When the kit review parcel arrived in the mail, I found it was accompanied by Eduard's (#73459) self-adhesive A-4B etched fret and Pavla's resin (#C72110) Douglas A-4B/P Skyhawk cockpit interior set. Also included was the Eduard flexible mask A-4B set (#CX335), however I chose to not use that set, relying instead, on my painting skills. I immediately noticed the fine engravings of the kit, from nicely recessed and in-scale panel lines to the crispness of the flash-free parts. A little trimming up front is necessary for the fuselage halves to accommodate the Pavla resin cockpit parts. They consisted of a nicely detailed ejection seat, instrument panel, rudder pedals and a new replacement cockpit coaming. The Eduard self-adhesive set includes seat belts and shoulder harnesses as well as etched metal additions to the slats and dive brakes, thus providing lots of raised and in-scale detail. Replacement combination one-piece flaps and wing dive brakes, designed to replace those moulded integrally with the kit wings, needed careful bending and one must get the resultant 'V' angle correct so the wing tanks will clear the lowered flaps when installed.
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