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Upgrades to Tamiya 1/48 F-15C
MikeM670
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Illinois, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 12:49 PM UTC
Hi,

I'm looking to find some upgrades to the Tamiya 1/48 F-15C Kit #61029-3300.
Specifically in the cockpit. Does anyone know of any aftermarket parts available?
DonSS3
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 - 04:29 AM UTC
I don't think there's much out there for Tamiya's kit. It's been truly surpassed by the Hasegawa kits. It's possible that Verlinden may have done some bits for the Tamiya kit, but I couldn't swear to it and I'm not sure if you could shoehorn parts made for the Hasegawa (or Monogram) kit into the Tamiya.

MikeM670
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 12:07 PM UTC
Thats too bad. On the bright side I did pickup the kit for $14.00 bucks clearance at Hobby Lobby.
mother
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 - 06:18 PM UTC
I built this kit some time ago, what a bear. However, with some time and TLC it did turn out ok. As for aftermarket, well Eduard has a few PE set that will work and you could use resin seats, as there are no resin pits for this kit. There is plenty of aftermarket decal sets out. I also built the Academy F-15 that required much more work.

Happy Modeling,
Joe
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