Not satisfied
with the recent Spitfire and Tempest updates Barracuda Studios has announced a few more new parts for your Spitfire
you haven’t finished ‘cos you were wanting to scratch build the new part – well
wait no longer! Those in need of a spitfire intake or full cockpit for the Mk.
XIX or some Hellcat wheels in 32nd – what about some Tempest wheels
in 48th? Well look no further!
Barracuda Studios new resin improvements for March 2014
Barracuda Studios
is proud to announce that 5 new resin detail sets are now up on the website and
available for order. Four new sets in 1/48th scale and one new set is 1/32nd
scale.
The first two sets are designed for the recent Airfix
Spitfire Mk XIX in 1/48th scale. This is a very nice and accurate kit. Our
upgrade sets add detail and finesse to this kit.
This set consists of a seamless, detailed carburettor intake
with separate filter flap designed for Airfix's recent and beautiful Spitfire
Mk XIX kit. The kit intake has a very prominent and hard to eliminate seam
running all down the inside surfaces. May be adapted to fit other Griffon
Spitfire kits or marks.
Designed to be a quick and easy way to add a lot of detail
to your kit's cockpit with a minimum amount of work, this set consists of 20
resin parts such as the Seat with belts moulded in, new floorboards with rudder
pedals, throttle, gear retract quadrant, camera control and selector boxes,
stick compass and oxygen hose. Also included is an extensive set of Spitfire
cockpit stencils and placards in decal form. Can be easily adapted to other
Spitfire kits and marks.
all of these great pictures of the Mk XIX Spit are from the excellent reference site www.spitfiresite.com/
These two new sets round out the other upgrades we have
released for this kit. We have four other sets for the Airfix Spit XIX kit as
well, including 3 slot wheels, exhausts, the tapered 5 blade prop fitted the
overwhelming majority of MK XIXs and a beautiful vac canopy. Just type Spitfire
XIX into the search box to get a full
list of all products for this aircraft. We reviewed them here on TMN as well.
Also new in 1/32nd scale is another set of wheels for the Corsair and Hellcat in 1/32nd scale. Super detailed resin
wheels with the late production stamped wheel hub and ribbed tires as fitted to
late model F6F, F4U, Warbirds, and Air Racers. A simple upgrade for all Corsair
and Hellcat kits.
Also some all new and very detailed wheels in 1/48th scale for a number of important British aircraft from the 40s and 50s. BR48151 replaces the existing wheel set BR48004, which is being discontinued after 24 years of production. 24 years!
This set consists of
a pair of super detailed, accurate resin main wheels with smooth tires as fitted
to Hawker Tempest V, Series II and later variants, such as the MK II and Mk VI
when operating primarily from grass or unimproved airfields. Designed for all
1:32 Tempest kits, as well as wartime prototypes of the Martin Baker MB 5,
Firebrand and DH Hornet.
This set consists of
a pair of super detailed, accurate resin main wheels with staggered block tire
tread as fitted to many British post-war aircraft when operating primarily
from concrete runways or carrier decks.
Hawker Tempest (all
variants post-war)
Fairey Firefly (all
variants post-war)
de Havilland Hornet
and Sea Hornet (all variants)
Blackburn Firebrand (post-war)
Martin Baker MB5
These wheels are not,
however, applicable to the Hawker Sea Fury, as this was fitted with smaller
30" tires (coming soon). For all kits of these aircraft.
All of these very new
sets are now available on Barracuda Studios website
