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
(click on pictures below to bring up
full screen pictures)