1/48 Sword Models Northrop N1-M "Jeep" |
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Gallery Article by
Darius Aibara |
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Following
on from their kit of Northrop's N9M-A Flying Wing, Sword Models have released a
1:48 kit of the earlier N1-M "Jeep". The kit is similar to its
predecessor, being well detailed with polyurethane resin engine intakes, cockpit
sidewalls and seats, two vac-formed canopies and a small decal sheet with USAAF
star roundels and the Northrop logo.
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The
fuselage/wing is moulded in two halves, upper and lower, with separate propeller
shaft housings. The main undercarriage wheel wells are shallow and lack
detail and I was tempted to scratch build replacements, however lack of
reference data and the general invisibility of these areas led me to leave the
wells as is (OK, I didn't really fancy scratch building them).