Photo-etched fastening straps for armored vehicles in 1:48 scale replace a coarse plastic loop with credibly thin fittings.
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A photo-etched set solves the detail on which an otherwise nicely built vehicle falls apart: the securing of cargo. Plastic parts tend to be disproportionately thick in this place, whereas etched sheet has a thickness that in one forty-eighth matches a real leather or textile strap with a buckle.
The crews of armored vehicles carried on the hull and the fenders practically everything they needed for life in the field: rolled tarpaulins, crates, jerrycans, tools, spare track links and personal baggage. All of it had to be secured by something, and it is exactly these little straps and tie-downs that give a model an inhabited, used expression. Without them loaded equipment looks as if its cargo were just laid on loose.
Nip the parts out of the fret with sharp cutting pliers or cut them off on a hard surface; level the remnant of the fret tab with a fine file. Lead the bends over the edge of a steel ruler; with longer straps a bending tool helps. Etched metal adheres best on a degreased surface, so touch it with tweezers after cleaning. It is glued with cyanoacrylate glue applied with the head of a pin: one drop too many floods the detail. Before you start painting, reach for a primer suited to metal, otherwise you will peel the coat off during handling.
This is a finishing set that you add to a vehicle of your own in progress.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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