Another nice Pavla upgrade set is this one, also for the venerable Airfix O-1E Bird dog. In this case, it is a complete set of control surfaces. Included are ailerons, flaps, rudders and elevators, all with nicely detailed 'corrugated' surfaces as on the real plane. There are four flap hinges included as well as a set of more detailed wheels with brakes. About the only other thing that this kit needs are some metal landing gear legs as I've broken the ones on my kit countless numbers of times.

No instructions are required for this as it is a pretty simple 'remove the old bits and replace with the new ones' sort of thing.

February 2009

Review copy courtesy of the fine folks atPavla Models. Visit them at theirwebsite.

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