SB2C-4 Operation Iceberg US Navy Ltd. Ed.

This 1/72 scale kit comes from a South Korean model company called Academy. The pros for this kit are as follows: You have three paint schemes to choose from and the one I did is SB2C-4, “White” VB-3 USS Yorktown, April 1945. The other two versions included are SB2C-4E, VB-84 USS Bunker Hill, 1945 and on the cover of the box is SB2C-4E, VB-16 USS Randolph, 1945. It includes a paint conversion chart featuring companies such as Humbrol, GSI Creos in both Aqueous Hobbycolor and Mr. Color, Lifecolor, Testors/Modelmaster, Revell, and Vallejo in both Model Color and Model Air. The instructions are easy to follow through and understand. A good amount of options including if one wants to use photo etched parts in making the flaps. I for one did not do so. The decals for the most part, were very easy to remove from the paper and apply them to the aircraft. The cons for this kit are as follows: I tried to apply the tail-hook decal with no degree of success at all. The reason I think that is that it was slightly too big and to try to roll it up proved to be impossible. In the end I simply painted the tail-hook of my model. The clear plastic pieces for the rear of the aircraft didn’t fit at all and there was nothing I could do about them. The last one is subjective as there’s no back story or a brief introduction on the aircraft itself on the instructions. In conclusion, I give this kit a rating of 4 stars out of 5. Academy if you’re reading this, it’s a very good kit to work on and I enjoyed it as well. There are just a few glitches that prevented me for giving this a perfect rating. If you can iron them out, then I’m sure your future kits will just be as good if not better than this one. Nicely done overall!