Revell Skyraider AD-5, my worst kit ever?

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Let me just add, that if I remember correctly, there was a build using the fuselage of this kit and the wings from the Monogram Skyraider and after some work the model really turned out well

Yes, it was done in the magazine here before the Tamiya single seater kit came out IIRC.

I think I will wait for someone to come out with a better one. I remember taking a 1/48 105G and slicing it up to make a D. About 6 months after I completed the model, Monogram came out with the D version.

I had a feeling Revell was trying to get one past us, from what I see lately every Revell kit thats a re-issue has major flash issues

Let me just add, that if I remember correctly, there was a build using the fuselage of this kit and the wings from the Monogram Skyraider and after some work the model really turned out well

Like Rob said, this is a Matchbox mold that Revell has acquired and reissued. The Matchbox issues of the kit have been fairly hard to come by for years, so this aspect of it makes it available for a fair price to those who know what they are getting. If you want the greenhouse canopy Spad in 1/48, there are few choices. One could always graft the wings, engine and other better detailed parts from the recently re issued single seater on to this one to improve this kit.

It is the old matchbox kit

If it's not a new tool revel kit the the detail will be pretty crude for today's standards

Then I'm super glad I did not pick this one up. Revell has been putting out some decent kits in 1/48 like the Eagle, FA18E and the Stearman which I just got today and is a real gem.

Less than a minute with Google would have turned up this 6 month old thread: cs.finescale.com/.../156716.aspx

Seems like it is the 1970s era Matchbox kit.