MSW crew-mate Jay Massey (treadhead1952) gives us a "first-look" review of Hasegawa Models 1/700 scale photo-etch set, "IJN Rangefinders"

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~Gunny

nice little gem, thanks for the heads up!

That's one more thing I need to buy!

They do look most excellent as long as you can keep the carpet monster from eating the parts when you cut them away from the frets. The bincular style is particularly convincing and a most welcome addition since most ship kits just stick a small post sort of conical in shape where they should be. The Tee post style has one side with what appears to be a set of openings for the lenses on each end and when folded over with the small guard part added are a definite step up from most of the rounded Tee shapes even in the Extra Parts sets from any of the ship kit makers. A little paint over any of them makes them thicken up in just the right areas to look quite convincing.