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Ryan PT-22 Recruit
Special Hobby, 1/72
scale
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| Catalogue Number: |
Special Hobby kit no. SH72064 -
PT-22 Recruit. |
| Scale: |
1/72 |
| Contents and Media: |
46 light grey
injection moulded parts on one sprue, 31 resin parts, 4 vac-formed wind
screens [two spares] and 3 double sided A5 pages with history, parts
plan, build diagrams and paint and decaling instructions plus decals for
one aircraft. |
| Price: |
USD$15.96 from Squadron.com
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| Review Type: |
FirstLook |
| Advantages: |
Interesting subject; good detail;
extensive use of resin; attractive markings |
| Disadvantages: |
Plastic not very
detailed, some scratch building required, not for the beginner |
| Recommendation: |
Recommended to experienced modellers |
Reviewed by Glen Porter
Special
Hobby's 1/72 scale PT-22 Recruit is available online from Squadron.com
Special Hobby has release a 1/72 scale
PT-22 Recruit.
It would seem that the plastic components
of this kit are based on the 1/72 scale MPM Ryan PT-20 from a couple of
years back. What is really amazing, and I’ve never noticed this in a kit
before, is that so few of the original plastic parts are used.
The two fuselage halves minus the nose,
main plane, wheels, two struts and the cockpit interior are all that is
used.
The rest of the model is resin including
propeller, cylinders, fuselage nose, under-carriage, tail-planes and
rudder.
Click the thumbnails below to view larger images:
There is also rigging to be done on
mainplane, undercarriage and tailplane so it’s definitely not a kit for
the beginner.
Cockpit interior, being all plastic, is a
bit devoid of detail with no resin or photo-etched in these areas.
This was a colourful little aircraft, and
the supplied markings are very attractive.
Despite the challenges, this could turn out
to be a very nice little model with its attractive decals and colour
scheme but I believe that it will take an above average modeller to get
there.
Recommended for the right modeller.
Thanks to MPM/Special Hobby
for the review sample.
Review Text Copyright © 2004 by Glen Porter
Images Copyright © 2004 by Brett Green
Page Created 02 December, 2004
Last updated 02 December, 2004
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