Eduard Model Accessories, headquartered in Obrnice, Czech Republic, is recognized worldwide for uncompromising quality and historical accuracy in scale modeling. Eduard's Big Ed sets are the most comprehensive single-purchase photo-etch upgrade packages available for their respective base kits - bundling multiple precision-etched brass frets covering cockpit interiors, exterior surfaces, structural details, control surfaces, and more into one value-priced collection. This 1/48 Big Ed set gives modelers everything needed to achieve the highest level of photo-etch detail without purchasing multiple individual sets. Eduard's chemically etched brass components hold tolerances that injection-molded plastic cannot approach - delivering crisp bezels, fine mesh, delicate seatbelt buckles, instrume.