Roden 1/48 Beechcraft SD17S | 448Beechcraft SD17 Staggerwing: American single engine floatplane converted from the basic model with a standard wheeled undercarriage. The main feature of such a machine was its ability to take off and land on small lakes and reservoirs. The first SD17 appeared in 1934, and afterwards a good number of Staggerwings were converted to floatplanes. With the beginning of WWII, along with other civil machines, they were requisitioned by the government for

- Four bonus heads made from Dragon Styrene (for maximum detail)

-Newly tooled cleaning rods for Ausf

- Turret realistically designed to allow movement – 360" traverse

this new Smart Kit is a 3-in-1 offering

the form of the empennage was also changed

- Photo-etched parts for idlers to accurately represent undercut details

- New tooling - idler tension adjusters

and was thus very popular among the troops

- complete gun assembly with full detail

Stab/JG 77

The Partisans were a constant threat to occupying forces

the kit retains all the luxury features of the earlier release such as a working equilibrator mechanism