dashotgun Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Having recently acquired the new mig 29 a from trumpeter now I had to decide which if any am material to buy. I ended up with a quickboost K 36 ejection seat leftover from the SU 27 project ditto the stencils. after some reflection I bought the wheels and exhaust from Zactoman( much internal debate about the exhaust but it is such a prominent feature I had to. Decals form Begemot the pito tube also form master models, and the subject of this review the master model static dischargers. The Tamiya F16 was the first to my knowledge to include fine wire to model the dischargers before that you either had to scratch built them or ignore them entirely. The model includes them although as injected plastic. They are too thick and will most likely be broken off with handling needed for construction and painting. They also ignored a pair on the main wing only showing one there. So back to ignoring or scratch building. Master models AM-32-066 has 14 mig type static dischargers for around $7.00 plus shipping. first picture is the wing and static discharger from the model nest is a closeup of the dischargers close up of the package these are very thin wiil end up drilling small holes to insert them I recommend them as the scale correction adding the missing one on the wing and to avoid the inevitable shearing one off during assembly is avoided . you need one on each rudder two on each wing and two each on the horizontal stabilisers. For a total of 10 the package includes 14 so some spares are provided. Depending on your aims and modeling pocket book these are a worthy addition. LSP_K2, kalashnikov-47 and Tony T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 thank you for this, I've always wondered about them LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 thank you for this, I've always wondered about them Me too. The ones molded into kits seem to invariably get bent all to heck or broken off and lost. Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I've bought 2-3 packs including those for the MiGs. https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?adv=1&product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&product_type_id=&code=&scale_id=953&keyword_search=static&setPerPage=25&sort=0&search_direction=asc&save_search_name=&save_search= In 1/32 they look very handy (but insane in smaller scales). The pitot probes are worth having too. Tony LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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