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EDUARD WEEKEND EDITION VS PROFIPACK EDUARD INSTALL

Just like the fuselage, no putty necessary, just a little CA, Mr. After those preliminaries are done, the lower wing goes onto the fuselage and the upper wings followed by seam clean up. WARNING: the instructions don’t tell you but if you’re going to use the underwing gun gondolas, you need to open up the four holes in the lower wing. If you’re going to use the provided centerline fuel tank or bomb, open the holes for pylon.

EDUARD WEEKEND EDITION VS PROFIPACK EDUARD INSTALL

Install the radiators, the tops of the main gear wells, and the landing light. Before you glue the bottom wing, there are some things you don’t want to forget. This way, I get a very clean and even wing-to-fuselage joint on top. My usual practice for this type of layout is to glue the uppers to the fuselage first. You get upper halves and a single bottom. Surfacer there and some sanding to smooth things out. Fit is good no putty necessary, just some CA here, some Mr. If you’re smart, you’ll leave off the nose gun cover until you’re sure you have enough weight in the nose. The fuselage halves trap the cockpit/nose gear well and then add the horizontals to the assembled fuselage. And while you’re at it, don’t forget to add nose weight on top of the sheet plastic.

Don’t forget to cut a notch in the sheet plastic for the drive shaft. No such luxury here so use some sheet plastic or you’ll be able to see right up through the gear well to the inside of the fuselage seam (see the cockpit photos). In the regular and Profi-Pack releases, the provided nose weight also comprises the upper nose gear well. Now here’s where you have to think ahead or be a victim of 'gotcha' later on. It’s really not that bad, is it? Still looks better than no harness at all, doesn’t it? If you’re a purist or a registered member of the Accuracy Police, please, take a deep breath, stay calm, breathe into a paper bag if you’re hyperventilating, let your heart rate return to normal. Yes, I know it’s a British Sutton harness and wrong for this version. I built the Profi-Pack version several years ago so I used the extra set of harnesses from that PE fret. The only thing the cockpit really needs is a seat harness since there isn’t one provided. You can use some dial decals from your spares box, or if you’re lazy like me, you can still get a good result with some careful painting.

The instrument panel has raised dials and switches but no instrument face detail. We start off with the cockpit and nose gear well which both build up nicely right out of the box. If you can live without those extras and without the subtle differences in the instrument panel from version to version that the PE fret in the Profi-Pack offers, then this kit is a bargain.Ĭonstruction is conventional with only one fit issue that can easily be avoided and one 'gotcha' if you don’t think ahead. What you don’t get in the 'Weekend Edition' is the nose weight and canopy masks included in the standard issue P-39, the photo-etch fret included in the Profi-Pack edition, and you don’t get a multi-choice decal sheet that you get in the other releases. You get 3 different nose gun covers, 3 different flavors of exhaust tubes, 2 styles of 3 bladed props and a set of 4-blade props, multiple cannon muzzles, and wing guns. While the box says this is a P-39Q, and the decal sheet is for only one aircraft, you still get all the plastic parts included in Eduard’s other P-39 boxings which will allow you to do most, if not all, other versions of the P-39.

This particular boxing is Eduard’s excellent P-39 Airacobra with a decal sheet for the P-39Q 'Snooks 2nd' of the 71st TRS, 82nd TRG. Such a deal….Eduard’s 'Weekend Edition' kits! All the plastic thrills of an Eduard kit with none of the PE, masking, and decal choice frills. Website: Kit Link: 1/48th - P-39Q 'Weekend Edition' What’s in the Box

Eduard weekend edition vs profipack eduard