ResKit has obviously spent some time designing their packaging to make a visual impact both from the outside of the box and then when opening it. The parts are capped on top and bottom with foam and each resin print has a cage around it in addition to major pieces also being in small plastic baggies. I assume the baggies are to catch any parts that might inadvertently come off during shipping. All the parts are finely detailed, and the only place I could find layer lines was on the very ends of the cargo platform, and they barely showed up under primer. It took me roughly 2 hours to detach all the parts from the print supports. The main cargo bed was definitely tricky to detach. I worked from the outside, meaning the longest supports, to the inside one layer at a time. I was able to cut the lower base plate in between the layers of supports. By doing that I was able to pry the layer up and twist it off without any damage to the cargo bed. The resin was not brittle and I was a little worried about being able to clean up the support pin marks on the main part. However, it sanded very nicely, and I was able to work around the existing detail to ensure that I didn’t lose it when sanding. ResKit also gives quite a few extra pieces to allow for losing some of the small stuff. The D rings, trailer hitch, hook, hazard placards, and hanging chains all had extras. This same thought process occurred with the decals as well.

I painted everything individually and then moved on to assembly. These carts are used across all services and so there is a myriad of color schemes for them. Quite a few though are all painted in one color and it’s obvious they get painted after assembly. I followed the same pattern as I will be using mine for naval aircraft and that matched some of the pictures that I found. Assembly moved on very quickly as these parts all fit perfectly and required Nothing except making sure there weren’t any nubs left over from the support attachments. There are two options for the front trailer hitch - straight on and an angled wheel set up. Both have the same level of detail, creating a nice option based on how you want to display the piece. The decals are extremely thin, and yet they did not tend to curl up on themselves. They laid down nicely with no silvering.

This is really a nicely detailed model that would look excellent by itself or in a diorama. Everything went together so nicely that I was able to complete this in one full day, start to finish including paint.

My sincere thanks to ResKit and IPMS for the opportunity to build it. I will definitely be looking for more of these kits to add to my collection.