Eduard 1/48 F-4S Wheel Set First Look

By Michael Benolkin

First Look

Eduard from the Czech Republic is easily the most prolific producer of aftermarket details. Period. Their series of photo-etched detail sets have brought additional fidelity to otherwise bland subjects, and have taken even the best-produced models and kicked them up a notch or two with details that cannot be produced with injection-molded plastic.

Many AMS modelers will collect the relevant Eduard photo-etch sets for a given project, but they'll also go out and gather specific resin enhancements as well. Eduard has stepped up with a new product line to complement their photo-etched detail series - Brassin.

Brassin is a play on words with Brass and Resin, and in many sets in this series, the resin details also include a set of color photo-etch as well.

In this release, Eduard has provided a replacement set of resin wheels with nice brake details for the Hasegawa 1/48 F-4S Phantom II kit. This set comes with both main wheels, nose wheels, and a nice set of wheel chocks to keep your F-4S safely parked. To help make the job of painting easier, this set also includes a set of yellow paint masks for these wheels.

The castings are nicely done with sharp detailing and not overdone weighted tires.

This set will enhance the landing gear details of Hasegawa kit and provide a level of detail that is difficult to achieve by hand-painting. This should look good on the Academy kit as well (with a little adaptation).

You should be able to find this detail set at your local hobby retailer or one of the many online hobby shops. Trust me, this is worth looking for!

Recommended for experienced modelers!

My sincere thanks to Eduard for this review sample!