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Bell P-39/P-400 Airacobra
Detail Sets

Brengun, 1/72 scale

Summary:

Catalogue Number

BRL72049: P-39/P-400 Airacobra Flaps (RS Models)

BRL72050: P-39Q/L/N/P-400 Airacobra (RS Models)

BRL72021: P-39D/Airacobra Mk.I (for RS Models)

Price:

Available on-line from these stockists:

Stockist

BRL72049

BRL72050

BRL72051

Brengun

Hannants

Modelimex

€6.72

£4.75

€5.42

€7.57

£5.42

€6.25

€7.57

£5.42

€6.25

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media

PE fret in each case with variable numbers of parts. Frets which include cockpit details have an acetate transparency to provide for instrument faces behind the PE instrument panels.

Review Type:

First Look.

Advantages:

Good scale finesse, very good quality production,  

Disadvantages:

No colour call-outs

Conclusions:

These are all good quality and comprehensive detail sets. Their instructions are sufficiently clear to guide the modeller, but lack colour call-outs. They will enhance any of the RS Models Airacobra kits. The way the flap ribs are done seems a good idea to me, and with potentially two open car-doors, a lot of the cockpit detail will be visible.

Definitely recommended.

Reviewed by Mark Davies


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FirstLook

 

The accessory sets reviewed here each come in a cellophane bag stapled to a card header, and all come with instructions. However the instructions lack colour call-outs, so some reference hunting will be needed in many cases. In each case the PE frets are produced to very high standards. They are intended for the recently released series of Airacobra kits by RS Models. These look to be nicely executed kits, but they will still benefit from the detail finesse that Brengun's PE parts offer.

 

  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
  • Brengun 1/72 scale P-39 Airacobra Photo-Etched Upgrades by Mark Davies: Image
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I have used several of Brengun’s own images from their web-site as they illustrate the assembled item which is often more informative than an image of a PE fret alone.

  • BRL72049 - Flaps for P-39/P-400: Like most PE flaps, these will need care in assembly. However, the ribs are attached to each other, rather than being etched as individual tiny parts. I think that should aid construction quite a bit.
  • BRL72050 - P-39Q/L/N & P-400: This is a comprehensive set for the recently released RS kits. It provides seat, three choices of instrument panel, seat & belts, rudder pedals, throttle quadrant, boarding steps and other cockpit details, two complete cockpit doors, undercarriage doors, torque-links, bomb fins and fuse arming propeller, radiator hot air vents, and various matrix faces, a drop-tank filler cap and a tiny pitot head.
  • BRL72051 - P-39D/Airacobra Mk.I: Essentially the same parts as BRL72050 above, but only one style of instrument panel.  

 

 

C o n c l u s i o n

 

These are all good quality and comprehensive detail sets. Their instructions are sufficiently clear to guide the modeller, but lack colour call-outs. They will enhance any of the RS Models Airacobra kits. The way the flap ribs are done seems a good idea to me, and with potentially two open car-doors, a lot of the cockpit detail will be visible. (Now all we need is someone to offer vac-from canopies for these kits to top things off.) 

I highly recommend all of three sets.

Thanks to Brengun Models for the review sample.

Review Text and Images Copyright © 2013 by Mark Davies
Page Created 29 May, 2013
Last updated 29 July, 2013

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