SU33 Sea Flanker D 1:48 Scale Kit
A magnificent kit, has been called KINETIC'S best offering to date. A tour-de-force, fully packed with internal & external detail including 6 air to air missiles. 21 parts alone go into making the ejection seat! The kit allows for much posing & presentation,including folding the wings. Hey,when some of the world's top modelers are telling you online that it's brilliant, then by gosh it's brilliant!Â
 The kit provides a nice Cartograf decal sheet with airframe stenciling, current national and operational markings, squadron emblems for 1st Squadron (Eagles) and 2nd Squadron (Tigers) of the 279th Naval Fighter Regiment assigned to the aircraft (cruiser) Kuznetsov. The sheet also has generic red Bort numbers so you can replicate virtually any aircraft in either squadron.
 A flaw that has been noted is with the instruction sheet itself, which is not clear in certain areas where certain parts should go. The kit itself is fantastic, the instructions can be confusing. Part of the problem is the resolution of the images themselves in the instructions that do not clearly show where parts are to be placed, & has been described as looking like a bad photocopy. Use your references, check online builds & dry fit before slopping on the glue. A number of good reviews/builds can be sourced through SCALEMATES. Simply find the kit on their site & follow the links that they provide. Hopefully Kinetic can correct this problem & provide a better sheet in future issues of this kit, or online.
