From John P.

One of the prettiest airplanes ever to not get built, the F-107 lost to the F-105 in the AF's choice for a new fighter.

This kit is also available cheaper in the US in Trumpeter packaging, though I didn't know that when I ordered it from HLJ.  I'm halfway thru building the kit, so here's a quick review:

Nice molding, good parts breakdown.  Simple to build. Decent parts fit, but some serious gaps to fill, most notably where the intake is mounted on the spine.  The cockpit is bare-bones simple and kinda cartoony, would benefit from an aftermarket F-100 ejection seat (at least!), but I'm going with the kit parts just to get it done.  The biggest problem:  SINK MARKS everywhere!  If there's a ridge or tab inside the part, there's a sink mark on the outside, no exception.  Lots of puttying and smoothing to do there, and I gave up after a while and decided to say the plane got dented.

There were only three F-107s built, all of them bare metal with big red flashes on them.  Decals are provided for all 3, including all the red markings!  Nevertheless, I'm in "what if" mode, so I think I'm going to paint mine "in service" in Viet Nam era USAF camouflage and find the codes for a likely fighter unit to make decals.  I was gonna use this plane as my first experiment with Alclad aluminum paint, but there's so much putty and sanding on all those sink marks, I doubt the bare metal will come out smooth anywhere .

I'm gonna prime it today, so I should have finished photos by the end of the week.

Hobby Link Japan notes on this model

Packaged from a small Japanese company that calls themselves "Monochrome," the kit was produced by Trumpeter in China.  Certainly a release of a minor type like this won't excite everyone, but those who delve deep into aviation history during their modeling have waited far too long for this, the last of North American's fighters, which lost to the F-105 in competition.  Only three were ever built, and two of them served as valuable test beds with NASA for several years.

In the box, the kit looks pretty good, with fine, recessed panel lines and average cockpit and landing gear detail.  Gear bays, however, are nearly bare.  Flaps can be positioned up or down, and air brakes can be opened or closed.  Decals are included for the red portions of the marking scheme.