This looks like a much older kit repackaged by Revell. I recognise the pilot in the sitting position, a similar one was used in an old P39 kit that was in some odd larger scale and it appears that just the helmet was added. Also the raised markings is a giveaway. I have the 1/72 Hasegawa or maybe Fujimi kit with the detailed cockpit and sliding canopy, a truly remarkable looking aircraft...the Gutless Cutlass.
Got one of these on the bench right now. I'm doing a 'what if?', with RR Avons to replace the anemic Westinghouse pieces of junk. I've cut back the intakes to make them larger, need to make some bigger exhaust pipes.
This looks like a much older kit repackaged by Revell. I recognise the pilot in the sitting position, a similar one was used in an old P39 kit that was in some odd larger scale and it appears that just the helmet was added. Also the raised markings is a giveaway. I have the 1/72 Hasegawa or maybe Fujimi kit with the detailed cockpit and sliding canopy, a truly remarkable looking aircraft...the Gutless Cutlass.
😀 ... yes raised markings helps a lot with decals... ahahah.
It's a shame we don't get modern kits of these classic planes instead of all the Mustang, 109, 190, and Phantom kits.
Fujimi do them in 1:72, easy enough to find online, and they are excellent kits. It isn’t that popular a subject, maybe.
Maybe classic plane does not sell too much... but yuo are right. As the italians says: "É un peccato!"
Scalemates reports this kit was originally produced in 1953! Really Revell?
I'm not really an expert. At 3:46 you can see Revell on fuselage, but maybe they buyed the molds from another factory.
Got one of these on the bench right now. I'm doing a 'what if?', with RR Avons to replace the anemic Westinghouse pieces of junk. I've cut back the intakes to make them larger, need to make some bigger exhaust pipes.
Thanks for your comment.