Here's a look at Kitty Hawk's impressive new largescale kit of the T-28B/D Trojan. Packed with potential, the kit combines features of both versions and so needs a little extra work to represent either, but the resulting model should be spectacular.

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Thanks!

Rowan, as usual, your review is certainly up to your very high standards. Seems that with each release, KH has upped their game.

I do have the same reservations as you do, that when a kit is manufactured to build up into several versions, that each suffers from little omissions and nuances for the sake of another variant. For the casual builder, whose mostly a model builder, it's not such a big deal. But to those that stray to the rivet counters side of the "fence", I'm sure that they'll find many issues with this release, as they always seem to do.

Joel

Actually if we're dividing rabbits, the underpowered engine was a deliberate choice. Early jets had a less than desirable power lever response time, so the weak engine was selected to teach students to properly manage their energy and airspeed despite the engine.

Jet engines got a bit more muscular, and the US Navy specified a more powerful engine for their variant, which made carrier landings a bit less adventurous.

Hi Jessie

I guess it depends whose book on rabbits you read - I was going by Steve Ginter, who wrote that the T-28A was underpowered. Whatever, it was probably plenty exciting enough for trainee pilots!

All the best

Rowan

Oh yes, it's very true that it was underpowered. The point I was making was that it was a very deliberate design choice rather than a mistake or a failing of the engine to perform to specifications.

Very detailed and knowledgeable review, Rowan! Cheers.

Well as far as I'm concerned this is a must addition to my stash. For 2 years I was a flight line crew chief and mechanic to 12 US Marine T-28B stationed at HQMC Flight Section, NAS, Andrews AFB Wash DC.
Great trouble free a/c, except when you had to check the mags, to bad they missed the chance to include decals for one of our birds....routinely flown by Major John Glenn.