Inside the sturdy tray type box are 60 parts moulded in light grey plastic. 20 clear injection transparencies. 29 resin and 29 photo etched parts and a small but beautifully printed decal sheet for just one airframe from 287 Sqn. in 1944. The grey injection parts have delicately incised panel lines, the wings in particular are excellent. The wheel wells have a nicely detailed insert panel and the undercarriage, although a little chunky, looks pretty good also. The nose wheel well is produced in resin as are the finer cockpit details and sidewalls. Also in the resin pack are the Hercules engines, which are superb, the wheels and a pair of hedgehog type exhausts along with various engine intakes. The photo-etched sheet covers such things as the instrument panel, for which a photo-negative is provided, the seat belts, various control levers, aerials and intake mesh guards. A dry fit of the major airframe parts revealed no major fit problems, although being of short run technology, there are no locating pins or tabs. However, a short spar section is included to give a more positive location for the wings. The instructions are very good indeed. They are easy to follow and clearly printed on glossy paper. A full colour sheet depicts the colour scheme and paints are called out from four different manufacturers - Humbrol, Agama, Model Master, Gunze Sangyo - and also FS numbers. A brief history of the type is also featured.
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