Review of Platz/Eduard 1/72nd Scale
Steel PE Set for the Cockpit Interior of the Platz/Eduard Mig-15UTI
No. M72-39
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: Unknown. I could not find this product listed on Platz's web site. It may be a new release for them.
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: Unknown. I could not find this product listed on Platz's web site. It may be a new release for them.
Platz sent me this PE set and 2 others (to be reviewed here soon) and a set of canopy masks for their Mig-15UTI kit which they also sent me a sample of (reviewed elsewhere here under AIRCRAFT.
This brass PE fret comes in a sealed cello bag with card at the top with a hole in it to allow the product to be displayed on a hook at a hobby shop.
The fret is on a stiff black card inside a further sealed cello bag in the other cello bag with the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single sheet in 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" format printed on both sides and folded several times to fit the cello bag.
The instructions show 9 assembly drawings that are not numbered. Platz's street address in Shizuoka City, Japan, it's telephone and FAX numbers are provided as well as its web address.
The PE set is a cooperation between the two companies, because the fret has "Eduard 2017 & Made in Czech Republic" etched into the it.
It holds: seat belts, joy stick hinge, dashboard, cockpit side consoles, foot pedals, windshield frme etc.(51 parts)
Some of these parts are very tiny and will take real delicate handling with a pair of pointed tweezers to place them on the Mig-15UTI model by Platz (reviewed elsewhere here).
That is if you can even handle them at all. The smaller parts aren't much wider than a human hair.
I had some other PE sets from Eastern Europe years ago that were over-egineered and had many microscopic parts that were impossible to pick up or glue to anything other than your fingers.
The large parts are useful though.
This is neat detail set for the Mig-15UTI and will really superdetail the kit.
Highly recommended.
I wish to sincerely thank the folks at Platz for this review sample. All their products can be viewed on their site at:
This brass PE fret comes in a sealed cello bag with card at the top with a hole in it to allow the product to be displayed on a hook at a hobby shop.
The fret is on a stiff black card inside a further sealed cello bag in the other cello bag with the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single sheet in 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" format printed on both sides and folded several times to fit the cello bag.
The instructions show 9 assembly drawings that are not numbered. Platz's street address in Shizuoka City, Japan, it's telephone and FAX numbers are provided as well as its web address.
The PE set is a cooperation between the two companies, because the fret has "Eduard 2017 & Made in Czech Republic" etched into the it.
It holds: seat belts, joy stick hinge, dashboard, cockpit side consoles, foot pedals, windshield frme etc.(51 parts)
Some of these parts are very tiny and will take real delicate handling with a pair of pointed tweezers to place them on the Mig-15UTI model by Platz (reviewed elsewhere here).
That is if you can even handle them at all. The smaller parts aren't much wider than a human hair.
I had some other PE sets from Eastern Europe years ago that were over-egineered and had many microscopic parts that were impossible to pick up or glue to anything other than your fingers.
The large parts are useful though.
This is neat detail set for the Mig-15UTI and will really superdetail the kit.
Highly recommended.
I wish to sincerely thank the folks at Platz for this review sample. All their products can be viewed on their site at: