Considering how historically significant and just how handsome this aircraft is it has never caught the attention of manufacturers of 1:72 kits. This was all put right in 2001 when MPM released a kit of the F3F-i and it is that kit. modified to represent the F3F-2. that Special Hobby have now released. The kit shares most of its main parts with its predecessor, but has been updated with the addition of some resin for the interior. It comes in the standard Special Hobby end-opening box and inside is a single sprue of light grey plastic, a handful of resin parts, a small etched fret and the decals. The plastic parts feature very delicate engraved panel lines, while the wings have subtle moulded raised rib detail. Being a short-run kit there is fine ffash around most parts, but not an excessive amount. Both etched and resin parts are of the usual high quality as is the injected canopy, which although a little bit on the thick side, is still quite clear and does not distort the view into the cockpit.
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