Eduard Brassin 1/48 P-39 Late Wheels 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 produced a beautiful set of resin landing gear wheels complete with photo-etched details for the Eduard P-39 Airacobra kits (and can be adapted to the Hasegawa P-39 as well). The set includes a late-styled nosewheel with photo-etched hub inserts, two main wheels with with the later-styled flat-surfaced tires, choice of hub covers, and a set of yellow-tape paint masks to make the job of painting these much easier.

This is an easy upgrade for your P-39 kit and adds nice hub and tire tread details to the overall visual detail of your model.

My sincere thanks to Eduard for this review sample!