I cannot honestly remember what the original delivery date was when it was first announced but I've a feeling this is like many other recent new releases, a long way wide of it's projected arrival.
Still, it's here now so onto what we find inside the usual sturdy top opening box in the customary red scheme:
There is one part, already removed from the sprue and moulded from a crystal clear material. The single decal has already been applied and to my untrained eye appears to be of the correct era and type but I'm sure there will be those out there ready to call out any errors....
On to the photos:
Oh, and there was also some plastic too:
There are three frames of parts, moulded in a light tan plastic reminiscent of Academy parts. Although an Airfix new tool, I note from the box lid that the contents are 'made in Korea' which is of course where Academy Plastic Model Co., Ltd is based...just sayin'
There is one sprue of crystal clear parts, very thin and crisply moulded and one small fret of PE components.
All parts look very nicely moulded, no flash apparent and any ejection marks on non-visible locations.
There is a reasonably large sheet of decals, again with hallmarks of Academy present with Korean and English script on the reverse. The decals not surprisingly contain mostly red crosses on white backgrounds and look very sharp and nicely in register.
The instructions again (IMHO) bear a passing resemblance to past Academy offerings re-boxed by Airfix.
All in all, a good looking kit that looks like it will build up nicely. There looks to be sufficient detail both internally and externally to make a good looking model but there also should be good potential for extra detail to be added either scratch built or from after-market sellers. It will also be interesting to see how this model compares with the newly released Gecko Models version... funny that, wait all year for an ambulance and then two come along at once.
