I learnt to fly at the Cumberland Flying School, Carlisle in Aug/Sep 1969 and the Cessna 150 was the trainer they used. Models included early ‘fast back’ models through to new ‘J’ models and it was a one year old ‘J’, G-AWTX in which I flew my first solo.
The VFR model allows models from the early ‘fast back’ through to the ‘K’ model.
As with the previously reviewed PA-28, the kit arrives in a substancial corrugated cardboard box:
Inside are the instructions, laser printed transfers (for just 2 aircraft) and the kit. The smaller parts are packaged in plastic bags, as is the vac-formed canopy parts.
The major options are the rear fuselage (2) and fins (3) although different UCs with and without spats are included.
The parts are 3D printed and require very fine sprue cutters/razor blade/razor saw and assembly by cyno.
There is an interior and advice to check the instructions before fitting - these light aircraft models require significant nose weights and ‘fisherman’s tungsten putty is recommended. Other than that, construction looks straight forward with a fairly small parts count.
My plan will to build the aircraft in which I flew my ‘first solo’, trouble is I can find no period photos of the aircraft so the livery and colour will be pure gusswork.
