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As it happens, I have that exact same kit, sitting in the closet waiting for the day when I have some time for it.
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Hideous boxtop art and funky decals notwithstanding, the kit is a fairly good reproduction of the
1972 C-172L. It has the tubular main gear (1971-present), the long dorsal fin (1972-present) and the horizontal ridges at the top of the vertical tail (1969-75). Though the boxtop art shows the current style wheel fairings (1974-present), the ones in the kit are clearly the older boat-like style that was only on the 1971 through 1973 models. Finally, the wings do not have the "Camber-Lift" leading edge that appeared on the 1973 C-172M. By process of elimination,
only the 1972 model 172L fits.
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Dig those white sidewall tires!
Here's the 1972 interior:
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According to the brochure, the standard 1972 interior was offered in four colors: "Cyprus Green, Tahitian Red, Java Gold and Bogota Blue." Leather seats were available in "Ebony, Cloud Gray and Tahitian Red."
(Note the optional flexible boom mic — this was in the days before headsets were common in this class of airplane. I bet that boom mic was a barrel of laughs in turbulence.)
The boxtop art and decals in this kit depict a 172 with the paint scheme of a 2004 C-182T. Many years ago this same kit was sold with box art that depicted the correct 1972 172L paint scheme. But that complicated original design would be hard to render well on a small model like this, so I think that when I get around to building mine, I'll cheat a little and paint it as a 1977 C-172N, which has a much simpler design:
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