Eduards LööK range of pre-painted instrument panels and seat harnesses now includes this set for the Eduards 1/48 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk. II


The contents are packed in a small clear bag with a card core that should slip through most folks’ letterbox. The parts are glued to the card core to stop them moving around the packaging. Great care needs to betaken to lift the PE fret from the card backing as the adhesive holding it is strong. Better to leave in in situ and cut the parts as you need them.


The resin based and pre-painted instrument panel is a one-piece direct replacement for the kits plastic instrument panel and decal instrument faces. A good choice when the Weekend Edition of the Spitfire Mk.IIa is released. The fidelity of the detail on the instrument faces is very good, and stands up well with some close-up photography. There is enough relief on the panel to make it look convincing although it does miss the switches and handles that are normally present on the photo etched equivalents.  But that’s a small sacrifice for the ease of use. It will certainly make life a lot easier and adds a really nicely detailed item to your Eduard 1/48 scale Spitfire Mk. II


You will still need your photo etched bending skills for the pre-coloured photo etched Sutton harness. There are four parts with the rear of the Sutton harness correctly extends a fair way back  behind the pilots seat.


The cockpit is always one of the areas fellow modellers will look at when examining your pride and joy. We are not all blessed with a steady hand, patience and the necessary paint skills to produce an instrument panel that will look this good. The addition of the harnesses is a real bonus.So, this set is a worthy addition if you have or thinking about acquiring the kit.


I have included some images  of three of Eduards way of creating an instrument panel, so you can compare. The LööK, Space and the Pre-coloured photo etched instrument panels all look pretty good, so you can make up your own mind which you prefer. Personally I would be happy to work with any of these instrument sets.


Conclusions

Eduards LööK range of instrument panels offer the modeller a much more simplified ready to fit solution to achieving a good-looking instrument panel with the added bonus of seat harnesses


Our thanks to Eduard for the review sample

644080 - LööK Spitfire Mk. II Cockpit Set - 1/48

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