Due to my aging eyes, I generally build in larger scales, but, this year I moved to a new house and haven't yet had time to set up a new man-cave and my airbrushing station. After 6 months of not being able to build anything, I was having major withdrawal symptoms and needed to do something. My only option was to brush paint, and so I chose this 1/72 scale kit that I felt I wouldn't be too disappointed if I made a mess of my first brush painted model. When I opened the box to check the contents, I was pleasantly surprised at how well engineered and nicely molded the parts were, and how well detailed it was for this small scale. The cockpit comes complete with a detailed instrument panel, side consoles, seat, foot pedals, joy-stick, ejector seat rip-cord and the side walls have some details, too. You have the option to use decals for the instrument panel and side consoles, but I chose to paint the raised details on the molded parts. The exterior surfaces have very fine and well defined recessed panel lines for highlighting when painting. The main undercarriage bay has some detail to give it some interest, but the front wheel bay is too small to include any. You can build this kit with the undercarriage down or up and the canopy closed or slid open. I always build my kits with the undercarriage down and have canopies open where possible. The kit also includes 8 rockets- 4 under each wing and two long range fuel tanks.Two options of decal markings are offered: The Indian Navy or the West German navy, I chose to go with the Indian Navy markings. The decals went on great and I had no silvering after applying them to a gloss clear coated surface and setting them down using Walthers Solvaset decal setting solution. The parts went together great without the need for any filler, therefore reducing the risk of sanding away any of the fine recessed panel lines and having to re-scribe them back into the model. Overall, I was very pleased with the end result, including my first attempt at brush painting...photos are included. I had a lot of fun building this kit and would highly recommend it for the price and how well it is detailed, engineered and molded...great job HobbyBoss!