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The Box
The Freedom Model Kits X-47B in 1/48 comes in a stabile box preventing the content from damage while shipping and handling.
Content
There are 6 sprues (frames) in the box as well as a photo etch fret, decals, a color chart (paint guide) and the manual. The sprues are made of grey plastic. The color codes used on the painting guide are those of Gunze/ Mr.Hobby
General Features
The Freedom Model Kits X-47B in the 1/48th scale can be portrayed with its wings fold up or down. The arrestor hook also can be shown stowed or extended. Of course the landing gear can be shown extended as well. The kit includes landing gear for carrier and land based operations.
The scope of delivery of the decals covers 3 versions of the X-47B, namely the CVW-9, VX-9 and CVW-5.
Manufacturer Description:
Sprue A is divided in 2 pieces to fit the box. It contains the fuselage parts as well as the main landing gear doors.
Sprue B contains parts for wings, control surfaces as well as spoilers and one part of the air intake. It also contains smaller parts for various purposes.
Sprue C contains parts for the wings, control surfaces as well as spoilers and the other part of the air intake. It also contains smaller parts for various purposes.
Sprue E contains the landing gear, the wing-fold mechanism-housing as well as many smaller parts for various purposes.
Sprue D contains many small parts for various purposes and some key-parts. These key parts are mainly the tires, the arrestor hook, as well as 2x GBU-32 bombs and the turbine blades. We also have parts for the wing fold mechanism on this sprue.
The PE-fret mainly contains parts for the wing folding mechanism.
The decal sheet covers 3 versions of the X-47B. It also provides the decals for the GBU-32 armament. Appearantly the decals are printed In-house at Freedom Model Kits. The artworks are printed on a satin carrier medium and do have only minor excess material next to the actual motif.
The manual looks very good from a preview perspective. A first inspection did not reveal any flaws at all. The build will reveal if it keeps the promise.
The painting guide shows clearly which colors belong to which area and show where the decals should be positioned. No flaws discovered during pre-build inspection.
A first inspection revealed no flaws. The moulding is crisp and well detailed. Most of the parts are quite satin in its appearance so priming and a little bit of smoothing most likely will be required. Its quite a huge model for its scale which will occupy 24x20cm (9.5x8.0 inches) of your shelf space with its wings fold up. These remarks will be updated during the build, so for now I would say: Looks pretty good and like a traight forward build. It is certainly up to today´s standards. I´ll keep you informed, so watch this space.