OK, it showed up.

It was an adventure getting this into my basement, as it was too long so I had to stand it on end to make it around the corner through the top door. This cause several alarming thuds to issue from inside. Box seemed to be in pretty good condition; a few dings and punctures but nothing serious.

Please excuse the clutter, bad lighting and mediocre photography.

The great unboxing...


The box - this is REALLY big. That's a meter stick on top of it. As you will see, my workshop was unprepared for this, so this will be presented in stages.


The inside. Typical Vietnamese packing job - large pieces wrapped in fairly thick bubble wrap, other parts wrapped in foam wrap, everything loosely packed and stuck together with yards of packing tape.


Under the tailplanes and decal sheet are the wings...


The tail planes


Under the main wings and the main divider we find the fuse, wheel pants and cowl...


The cowl is closed off as a container for most of the smaller parts.


The wing struts were loose in the box, and probably the source of the loudest thuds. These are about a foot and a half long.


Wheel pants, main gear, tail gear and mounting hardware. The top three items were also tumbling around loose in the box.


Bag containing dummy motor and misc cowl mounting hardware.


The fuselage. OK, it would have taken me 15 minutes to clear enough bench space for this, so I just stood it up in the box top.


At the bottom of the box, the instruction manual. Seems pretty detailed...


The contents of the cowl - wheels, spinner, fuel tank, and motor mount.


Coming up - unwrapping.