Karnak...I bought the Marushin George from
Aiken's Airplanes.
It's a really nice looking model...great detail, and does look just like the one in the picture. Most of the parts are made of metal, including the prop, and the external detail is great, IMO.
There are a couple of things that I don't like about the model. First, the cockpit really doesn't have any detail at all...there's a seat(devoid of detail) to mount in it, and a small pin (same pin used for gun barrels) for the control stick, and that's it. Also, it would have been nice if the gun barrels were cast in black and with a flare at the end (i think this is how the real ones were). As it is, they're just short crome pins...you can see them in the picture.
There's some assembly required, which is pretty easy to do. I played around with it and screwed the wings on, and dry fit all the rest of the pieces before I moved, but didn't finish it, since I figured it'd survive the move better unassembled. You'll need to get some metal to metal cement for final assembly.
Overall, I think it's a great model, and definitely worth the price I paid, despite my little gripes.
-edit- FYI, my purchase with Aiken's went flawlessly, and arrived pretty quickly to Oregon. -edit-
SOB
[This message has been edited by SOB (edited 01-17-2001).]
