Heller's old Lance is still going strong and it is the only kit in 1:72. The model has fine raised panel lines and is easy to build, just make sure to clean the parts from flash and ejector pin marks. The instructions are easy to follow but the colors that are recommended are wrong!
Let's start with the cockpit. Walls and side consoles should be a Interior green , the pilot's dashboard should be bluish-gray with black instruments. The floor, seats and the stick should be aluminum. Seat padding is satin green. The jumper to trigger the ejector seats is missing but should be red if you want to make them yourself of thin wire. In step 5, you decide if you want to build the attack (A32A) or the reconnaissance variant (S32C). Be careful fitting of the part 11/43 so you do not get an overlapping seam that is hard to fill and sand.
The landing gear are dark green and wheel hubs aluminum. Wheel wells are aluminum. The aircraft's upper surface is olive green and the underside is unpainted aluminum. Radome and fin top is black and all leading edges are unpainted aluminum. The decals are useless and should be replaced with new ones from http://www.rbdstudio.se/
Unfortunately the kit comes without belly tank, pylons and armament.
All versions of the Lansen usually had a fixed external belly tank missing in the kit but can be purchased separately from Rebell.com
Note that the pursuit version J32B has a different gun bay and exhaust and a resin coversion set including a belly tank can be purchased from Rebell.com
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