Has anyone used photo etch parts made for one kit on another manufacturers kit? My wife wanted to build a kit so she picked out a Revell P-38J Lightning and I see that Eduard makes a P-38J photo etch set but it’s for the Hasegawa 1/48 kit. Would it work okay or would it require too much in the way of modification to fit the Revell kit? I’m not even sure if she will want to be that detail oriented on the first kit she’s built in 20 years. The last kit she built was with her Dad when she was a little girl. I have a Revell A-26B Invader I’ll be building as a first plane kit since something like 1989. Luckily for me, between Eduard and Quickboost I’m covered in terms of super detailing parts.
I’m working that exact combination right now. There are a few items that don’t sync up exactly, but if you’re adding photoetch, then you’re already planning on some modification work anyway right? The instructions are the most awkward part, as they refer to Hasegawa part #s, in the assembly steps. You kinda have to look at the parts trees & compare them to the Eduard illustrations.
To be honest, with the shroud over the instrument panel on the P38, not very much of it is easy to see. I’d spend a few extra bucks on a resin seat and/or PE seatbelts but probably not the Eduard set. (Especially if it’s the first kit in 20 years!) Just my opinion.
Vance,
Thanks for the quick reply. The wife will be the one determining just how crazy she wants to get with this kit, since she’s the one building it.
Matt
I’m mainly a ship guy, but the main things to watch out for when mixing different PE sets are “thickness” and “level of detail.” By thickness I mean that some PE makers will render something like a radar screen, for example, in much finer, i.e., thinner, detail, than others, so mixing radar screens from different PE sets on the same ship can look odd. Level of detail includes relief etching. If some parts of the cockpit PE have it and others don’t, depending on the scale, it might look odd.