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Eduard 1/72 Brassin DB 601A/N Engine

By Matt Bittner

While the Brassin wheels and nose guns didn't have any kit surgery to perform on the Eduard 1/72 Bf 110E to use them, this is not the case with the DB 601 A/N Engine. There is definitely more work on the kit to use this separate release in the Brassin line.

Once you decide which nacelle you want the engine to reside in, you then need to cut the lower half of the nacelle away, along with part of the wing where the new engine/nacelle will reside. You will also need to remove part of the interior structure of the nacelle along with a small part of the upper nacelle. Once that is accomplished then you can start with actual painting and construction.

It's the painting that will really make this stand out. With the right amount of washes and dry brushes after applying the main coat of paint (and note the instructions have no color information in them at all), the detail on this set will really stand out. This set comes with twelve pieces of resin and a photoetch fret with seven pieces of brass on it.

After painting is accomplished and kit surgery performed, the next step is building up the actual engine. There are two pieces to glue to the engine, but you'll also need to scratchbuild piping (which I would recommend using UMM USA's "round lead wire"). Once the engine is finished then you add pieces to the engine bearers, glue in blanking photoetch to the wing, and then glue the engine bearers and the engine to the rear bulkhead. That in turn is insert into the modified nacelle prior to gluing the nacelle onto the wing. Now you build up the upper nacelle piece followed by gluing on the separate exhausts. (A nice touch by Eduard is providing an extra set of exhausts for the kit nacelle that you don't modify and put an engine in.) While Eduard shows how the upper nacelle pieces glue onto the lower nacelle, I would leave all this off to display the excellent detail Eduard has provided.

While more work than the other sets for the Eduard 1/72 Bf 110E, their DB 601A/N Engine will definitely provide even more detail to an already wonderful kit.

I definitely thank Eduard for sending this Brassin engine for review.