USS Boxer LPH-4 Helicopter Carrier

The kit was well made with crisp casting and very little flash to contend with. There are a lot of photo etched parts included but are very difficult to execute because of the 1:700 scale. The parts fit was excellent as well as the details provided in the kit. Here are the reasons I rated this kit as good instead of excellent: 1. Instructions were confusing with some misidentified parts numbers 2. One entire parts tree was missing from the kit and Dragon Customer Care service was extremely poor. ( I finally ordered a 2nd kit to replace the missing parts and discovered they were missing from 2nd kit, as well) 3. The decals provided in the kit were from the the fixed wing era of operations. There were no decals to mark the circular landing areas needed for helicopter operations. 4. The helicopter wing was cast in clear plastic, therefore very brittle. The 1st 4 landing gear legs I tried to remove from the parts tree shattered, no matter what method I used for detachment. This kit was being built for a Navy veteran that served on the U.S.S. Boxer. In spite of the shortcomings, i would recommend this item, because its the only model out there from this era and configuration.