V-22 Osprey

Overall great kit, intermediate skill level, as it requires some planning in terms of build/paint/build sequencing. It is a 5 star review, but unfortunately fit is not perfect. Therefore I give it a 4 out of 5. Positives: all parts are very nice, good quality, and in most areas the details are excellent. Kit allows for different options (gear up or down, engine nacelles can be at different forward angles and freely moving, freely-rotating props, and option of rear bay opened or closed. The only negative aspect to the kit, in my opinion, is that several parts do not have a good fit, making the builder have to use filler or needs to sand down alot.

This is a well made model. I did have a few questions, in back of the cockpit there is a gap I didn't find a part for and I wish the engine pads where able to move. Other than that the instructions are clear, there is very little cleaning to do, there is loads of decals and painting instructions are clear. The interior (if you leave the ramp down) is a little simplistic but it looks good to have the ramp and landing gear down. All in all a solid model, enough parts to make it fun but not to hard for younger modelers.

My 14 year old, son really enjoyed building this. He is looking forward to building more.