I have one more of their kits in my stash, a 1/32 scale USAAF P-47 to build, and then I am officially done with Trumpeter kits, never again!įirst up, was the cockpit build and after a quick spray of Tamiya XF-71 Cockpit Green, I used the excellent Eduard #32-789 A-1 Interior PE set to spice it up. Numerous after-market upgrades were used to bring the model up to the standard I desired. An unbelievable oversight especially given the damn box art has the aircraft shown that way! Options for ordnance were lacking as well, with no truly Vietnam War-centric bombs, lacking ones like the BLU series of Napalm &White Phosphorous (Willie Pete) Canister Bombs or the Daisy-Cutter equip'd Mk 82 bombs. Lastly, I was shocked to find the model kit included no instructions nor the needed parts to finish the aircraft with landing gear up. In this case it was the fuselage halves, they simple didn't align correctly and the folding wings, designed to replicate the USN Carrier-based Skyraiders in case the modeler selected that option, are weak and extremely fragile. Instead it requires lots of work of sanding, gap-filling and sheer effort to make the plane model come together. Trumpeter seems to lack the ability to make a 1/32 scale aircraft model that actually fits as it should. Once again, just like their 1/32 Ju-87 Stuka I built recently, I Do Not Recommend this model kit.
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