Black Box

1/48 F-16A Fighting Falcon cockpit set

Product # 48026 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford

 

 

 

Here is the long awaited cockpit set for the very popular Hasegawa F-16A.  This set had the masters done by Michael Kirchoff, so the look and feel of the set of very similar to his other finely detailed cockpit sets.  There are 24 parts that make up this set although you won't be using them all.  

The set comes with two different instrument panels.  The second instrument panel is for the rear seat in the Block 15 F-16B.  I hauled out my handy dandy calipers and the seat is precisely the perfect size to slip effortlessly into the highly detailed cockpit tub.  And what a seat it is....beautiful detail from all sides...the seat belts are so delicate as they curl out from the seat, but don't take my word for it....scroll down and look at the photos of the seat.  The cockpit tub is a bit narrower (on the outside) than the Hasegawa cockpit tub, but this means there should be just enough room to easily fit the cockpit sidewalls into place.  And seeing as how the Hasegawa kit doesn't even come with sidewall detail....the addition of these Black Box cockpit sidewalls will make all the difference.  

All the rest of the set looks good and should go together without much effort. 

Steve Bamford

 

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford