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Very nice 1/48 kit with a few tiny issues:
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Built OTB (plus etched seatbelts) in the markings of one of the few actually built, with kit decals. ModelMaster enamels, and minimal pastel weathering (they never went into service, and all the photos look pretty clean).
The little issue is the canopy. For one thing, the real plane seems to have had very obvious canopy tracks on either side, aft of the cockpit. They're not represented on the kit. Another thing is the way the canopy fits the model: It's very thick, and it drops into a beveled recess around the cockpit. As such, there's NO way to pose the canopy open, unless you vacuform yourself a new, thin one. The kit one will just sort of sit awkwardly on top of the fuselage.
Built OTB (plus etched seatbelts) in the markings of one of the few actually built, with kit decals. ModelMaster enamels, and minimal pastel weathering (they never went into service, and all the photos look pretty clean).
The little issue is the canopy. For one thing, the real plane seems to have had very obvious canopy tracks on either side, aft of the cockpit. They're not represented on the kit. Another thing is the way the canopy fits the model: It's very thick, and it drops into a beveled recess around the cockpit. As such, there's NO way to pose the canopy open, unless you vacuform yourself a new, thin one. The kit one will just sort of sit awkwardly on top of the fuselage.
