This kit showed up with the Ar-68F from Roden. As a break from the tedious editing/rewriting on "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club," it came together pretty easily. The kit is "clunky" parts-wise in assembly, but the klunkiness is not present in the assembled model, other than some fairly "tench-like" panel lines, which are OK. I recall they became less noticeable on the T-28D under the proverbial "coat of paint." I dealt with the mold-release tower in the middle of each seat by making a pad from folded-over Tamiya tape, then added Eduard USN seat belts.
It will now sit for a week or so, till the Aeromaster sheet I ordered from an eBay dealer arrives. I'm planning on doing an early USN trainer in the overall yellow scheme.
Personally, I like the T-28. I got some really nice A2A photography from one a friend had, back in the late 90s - I stopped flying with him after he demonstrated he'd become "an accident looking to happen" when he nearly landed his P-51 wheels up because he didn't do his pre-landing checklist. Unfortunately, he arrived at his fatal accident 4 months later when he ran his T-28 into the side of the mountain ten feet below the crest of Banning Pass in bad weather, because he wouldn't check with Flight Following and get an altimeter check after passing through the front. Like the old saying goes, "Aviation in itself is not inherently difficult, but like the sea it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”
6 attached images. Click to enlarge.
