What’s in the Box

Upon opening the box you should find a bag containing 2 sprues of grey, one sprue of tan and a sprue of clear plastic. Also included are a resin piece, decals and a two-page instruction fold out. The plastic looks cleanly molded but has some thick mold seam lines. The clear parts are clean & clear, and the resin intake is molded nicely. The decals are printed cleanly and in register.

Construction

For a kit with few parts this has a good bit of detail, especially in the pit. I will go through the basic construction of the kit itself even though I add the Brengun photo etch set for this review. The cockpit is made up of 10 parts with some nice detail molded in the sidewalls. Test fitting is a must for this kit as there are heavy mold seam lines that need to be cleaned up or you will NOT have fun! Before closing up the fuselage you will have to add the tail wheel support and radiator & radiator outlet flap.

David Doyle’s latest book continues to expand on Squadron Signal’s long standing In Action series that initiated back in 1971. This is a completely updated and expanded edition over Squadron’s earlier Aircraft In Action number 35, a 50-pager on the F-111 by Lou Drendel that was published in 1984. This 2019 release is a totally new book that can be considered complementary to the earlier In Action. This latest edition focuses on color photographs (although black and white pics are used where appropriate) in addition to the additional 30 gloss pages.

Scale Aircraft Conversions have a large selection of aftermarket aircraft landing gear for aircraft modelers. These are mostly made of white metal, which are sturdier than the thin styrene parts that are normally included with kits. For this out-of-box review, I will be looking at the Junker J.1 Landing Gear for the 1/32 Wingnut Wings kits.

The packaging for this conversion kit is a blister pack with a clear bubble. It does allow you to clearly see the condition of the parts, but once you open it to more closely inspect the parts, it is not possible to reseal the package.