Post by TRM on Jun 24, 2012 8:12:39 GMT -5
Komplekt Zip IS/ISU Wheel Set
by
Dierk Schmidt
by
Dierk Schmidt
Although not a new product it is from a company that it relatively unknown outside Russia. This set of wheels is intended for the Zvezda IS/ISU kits, but road- and drive-wheels fit the Dragon/Cyber-Hobby kits perfectly. Only the stubs on the return-rollers are slightly too thick to fit the kit-mountings. But as they are also afflicted by lightening holes – making them only suitable for depicting vehicles made from 1944 onwards – I’m probably going to use the kit parts anyway. However, either thinning the stubs, or opening up the mounting-holes wouldn’t be too difficult, either.
Here’s what you get for just over 12 bucks:
The well-documented weakness of the Dragon kits is the undersized road-wheels, which should have a diameter of 15.71mm. Admittedly my digital calipers are of the cheap and nasty variety and gave several different readings on the same wheel, but they were all there or thereabouts – one of them was even spot-on:
The drive-wheels are a thing of beauty, with subtle cast texture and excellent level of detail – even in places that will be nigh on invisible once the tracks are in place. I haven’t cleaned them up properly, yet, only removed them from the casting-blocks:
The full range of Komplekt Zip products is available from Soga-Miniatures, and well worth checking out.
www.soga-miniatures.com/
Special thanks to Dierk for the review and thanks to Komplekt Zip Products and Soga-Miniatures for review materials
