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1/350 Kriegsmarine Life Rafts
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by Martin J Quinn |
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| NorthStar Models has released a set of Kriegsmarine Life Rafts in 1/350, set NSA 350038, Kriegsmarine Life Rafts (Type SA1b-VW55). There are enough resin and photo-etch parts to make 50 life rafts. | |||||||||
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| THE PARTS | |||||||||
| There are 50 resin rafts. The resin parts are nicely cast, with no visible flash. There is detail on both sides of the rafts. These rafts have much nicer detail than compared to the kits parts from Trumpeter, Dragon and Revell (l to r, below). NorthStar also makes another set of life rafts, which looks slightly smaller than this version (photo bottom, right). | |||||||||
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| PHOTO-ETCH | |||||||||
| There is one small photo-etch fret included, which has 50 photo etch parts. These are the nets for the interior of the raft. The rafts have a small opening cast into the interior for the PE to fit into. | |||||||||
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| Instructions are a single small piece of paper. Parts are shown on one side, directions to assemble each raft are on the back. The directions are clear and easy to follow. | |||||||||
| CONCLUSIONS | |||||||||
 This
a nicely done set of life rafts. They should provide a nice upgrade from
injection molded parts on your Kriegsmarine vessels. The only thing you'll
have to do is research which Kriegsmarine ships used this style of rafts,
so you can use these upgrade parts. After going through many of my
reference books, I really wasn't able to find a matching photo of these
rafts, and the instructions don't indicate which ships they were used on.
This is North Star Models set NSA 350038, Kriegsmarine Life Rafts (Type SA1b-VW55). The set retails for about $16.00 USD, and is available from many of our fine sponsors. Recommended! Thanks to North Star Models for the review sample. |
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