Hi Adrian,
Wow, what do we want in a Super Cub Kit!! I would like a kit with the scale lines and features of the Balsa USA 1/3 scale Super Cub, but in a more manageable and economical size; up to say……. ¼ scale. Or a smaller model, maybe 1/5 scale would be nice too. It should have a wing attachment arrangement that gets away from the 2x6 formers and wing dowels that so many other kits have. That probably mandates plug-in wings into smaller tubes to eliminate those bulky formers. It needs to have a true Pitts cowl with some air scoops, accurate line windscreen, skylight, jury struts, tail braces, stabilizer trim mechanism (in front of the tail), Super Cub lighting (doesn’t have to work), antennas, accurate instrument panel (not a cartoon like Great Planes likes to include), and a nice tail wheel bracket. I wouldn’t expect an intricate main gear as Mr. Robart can extract our $blood for that one!

An opening side door/window would be good. True-to-scale window brackets would be nice. Interior wing braces are essential. I would expect the kit to be more expensive than the average cub kit, but it would be worth it to me to have accurate scale features that I wouldn’t have to do myself.

The Sig 1/5 scale J3 kit comes close to meeting the above criteria, but the rear quarter window is shaped like a perfect D, not the drooped D…….very unscale! Dave Patrick’s new super cub has a lot of these features but it is an ARF and doesn’t come across in the pictures as being that scale-like in the cowl/windscreen area.

This model below has a lot of the features that appear to be scale. I don’t remember where I collected this picture, but it’s lines are good (the cowl is quite good and mates to the fuselage very well, the wing attachment does not overpower the model’s appearance and there are a lot of small details that show well.
It just needs a better spinner rather than a prop nut! I do see that it has the military observation rear windows.

Compare the Model with the Real Thing