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Lancaster Wheels
(for Airfix)

Eduard BRASSIN, 1/72 scale


S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number

Eduard BRASSIN Item No. 672 025 - Lancaster Wheels (for Airfix)

Contents and media

Three resin parts, one PE fret, and one pre-cut paint mask

Scale

1/72

Price:

Eduard US$6.76,  

Hannants for £3.75,

Squadron for US$7.95,

Modelimex for €4.17,

Lucky Model US$5.99.

 

Review Type

First Look

Advantages:

Superb quality overall.

Disadvantages:

 

Recommendation:

The combination of top-quality packaging, superb detail rendition, and paint masks make Brassin’s Lancatser wheels some of the best with which I am familiar. A price premium reflects this; but to equip one model we are still only talking very small change. The PE brackets seem to represent spurious detail and therefore appear to be superfluous to me, but I stand to be corrected. Recommended..


Reviewed by Mark Davies


Eduard's 1/72 scale Lancaster Wheels is available online from Squadron.com

 

FirstLook

 

For me, Eduard is a brand name that has become synonymous with superb quality and value for money. Their Brassin range looks set to continue in this vein.

There are several brands of good replacement resin Lancaster wheels in 1/72-scale, and you could be forgiven for wondering if we need more options; but Eduard obviously thought there was room for more form their Brassin range.

 

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Brassin specifies these wheels for Airfix’s new-tool Lancaster kits, but they would obviously suit other brand kits as well. They come attractively packaged in a blister pack with sponge cushioning. Very clear instructions are included, with colour call-outs cross-referenced to the Gunze Aqueous and Mr Color paint ranges. The Pour stubs attach to the tyres at only three small points despite appearing to run around half the circumference of the tyres at first glance.

Unlike some other after-market Lancaster wheels, these ones have smooth tread; whilst the tail-wheel has an anti-shimmy tyre. The quality of casting is exquisite, with a wealth of detail on the wheel hubs. The tyres are lightly weighted; which is fine by me. Also included are pre-cut paint masks to aid painting. The set includes PE strips that curve into U-shaped brackets to wrap around the base of the undercarriage leg and then contact the brake drum. I was unable to identify these items in walk-around images and detail sketches I checked, so I am unsure as to what they represent. 

 

 

Conclusion

 

The combination of top-quality packaging, superb detail rendition, and paint masks make Brassin’s Lancatser wheels some of the best with which I am familiar. A price premium reflects this; but to equip one model we are still only talking very small change. The PE brackets seem to represent spurious detail and therefore appear to be superfluous to me, but I stand to be corrected.

Recommended.

Thanks to Eduard for the samples and images.

Review Text Copyright © 2014 by Mark Davies
Page Created 1 April, 2014
Last updated 1 April, 2014

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