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MiG-29 Weapons Set

Eduard BRASSIN, 1/72 scale


S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number:

Eduard Item No. 672 100 – MiG-29 Weapons Set

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media

36 resin parts, one PE fret of 22 pieces, and a decal sheet.

Price:

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Review Type:

First Look.

Advantages:

Scale refinement, superb quality, improves on kit items.

Disadvantages:

None noted.

Conclusions:

The quality of this weapons set was never in doubt, as Eduard Brassin is synonymous with the best. I happily recommend this weapons set.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


Eduard's 1/72 MIG-29 Weapons Set is available online from Squadron.com

 

FirstLook

 

This set provides three types of air-to-air missiles and launch rails carried by the MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’; these being the R-60 & APU-60, R-73 & P-72, and R-27R/R1 & APU-470. Of course, the same weapons are used by a number of other aircraft types too.

 

 

The weapons come packaged in a slightly flimsy but adequate hinged top-opening card box with sponge cushioning. The resin parts are divided between three resealable plastic bags, with the decals and PE parts in a further similar bag.

Three sheets of very clear instructions are included, with colour call-outs cross-referenced to the Gunze Aqueous and Mr Color paint ranges. The instructions detail the decal locations and paint finish applicable to each weapon. A PDF copy of the complete instructions is downloadable from Eduard’s website.

The quality of resin parts, photo-etch metal (PE) frets, and decals is excellent, and the casting-blocks easy to remove.

In each type’s case, the launch rails are single resin parts.

 

 

The four R-60’s are single resin castings with PE details.

 

 

Likewise, the four R-73’s.

 

 

Whilst the all-resin pair of R-27R/R1’s each have four separate forward fins.

 

 

The decal sheet provides comprehensive stencilling for all three missile and launch rail types.

 

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Painted and decaled, Brassin’s missiles and their launch rails are sure to be a vast improvement over any injected kit items, be they for a MiG-29 or other Russian type.

It seems that currently these three missile types are only available in 1/72 scale from Eduard within the MiG-29 Weapons Set, whereas they offer the same missiles in individual-type packages in 1/48.

 

 

Conclusion

 

The quality of this weapons set was never in doubt, as Eduard Brassin is synonymous with the best. I happily recommend this weapons set. 

Thanks to Eduard for the samples and images.

Review Text & Images Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
Page Created 5 September,, 2016
Last updated 5 September, 2016

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