In Box Review of Smer 1/50th Scale
Dutch Fokker S-11 "Instructor" Trainer
Kit no. 117
By Ray Mehlberger
By Ray Mehlberger
THE KIT:
Smer is a model company based in Prague, Czech Republic.
This kit came in a blousey shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The box is 4" too long and 3" too wide. Which created a letter L void around the parts inside.
The box art shows an Instructor flying over a canal and a windmill. It is overall gray with a black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Fuselage code is black E roundel 8, which is repeated smaller on the rudder.
Smer is a model company based in Prague, Czech Republic.
This kit came in a blousey shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The box is 4" too long and 3" too wide. Which created a letter L void around the parts inside.
The box art shows an Instructor flying over a canal and a windmill. It is overall gray with a black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Fuselage code is black E roundel 8, which is repeated smaller on the rudder.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains 4 pale-blue trees in 2 sealed clear cello bags, the clear tree and the instructions.
The instructions are of a single-sheet, folded in the center to create 4 pages in 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" page format.
Page 1 begins with a color repeat of the box art, over the history of the Instructor and its specifications in Czech.
Page 2 & 3 have 4 exploded drawings on 4 yellow circles for assembly purposes, with a lot of text in Czech and a customer service coupon.
Page 4 is the marking and painting guide. It shows an Instructor in overall light-tan with fuselage code black E roundel I in Dutch Air Force markings.
The first pale-blue tree holds the wings (4 parts)
The kit contains 4 pale-blue trees in 2 sealed clear cello bags, the clear tree and the instructions.
The instructions are of a single-sheet, folded in the center to create 4 pages in 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" page format.
Page 1 begins with a color repeat of the box art, over the history of the Instructor and its specifications in Czech.
Page 2 & 3 have 4 exploded drawings on 4 yellow circles for assembly purposes, with a lot of text in Czech and a customer service coupon.
Page 4 is the marking and painting guide. It shows an Instructor in overall light-tan with fuselage code black E roundel I in Dutch Air Force markings.
The first pale-blue tree holds the wings (4 parts)
The second pale-blue tree holds the fuselage and the display stand arm (3 parts)
The third pale-blue tree holds: the display stand base, elevators, rudder flap and display arm top (4 parts)
The fourth pale-blue tree holds: propeller, main wheels, landing gear legs, crewmen, tail wheel etc. (20 parts)
The clear canopy is next (1 part)
The decal sheet completes the kit contents.
The pale-blue trees show some flash on them.
The detail is raised and engraved. Rudder flap is seperate, but elevator and wing flaps are molded solid.
The detail is raised and engraved. Rudder flap is seperate, but elevator and wing flaps are molded solid.
Recommended.