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White Ensign Models 1/350 Photo Etch Catwalk Details |
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Reviewed By Tim Reynaga, #26391 |
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White Ensign Models photo etch upgrade sets:
Yet another photo etch upgrade set from White Ensign for Trumpeter’s 1/350 scale USS Hornet (CV8) is a set of parts designed to replace the kit deck edge catwalks. The kit catwalks, molded as solid parts, are actually not bad. They are thinly molded and crisp, even having small lips at the outboard edges to accommodate aftermarket photoetch rails. I would have been perfectly content to use them...but then I saw the WEM parts. Wow. These new catwalks are vastly more realistic, accurate way beyond what is possible for injection molded plastic. The brass medium allows them to be much closer to scale thickness, but the major improvement is that they accurately replicate the open look of the originals. The real Hornet’s flight deck edge catwalks were open grating rather than solid metal, and the thousands of perfectly formed holes replicate this look beautifully. They are based upon the kit parts, so fit should no problem. In a couple of places they even correct inaccuracies in the kit parts, adding step downs in a couple of places where Trumpeter used a simplified straight configuration. The solid splinter shields also correct those molded by Trumpeter, which are too low. |
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This new set, along with WEM’s prior USS Hornet “The Ship”, “The Airwing”, and aircraft upgrade sets will provide enough goodies to totally outfit your Hornet. I even hear that they are planning a photoetched hangar deck set...does life get any better than this? |
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The sets can be ordered by mail directly
from WEM at: South Farm
Snitton, Ludlow, SY8 3EZ, United Kingdom |
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