{"id":1595777,"date":"2024-02-21T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1595777"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:48:56","slug":"p-400-airacobra-aeroscale-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2024\/02\/21\/p-400-airacobra-aeroscale-review\/","title":{"rendered":"P-400 Airacobra – AeroScale review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tim Hatton from AeroScale reviewed the newest Armahobby 1\/72 Airacobra boxing – P-400 version. <\/p>\n

The whole review<\/a> with many excellent photos of kit parts you can find on the AeroScale.net<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

We wanted to share with you here a bit of what Tim wrote about the kit:<\/p>\n

The P-400 depicted in this release is an export model of the P-39 sold to the French and UK. It was equipped with a smaller bore 20 mm Hispano cannon rather than the standard 37 mm cannon. It also had two 0.50 calibre machine guns in the nose, and two 0.30 calibre machine guns in each wing. Other features that distinguished the P-400 from the P-39 were the twelve exhaust tubes on each side of the engine. In RAF service the P-400 was named Airacobra I.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Everything is packed into a single bag for security with the clear plastic sprue and ball bearings packed within their own bags. The decals and masks are placed inside the instructions. The surface of the plastic is a myriad of excellent consistent recessed and raised detail including panel lines and fasteners. There are locating pins and holes to help with alignment of the main parts. Parts are beautifully moulded and in scale, though some of the parts look very delicate. So, some care will be need removing them from the sprues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirteen plastic parts make up the detailed office. The inside surfaces of the fuselage have fine raised detail in the cockpit area. The instrument panel [IP] and central console has sharp detail. Three small decals provide detail for the instrument faces on the IP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The canopy and windscreen are one piece with separate car style doors. The doors can be displayed open and there is some excellent detail on the inside of each door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The decals are produced by Techmod <\/b>and includes the various insignia and markings, seat harness, cockpit instruments, placards, art work and wing walkways. The definition, registration and colour density of the decals is top class. The glossy carrier film is kept to a minimum. There are quite a few stencils to add and there is a dedicated section to their application in the instructions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Markings options feature three Airacobras’s from the Cactus Air Force and include:<\/p>\n