1/48 510-98 Lindberg F7U-1 Cutlass - (F7U1)
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
1956 or '57 Gaedke artwork with three Cutlass and a straight-deck Essex-style aircraft carrier. The model is molded in a stunning, high-gloss dark blue and clear plastic and includes decals for the box art aircraft including red and white checkerboards for the rudders. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions. Dating early Lindberg kits is problematic to a near complete lack of release information; early catalogs normally do not have dates, and there are no dates on early boxes or instructions & decals. However, by records kept when the kits were purchased new, we know this kit was issued either in 1956 or 1957. The early part number of '10' after the 5 would support such an early date, as Lindberg initially used sequential numbers. Please note that the instructions for this kit contain multiple factory mistakes! The pilot has a real seat, not the 'board' shown in the instructions. The pitot tube is not even shown on the assembly page, but is present with the kit. This happened because Lindberg (like Aurora) was famous for never wasting anything. So if the factory still had a supply of earlier instruction sheets, you never threw them out. Instead, they were used before ordering new (revised) ones. That is what happened with this kit and countless others.
$74.00