panel instead of all the bell and whistles one can get is a wasted opportunity. To that, I say “nonsense”. How much detail and accuracy is up to the individual modeler. You are building for your own enjoyment. If you want to enter a contest and you feel the aftermarket items are necessary then that would be a different story. You are building for you. In the case of the tank tracks, I had…
Hannants Unboxing
My order from Hannants in the UK has arrived. Many things, including some chisels, flex-i-file sanders, tank tracks, mask sets and photo etch stick-on instrument panels from Yahu. I’ll be doing some more detail stuff on these in future.