We look forward to seeing what Roy Sutherland and his team from Barracuda Studios have for us in the way of resin & decal improvements for your kits. This month they have four all-new sets for the Hellcat and Tempest, plus a much sought after item back in stock. See more about them in our preview...
Barracuda Studios release 4 new products and the restock on a long-unavailable fifth item.
The new 1/24th Hellcat from Airfix is a big model, and it's beautifully detailed. Oddly, the wheels are not up to the level of the rest of the kit. No worries! BarracudaCast to the rescue with the styles of wheels.
Not only this - Barracuda is excited to finally release the Sea Fury gear bay in 1/48th for the recent Airfix kit. This product has been in development for quite some time and will really dress up that big, open, visible gear bay! A lot of thought has gone into making it easy to install. It's not a drop fit, but it won't tax your skills either!
All products are now available on the Barracuda Studios website directly at the links below.
F6F Hellcat Diamond Tread Wheels
BR24412
1:24th Scale
Price: $13:95
This set contains new resin mainwheels featuring tires with accurate diamond tread pattern, logos and tyre data. The wheels also incorporate detailed hubs and separate hubcaps for an excellent 3-dimensional look.
Diamond tread tires are the most common type fitted, and could be seen in any theatre. A simple and very visible upgrade for the Airfix 1/24th scale Hellcat. Designed by Mike O'Hare.
F6F Hellcat Cross Tread Wheels
BR24413
1:24 Scale
Price: $13.95
This set contains new resin mainwheels featuring tyres with accurate crucifix style tread pattern, logos and tyre data. The wheels also incorporate detailed hubs and separate hubcaps for an excellent 3-dimensional look.
Cross tread tires were not as common but were used widely in the Fleet Air Arm and USN as well. A simple and very visible upgrade for the Airfix 1/24th scale Hellcat. Designed by Mike O'Hare.
Hawker Sea Fury Gearbay Set
BR48348
1:48 Scale
Price: $14.95
This set contains parts to assemble a complete, super detailed resin main landing gear bay to replace the somewhat basic kit gear bay in the Airfix. It has been designed to be installed with a minimum of thinning and modification to the kit wing. It also gives the impression of a thinner lower wing skin and deeper gear bay. May be possible to modify it to fit other kits.
CAD design by Gerry Mos. Plumbing and wiring detail by Roy Sutherland. Thanks to Camden Aviation Museum and Steve Long for their help in research.
Hawker Tempest Ailerons and Elevators
BR48424
1:48 Scale
Price: $7.95
This set consists of detailed separate resin elevators and ailerons to replace the Eduard kit parts. The Eduard new tool Tempest kit tends to suffer from hard-to-fix shrink marks on the one-piece solid moulded ailerons and elevators.. Filling and sanding them wipes out the very fine rivets and panel lines. Restoring them can be a lot of fussy work.
This set makes short work of that. For all marks of Eduard Tempest. Master patterns by Roy Sutherland.
Sea Fury Brass Landing Gear - Early Style - Back in stock!
BR48345
1:48 Scale
Price: $18.95
This set consists of high quality, investment cast brass landing gear, consisting of main gear legs, retraction struts and tailwheel leg and fork. A small resin sprue contains a tailwheel and separate uplock stirrups too small and fine to cast in brass. The brass gear is superbly detailed and accurate and represent a real upgrade in detail, as well as being super strong. Unlike white metal gear, you would need pliers to bend these castings, so they won't be deforming slowly over time. Combine with our resin mainwheels for a super detailed undercarriage.
Thanks to Steve Long, the Camden Museum of Aviation and Mike O'Hare for their help in researching this set. Patterns by Mike O'Hare and Roy Sutherland. Brass casting by G-Factor models.
