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Siga Model's 1/72 MBR-2bis

By Chris Banyai-Riepl

Overview

This is a reboxing of the M-Avia kit, which was reviewed back in the May issue of Internet Modeler.  Since the only thing that's changed is the decals and the color of the plastic, I'll just refer you back to the original review and touch on the decal choices in this kit.

While the M-Avia kit comes with many choices of schemes, this kit only has three: two Finnish and one North Korean.  The first Finnish example is finished in olive green and light gray-green over silver, with yellow wing undertips.  The second Finnish example is overall silver, with a yellow band around the fuselage just ahead of the tail.  A red 7 is on the tail.  This is the scheme seen on the boxtop, although it differs slightly from how it's depicted there.  The final option is the North Korean one and it too is overall silver.  This one has a red 1 on the rudder and standard North Korean roundels in all six positions.

Conclusion

It seems that the Siga boxing of this kit has a bit wider distribution than the earlier M-Avia release, which is good as this is a decent kit of an interesting subject.  While it may take a bit more work than your average new-tool kit, with some care it should go together without too many hiccups.