White Metal Replacement Undercarriages

Scale Aircraft Conversions, 1/72 scale

Reviewed by Mark Davies

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Scale Aircraft Conversion’s (SAC’s) range of white metal replacement undercarriage legs, and occasionally with wheels, is well established and should be at least familiar to many through reviews and advertising. Each set comes well packaged on a card header with clear bubble plastic pack.

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The current batch under review are:

• 72057 – P-51D/Mustang IV (2 sets for Airfix new-tool)

• 72058 – BF 110 (Eduard)

• 72059 – Su 33 Flanker-D  (Hasegawa)

• 72059 – Su 33 Flanker-D  (Hasegawa)

• 72060 – Russian T-50 PAK-FA  (Hobby Boss)

• 72059 – TSR-2 (Airfix)

• 14410 – RAF Vulcan (Great Wall)

In my first review of SAC’s products here on HyperScale in June 2011 I outlined the case for and against white metal replacement undercarriages. My overall assessment was that they have no failings compared to kit parts, but with a few exceptions, offer no significant benefits either.

However I could see that they had an emotive appeal that for some would justify their purchase.

Good quality production and presumably more robust than the kit parts, although the extra strength is generally not required.

However, they obviously still appeal to some modellers despite my skepticism regarding their value.

Thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions for the review samples..

Review Text & Images Copyright © 2012 by Mark Davies
Page Created 5 April, 2012
Last updated 28 August, 2013

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