Ross Herbert, Rated: 4

"It's a U.F.O. Jim but not as we know it"

The availability of Sci-Fi models is usually restricted to the Star Wars/Trek genre. The Testors Roswell UFO would perhaps not be considered Sci-Fi by some conspiracy theorists but it is one of the few kits where the scale modeller can use some imagination.
The kit is moulded in neutral grey with a transparant cover to the crew compartment and 'sensor array'. The illustration on the box is obviously the prototype and the kit has a more tinted look to the transparancies which is a shame as it obscures a lot of the detail including the excellent decals.
I sprayed the top surface with Humbrol silver but used aluminium for the crew compartment. The detailed instruction sheet states the interior and seating should be silver but I used light and dark matt red for the seats and gold leaf for the 'reactor'. For the the alien crew I used matt grey for the uniforms and matt linen for heads and hands. ( I decided the 'flesh' suggested was not alien enough.)
The parts go together reasonably well although why Testors did not mould the internal bubbles with the canopy rather than individualy is a mystery as it is almost impossible to not get adhesive 'bleed' around these tiny componants. The clamshell construction takes a fair amount of clamping to get it right and the canopy is not a particularly good fit. When completed the model sits on its dispay stand, an interesting example of an unusual model. Now, if someone would just re-release the old Aurora 'Moon Rocket' kit that'd be grand!