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Letov S.328 Skis

Brengun, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number:

BRL72104 – S-328 Ski (Special Hobby kit)

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media:

One PE fret of 26 pieces and three resin parts.

Price:

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Review Type:

First Look.

Advantages:

Good quality components.

Disadvantages:

The instructions could be more helpful regarding the radius of ski tips and where the wires between the skis and airframe locate.

Conclusions:

This is a handy set to equip Special Hobby’s Letov S.328 with skis, using good quality components.

Care will be needed when curving the ski tips, and I feel that the instructions could have been more helpful in this regard. I also think that they should have illustrated where the wires from the skis attach to the airframe.

I am happy to recommend this set with a caveat that reference images are required to make the best of it.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


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FirstLook

 

This is a comparatively simple accessory set to adapt Special Hobby’s recent Letov S.328 kit to be ski equipped, although it should suit the old Kovozavody Prostejov kit equally well.

The PE fret and three resin parts come in Brengun’s standard cellophane bags, which along with the instructions are stapled to a card header. The quality of the resin and PE components is to Brengun’s usual high standard.

The PE parts provide a choice between two styles of ski for the main legs; in one case consisting of two narrower skis held together by cross braces, and the other where a single wide ski is used. The same small tail ski is used with either option. The main skis mount to the undercarriage legs via conical adapters that are supplied in resin. There is just one set of mounting adapters, so one ski style will be destined for the spares box. A small resin spigot is also provided to mount the tail ski on.

 

 

The instructions are adequately drawn and easy enough to understand, although they do not show the wires that presumably run from the front of the main skis to the airframe, and from both end of the tail ski.

 

 

Also, there is no side view showing the degree of curvature that needs to be added to the ski tips at both ends.

 

 

The skis are formed from quite thick brass as the undersides of the wide option and tail skis have grooved channels running their lengths. I cannot help but think that a resin buck to help shape the tips around would have been handy; or at least have mention made of the correct radius to use. 

 

 

I do not have any reference images of ski-equipped S.328’s, and had no luck with a quick internet search for some. It would have been nice if Brengun had provided some guidance in this regard; however, the set may be pitched at the domestic Czech and Slovakian markets where knowledge and references on the type will be more abundant.
The photos of the parts applied to an assembled but unpainted model are from Brengun’s website.

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

This is a handy set to equip Special Hobby’s Letov S.328 with skis, using good quality components.

Care will be needed when curving the ski tips, and I feel that the instructions could have been more helpful in this regard. I also think that they should have illustrated where the wires from the skis attach to the airframe

Thanks to Brengun for the review sample.

Review Text Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
Page Created 28 September, 2016
Last updated 28 September, 2016

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