This resin model kit is the  1/72 Avro 707A  delta wing British jet.  This jet dates from the mid 1950's time period and this aircraft was used to test the Delta wing design for other future British aircraft.  This aircraft was designed to move along the program after the of the Avro 707B.  This is a single engine aircraft so only one wing has a jet intake.  I can't help but ponder how much the shape of this aircraft reminds me of the Vulcan bomber. 

This new resin kit from Olimp Models is part of their new Pro Resin line of resin kits.  This little 1/72 kit comes packed in a VERY sturdy little box.  Upon opening the box, I was treated to a beautiful sight of a delicate little multi-media kit which includes mostly resin parts, a clear vac-u-formed canopy and a decal sheet.  I was very impressed by the level of fine detail especially when I saw the cockpit tub (my photo doesn't do the ejection seat and cockpit tub justice) and the finely detailed resin seat with molded on seatbelts.  For 1/72, the detail in this kit is pretty sweet .  

Now....this is a resin kit, so it will require the use of CA glue (Crazy Glue) to assemble it and the parts are going to need a tiny bit of cleaning up, but this is very minimal and will not in any way detract from the joy of building this kit.  If you've ever done any work with resin parts before you will have no problem tackling this kit......go slow....be patient and enjoy the build.  I did a dry fit of the fuselage halves and they lined up very well but you will need to clean up the mating surfaces before assembly.....this kit should go together well if the rest of the kit has the same very good level of fit.  The fuselage is hollow but the wings are solid resin, so test fit the major parts with tape to make sure nose weight isn't necessary before you assemble it.  I suspect nose weight will be necessary.

As you can see from the sample of photos of the resin parts below, the fuselage detail on the sides of the fuselage is well done.  The wings have excellently done panel lines and will look quite convincing on the finished kit.  The seat is amazing as is the cockpit  and once you paint it up it will look very good.

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I really do get a kick out of seeing the latest kit from Pro Resin as they produce kits of an interesting variety of aircraft .  

The kit parts are pretty straight forward and the 4 pages of instructions cover the assembly process in a clear and easy to follow way.  The instructions include paint codes in Humbrol, Model Master and Revell colours. There are one decal option of a Avro 707A on July 13 1956 in ARDU Australia.  This aircraft is overall Gloss Red.  The decals are very clearly printed....not too thick...not too thin and of good colour coverage.   In 1/72 you are dealing with tiny, tiny model kits but this kit goes to great lengths to provide cockpit detail that is better than quite a  few 1/48 scale kits I have in my stash. This is a sexy looking little aircraft kit and is sure to be of interest to modellers with a passion for British aircraft and Delta wing aircraft.  You can buy this Pro Resin kit directly from Olimp Models.

I would like to thanks Oleg at Olimp Models for sending me this review sample.

Steve