While I don't know the history of this particular kit chapter and verse, I do know that Marui produced an Aero Subaru, Piper Cherokee 140, and Cessna 172 floatplane and land plane in 1/36 scale. To me, this scale, while odd, is far better for civil GA types than the more popular 1/48...of course, 1/32 would be far better! I have the Aero Subaru x 2, the Piper Cherokee x 2, and a single Cessna 172 land plane. They're about the size of a 1/48 P-51, so they don't need a whole lot of real estate.
The Aero Subaru - indeed, all the kits I have from this series - are designed to have an electric motor spinning the prop, which means two things:
1. They're lacking in the engine department, having an engine face rather than a full engine, and
2. They have a hatch under the rear fuselage to accommodate an AA battery.
I'm not going to wire up the battery, so I'll have to figure out a way to make the hatch look more "real", but I imagine that will be fairly simple.
The cockpit is pretty bare for a kit this size - basically an instrument panel and 4 seats. There's no side-wall detail, and I'm not going to put any in on this kit...perhaps on my second one. The instrument panel is inaccurate, and there are no decals for the instrument faces. Again, in this example, I'm not going to bother too much with that area.
There are heaps of raised rivets all over the kit - I'm undecided whether to remove them or not..
Anyhow, on to the photos..
Box art:
Various parts i've been working on: