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USN P-25 Fire Engine

Brengun, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number:

Brengun Item No. BRS72005 – USN P-25 Fire Engine

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media:

40 resin parts, one PE fret with 37 parts, a photo-foil, and decals.

Price:

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Review Type:

First Look.

Advantages:

An appealing compliment to modern USN carrier aircraft or interesting model in its own right.

Disadvantages:

None apparent.

Conclusions:

This is a generally simple but quite highly detailed kit enabling a nice carrier-based fire engine model to be built. It is fine as a model in its own right, but probably best used as part of a modern US carrier deck diorama.

I am happy to recommend it.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


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FirstLook

 

For an insight into the P-25 check out this ‘NAVAIR Flight Ready’ You Tube clip:

 

 

 

Carrier deck scenes can make for very appealing dioramas, in part because naval aviation subjects are themselves interesting to many, but also because they permit a lot to be included in a small area without compromising realism. Brengun’s P-25 Fire Engine kit lends itself perfectly to this type of use.

 

 

FirstLook

The kit comes in a small flip-top box with pasted-on artwork featuring a photo of the assembled but unpainted model.

The instructions have a parts map and use a diagrammatic format that is easy enough to follow. The few written instructions are in English and relate to the colour call-outs, which use generic names.

 

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The resin parts come enclosed in a single zip-lock plastic bag, and the PE fret and decals each in a stapled cellophane bag of their own.

There is no protective card stiffener for the PE packaging, and the fret in my sample was slightly bent, but not enough to have an adverse effect.

 

 

A couple of smaller resin parts had broken free of their casting and the one seatback frame had broken away and was missing. These problems could be avoided by packaging the smaller more delicate parts in a bag of their own – I think that Brengun could do better in this regard.

The resin components are cleanly cast and easily removed from their blocks. The PE fret is of equally good quality, and the small decal sheet is well printed with some very small markings.

 

 

Assembly appears to be quite straightforward, but care is obviously necessary, as there are several small resin and PE parts. The result should be a nicely detailed model.

 

 

I have included three images from Brengun’s website of the assembled but unpainted fire engine, and a scan of the kit’s instructions.

 

 

Conclusion

 

This is a generally simple but quite highly detailed kit enabling a nice carrier-based fire engine model to be built. It is fine as a model in its own right, but probably best used as part of a modern US carrier deck diorama.
I am happy to recommend it.

Thanks to Brengun for the review sample.

Review Text Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
Page Created 11 October, 2016
Last updated 11 October, 2016

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